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UK patent office introduces online search tool

Ipsum, the Intellectual Property Office's free search facility, is aimed at making it cheaper and easier for businesses and people to get documents about patents and patent applications Read more

7 October, 2011 by David Meyer

UK Patent Office considers problem of trivial patents

The UK Patent Office has launched a public consultation to examine how well the... Read more

7 February, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Patent campaigners make government breakthrough

...on Tuesday, the minister for science and innovation, Lord Sainsbury, and the UK Patent Office agreed to consult further on the pivotal issue of what... Read more

14 December, 2004 by Matt Loney

IT patent issues simplified for businesses

...of the European patent system, Ron Marchant, former chief executive of the UK Patent Office, said further simplifications are critical for Europe's economic future... Read more

14 December, 2007 by Matthew Broersma

UK Patent Office under fire over software report

The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has been criticised by anti-patent campaigners on Monday... Read more

8 November, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Five years ago: UK Patent Office backs US MMX ruling

...got its second lift in a short space of time when the UK Patent Office preliminarily refused Intel's application to make a trademark of... Read more

1 April, 2002 by Martin Veitch

UK Patent Office backs US MMX ruling

...got its second lift in a short space of time when the UK Patent Office preliminarily refused Intel's application to make a trademark of... Read more

2 April, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Patent Office considers Wiki peer review

The UK Patent Office is considering reforms to the patent system based on recommendations... Read more

13 December, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop

...group of software developers and patent lawyers agreed on Thursday at a UK Patent Office (UKPO) workshop that the definition of technical contribution in the... Read more

8 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Patent Office wants debate on software directive

The UK Patent Office (UKPO) announced on Friday that it will hold a series... Read more

4 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

UK patents on the increase

While most patents granted by the UK Patent Office go to foreign-owned companies such as HP, home firms... Read more

9 August, 2005 by Colin Barker

Patent injustice for small software companies

...bang, you have a patent." Although this is an accusation that the UK patent office vigorously denies, claiming that the quality of the patents it... Read more

29 June, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Wallace and Gromit say patents are fun kids!

...could view this new link-up between the Science Museum and the UK Patent Office as a harmless bit of fun to get kids interested... Read more

16 February, 2009

Linux users could face European patent threat

...brief and non-scientific scan of the 51 applications made through the UK patent office, the proportion of patents which were hardware-related seemed significantly... Read more

19 September, 2007 by Peter Judge

European Patent Office scotches appeal for review

...order an enlarged board of appeal, has written to Jacob and the UK Patent Office saying that there is an "insufficient legal basis" for a... Read more

22 March, 2007 by Tom Espiner

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