How will the review proceedings be decided?

We will usually appoint a hearing but if you and anyone else involved in the proceedings agrees, we will base our decision on the papers that have been filed. In either case we will issue a decision and will advertise it on our web site. We will also record the outcome of the review in the patents register.

You may be able to appeal the decision but the circumstances are limited.

You need to be either the patent owner or an exclusive licensee. Even then you can only appeal the decision if it upholds the opinion in whole or in part.

Anyone else involved in the proceedings does not have the right to appeal.

Appealing a decision on a review

If you want to file an appeal you need to do so within the time limit set out in the review decision, which appears in the advertisement of the decision. Further details about appeals may be obtained from:

High Court Appeals Office
Room WG07, West Green Building
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL

Phone: +44 (0)120 7947 7383