Overview of changes to latest version of our Eolf Client

UK patent address for service change which come into force on 01 January 2021

Addresses in EEA no longer accepted for new GB national applications; must be located in UK, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Gibraltar

For further information on the address for service changes see Address for service for intellectual property rights from 1 January 2021

Changes to the eOLF UK- F1 module

Forms

Patents Form F1

Text at Point 4:
Name of your agent (if you have one)
“Address for service” to which all correspondence should be sent. This may be in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or Gibraltar (see warning note below)
(including the postcode)

Text in the warning note on the 2nd page of Patent Form 1:
Although you may have an address for service in the Channel Islands or Gibraltar, any agent you appoint to act for you must reside or have a place of business in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the European Economic Area.

Changes to the eOLF UK- NP1 module

Forms

Patents Form NP1

Text at Point 5:
Name of your agent (if you have one)
“Address for service” (including the postcode) in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or Gibraltar to which all correspondence should be sent.