Applying for a UK patent online (Form 1)
New users
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Checklist
Have you got?
A valid e-mail address where we can send the web filing receipt.
A valid credit/debit card or details of a customer/deposit account that you hold with us (if payment is required when filing).
All the details and PDF documents required for the filing, for example:
- name & address details of applicant(s) and if needed, inventor(s) and/or representative or patent agent
- filing details of any prior application being declared, divided from or relied upon for a description
- PDF documents, for example, description, drawings, claims, abstract, digitally signed US priority document, evidence to support a late declaration of priority, covering letter
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