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style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent organisation</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Science,_Innovation_and_Technology" title="Department for Science, Innovation and Technology">Department for Science, Innovation and Technology</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gov.uk/intellectual-property">gov<wbr />.uk<wbr />/intellectual-property</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4052127#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Intellectual Property Office</b> of the United Kingdom (often referred to as the <b>UK IPO</b>) is, since 2 April 2007, the operating name of <b>The Patent Office</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the official government body responsible for <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> rights in the UK and is an executive agency of the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Science,_Innovation_and_Technology" title="Department for Science, Innovation and Technology">Department for Science, Innovation and Technology</a> (DSIT).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intellectual_Property_Office_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The IPO has direct administrative responsibility for examining and issuing or rejecting patents, and maintaining registers of <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> including <a href="/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patents</a>, <a href="/wiki/Designs" class="mw-redirect" title="Designs">designs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trade_mark" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade mark">trade marks</a> in the UK. As in most countries, there is no statutory register of <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> and the IPO does not conduct any direct administration in copyright matters. </p><p>The IPO is led by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, who is also Registrar of Trade Marks,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Registrar of Designs<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Chief Executive of the IPO: </p> <ul><li>?–2007 – <a href="/wiki/Alison_Brimelow" title="Alison Brimelow">Alison Brimelow</a> (afterwards <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Patent_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the European Patent Office">President of the European Patent Office</a>)</li> <li>2007–2010 – <a href="/wiki/Ian_Fletcher_(diplomat)" title="Ian Fletcher (diplomat)">Ian Fletcher</a><sup id="cite_ref-pressrelease_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressrelease-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2010–? – John Alty<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>?–2022 – Tim Moss<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1 September 2022 – present – Adam Williams<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Substantive_duties">Substantive duties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intellectual_Property_Office_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Substantive duties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The existence of the Patent Office and the post of Comptroller-General are required by the <a href="/wiki/Patents_and_Design_Act_1907" title="Patents and Design Act 1907">Patents and Design Act 1907</a> (though most of the remainder of this Act has been repealed), but the substantive duties of the IPO are set out in other legislation, including: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Registered_Designs_Act_1949" title="Registered Designs Act 1949">Registered Designs Act 1949</a></li> <li>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Patents_Act_1977&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patents Act 1977 (page does not exist)">Patents Act 1977</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Copyright,_Designs_and_Patents_Act_1988" title="Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988">Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Trade_Marks_Act_1994" title="Trade Marks Act 1994">Trade Marks Act 1994</a></li></ul> <p>Each of these Acts of Parliament has been extensively amended since it was first passed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manual_of_Patent_Practice">Manual of Patent Practice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intellectual_Property_Office_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Manual of Patent Practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Manual of Patent Practice sets out the relevant patent law and the operational practice of the Intellectual Property Office in relation to patents.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intellectual_Property_Office_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_patent_law" title="History of patent law">History of patent law</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_former_Patent_Office_building,_Southampton_Buildings,_WC2_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1271755.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/The_former_Patent_Office_building%2C_Southampton_Buildings%2C_WC2_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1271755.jpg/220px-The_former_Patent_Office_building%2C_Southampton_Buildings%2C_WC2_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1271755.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/The_former_Patent_Office_building%2C_Southampton_Buildings%2C_WC2_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1271755.jpg/330px-The_former_Patent_Office_building%2C_Southampton_Buildings%2C_WC2_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1271755.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/The_former_Patent_Office_building%2C_Southampton_Buildings%2C_WC2_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1271755.jpg/440px-The_former_Patent_Office_building%2C_Southampton_Buildings%2C_WC2_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1271755.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The former Patent Office headquarters in Southampton Buildings, London WC2</figcaption></figure> <p>The forerunner of the <b>Patent Office</b>, the Office of the Commissioners for Patents, was established by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Patent_Law_Amendment_Act_1852&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patent Law Amendment Act 1852 (page does not exist)">Patent Law Amendment Act 1852</a> and opened on 1 October that year. While this is claimed as the date the modern Intellectual Property Office was created it was in fact created later, along with the office of the comptroller under section 82 of the <a href="/wiki/Patents,_Designs,_and_Trade_Marks_Act_1883" class="mw-redirect" title="Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883">Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883</a> (<a href="/wiki/46_%26_47_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="46 & 47 Vict.">46 & 47 Vict.</a> c. 57). </p><p>There had been a Patent Bill Office, under the control of the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General</a>, which was part of the old patent system. It had been located in <a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Inn" title="Lincoln's Inn">Lincoln's Inn</a>. </p><p>Significantly, the process of applying for a patent was extremely complicated and largely set up to ensure fees were paid to various officials (patent fees formed a significant part of the stipend of the Attorney and <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">Solicitor General</a>). The Patent Law Amendment Act 1852 brought the process of patent grant into a single office serving the whole of the United Kingdom (where previously a petitioner had had to apply and pay fees to several offices, and to obtain separate patents for each of the UK's constituent nations).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially, people applying for a patent often used to submit a detailed model of their submission; these were retained and the collection became known as the Patent Museum (opened to the public in 1863 in <a href="/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington">South Kensington</a>, it went on to become a core collection of the new <a href="/wiki/Science_Museum,_London" title="Science Museum, London">Science Museum</a> there). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intellectual_Property_Office_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From its early days, the Patent Office was based in the <a href="/wiki/Chancery_Lane" title="Chancery Lane">Chancery Lane</a> area of London, where it eventually spread to fill the area between Furnival Street and Southampton Buildings. The principal entrance was at 25 Southampton Buildings, where a purpose-built headquarters was constructed in 1899–1902 (architect: Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(architect)" title="John Taylor (architect)">John Taylor</a>). The principal interior space was the Library, a "harsh but spectacular space 140ft long, lit from skylights and a <a href="/wiki/Clerestory" title="Clerestory">clerestory</a>, with two tiers of steel-framed, fireproofed galleries on cast iron <a href="/wiki/Corinthian_order" title="Corinthian order">Corinthian columns</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Designed to allow members of the public to consult patent records, it also contained a very extensive collection of technical and scientific publications, which in 1967 was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1991, having outgrown its original premises, the Patent Office moved to <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a>, where the IPO headquarters remains to this day. A small branch office in London has been maintained for the benefit of the large professional community based there and for communication with central government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intellectual_Property_Office_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Copyright law of the United Kingdom">Copyright law of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_United_Kingdom_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Departments of the United Kingdom Government">Departments of the United Kingdom Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chartered_Institute_of_Patent_Attorneys" title="Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys">Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys</a> (CIPA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Trade_Mark_Attorneys" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys">Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys</a> (ITMA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intellectual_Property_Regulation_Board" title="Intellectual Property Regulation Board">Intellectual Property Regulation Board</a> (IPReg)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IP_Federation" title="IP Federation">IP Federation</a> (formerly the "Trade Marks, Patents and Designs Federation" or TMPDF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patents_County_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Patents County Court">Patents County Court</a> (PCC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patent_office" title="Patent office">Patent office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Software_patents_under_United_Kingdom_patent_law" title="Software patents under United Kingdom patent law">Software patents under United Kingdom patent law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Company_Names_Tribunal" title="Company Names Tribunal">Company Names Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Intellectual_Property_Crime_Unit" title="Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit">Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit</a> (PIPCU) – Funded by the Intellectual Property Office</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intellectual_Property_Office_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The change was recommended in the <a href="/wiki/Gowers_Review_of_Intellectual_Property" title="Gowers Review of Intellectual Property">Gowers Review of Intellectual Property</a>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/policy/policy-issues/policy-issues-gowers/policy-issues-gowers-governance.htm"><i>Governance: Recommendation 53</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081011225013/http://www.ipo.gov.uk/policy/policy-issues/policy-issues-gowers/policy-issues-gowers-governance.htm">Archived</a> 11 October 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Intellectual Property Office web site. Consulted on 25 April 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office/about">"About us"</a>. <i>GOV.UK</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 September</span> 2021</span>. <q>The Intellectual Property Office became the operating name of The Patent Office on 2 April 2007.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=GOV.UK&rft.atitle=About+us&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fintellectual-property-office%2Fabout&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIntellectual+Property+Office+%28United+Kingdom%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office">Intellectual Property Office</a>, Intellectual Property Office web site. Consulted on 16 January 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Section 62 of the Trade Marks Act 1994</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Section 44(1) of the Registered Designs Act 1949</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pressrelease-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pressrelease_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.patent.gov.uk/press/press-release/press-release-2007/press-release-20070320.htm">Patent Office press release</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103006/http://www.patent.gov.uk/press/press-release/press-release-2007/press-release-20070320.htm">Archived</a> 29 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 20 March 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/john-alty">John Alty, Director General, Trade Policy</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/tim-moss">[1]</a> Government website.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/adam-williams">Chief Executive and Comptroller General</a>, Intellectual Property Office web site.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Intellectual Property Office, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/patents-manual-of-patent-practice">Patents: Manual of Patent Practice</a>, last updated (in the light of recent legal cases) on 1 July 2022, accessed 8 August 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/about/history/history-office.htm">Official website: History of the IPO.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140803191459/http://www.ipo.gov.uk/about/history/history-office.htm">Archived</a> 3 August 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPevsnerBradley1997" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Nikolaus_Pevsner" title="Nikolaus Pevsner">Pevsner, Nikolaus</a>; Bradley, Simon (1997). <i>The Buildings of England – London 1: The City of London</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/Penguin_Books" title="Penguin Books">Penguin Books</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Buildings+of+England+%E2%80%93+London+1%3A+The+City+of+London&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Penguin+Books&rft.date=1997&rft.aulast=Pevsner&rft.aufirst=Nikolaus&rft.au=Bradley%2C+Simon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIntellectual+Property+Office+%28United+Kingdom%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intellectual_Property_Office_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em;">Non-<br />governmental<br />bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em; font-weight:normal">Education<br />and museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Science_museums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Science museums in the United Kingdom">Science museums</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum of Science and Industry">National Museum of Science and Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Space_Centre" title="National Space Centre">National Space Centre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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title="EngineeringUK">EngineeringUK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_Media_Centre" title="Science Media Centre">Science Media Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellcome_Trust" title="Wellcome Trust">Wellcome Trust</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em;">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:British_engineers" title="Category:British engineers">Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:British_inventors" title="Category:British inventors">Inventors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:British_Nobel_laureates" title="Category:British Nobel laureates">Nobel laureates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:British_science_writers" title="Category:British science writers">Science writers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:British_scientists" 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