Guidance notes

Guidance Notes are published to explain changes to patent law.

• Amendments to the Patents Act 1977 to provide for online file inspection (26 August 2011)
• New Hours of Business at the Intellectual Property Office (27 June 2011)
• New patent and trade mark fees (12 January 2010)
• New address for service rules (6 April 2009)
• The London Agreement on the requirement for translations of European Patents (1 May 2008)
• New Patents Rules, associated Fees Rules and changes to the Patents Act 1977 (17 December 2007)
• The revised European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) (13 December 2007)