The UK Intellectual Property Office launches free on-line publication service
A new patents publication service will be available from 18 June 2007 on the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) website to allow users to view and download patents on their day of publication. This new service will also provide users with the facility to download all patents published from 1 January 2007.
The UK-IPO is in step with the European Patent Office (EPO) by making these publications available online and has used similar technologies to provide the new service.
Sean Dennehey, Director of Patents, said:
"This new service responds to an increasing wish amongst users to access patent information online and keeps the UK-IPO at the forefront of the way Intellectual Property (IP) business is conducted in the UK."
Editors notes:
- The Patents Publication Service can be accessed directly from this website.
- The electronic patent publications will be available for access and download from 13:00 GMT on the day of publication. (Publication takes place weekly and is usually every Wednesday).
- The user will have the choice to view and download both patent applications which have been published (A documents) and A documents that have been granted (B documents).
- The official publication process involves the patent being made open to public inspection; this fact is first advertised in the Patents and Designs Journal (available on this website in PDF format).
- For enquiries about the UK-IPO press or media activities please contact the Awareness, Information and Media (AIM) Communications Team on 01633 814010 or email media@ipo.gov.uk
