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Countries IP system
UK Patent and Trademark System
Invention patent
- Patent term:
20 years starting from filing dat - Document required:
Specification and drawings - Patent prosecution:
- Investigation Examination procedure
- Investigation must be brought to the attention of novelty within 6 months from filing date
- Patent publication will take place 18 months after the filing date (priority date)
- Maintenance fee: First 3 years payment on the filing date, thereafter will be annual payment
- Related term:
United Kingdom patents are protected in most of the United Kingdom
Design patent
- Patent term:
25 years starting from filing date - Document required:
Specification and drawings - Patent prosecution:
Register procedure - Maintenance fee:
Payment are made for every 5 years from filing date
Trademark
- Trademark term: 10 years from register date, renewal for every 10 years term
- Trademark type: Trademarks, service marks, collective marks and certification marks
- Trademark format: Traditional (words, logos)
- Document required: Words/logo and merchandise detail
- Usage term: After registration the trademark must be used within 5 years, trademark has not been use for 5 consecutive years will be revocation for extension.
- Renewal term: Renewal 6 months before expires date.