1. application path

1. file a patent application directly with the UK Intellectual Property Office;

2. Application through the Paris Convention route (12-month priority);

3. Application through the PCT route (31 months priority);

4. The filing of a notice of the grant of a European patent application takes effect in the UK within three months.

2. Review Form

1. need to go through the form and substantive examination, through the patent examination highway request for expedited examination;

2. Within 6 months of the first publication of the patent application, the applicant is required to pay the substantive examination fee to UKIPO and request substantive examination. The substantive examination includes whether the invention is sufficiently novel and inventive.

3. protection period
is valid for 20 years from the date of application.

4. Application Language

English/Welsh

5. to submit documents

1. A description of the invention so that others can understand how it works and how it is made;

2. A legal statement setting out the technical features of the invention to be protected, I .e., the claims;

3. A summary of all important technical features of the invention;

4. necessary drawings;

5. Submitting other information such as the inventor's statement on a case-by-case basis;

6. If priority is claimed, priority information and copies of priority supporting documents are required.

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