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GB - Federated Register Service

GB Patent Register

  • Coverage: European and national patents with effect in the UK; approximately 30 years of applications
  • Updating frequency: Daily
  • File inspection available: Yes
  • URL to national patent register and file inspection (Ipsum): https://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/patent/p-os/p-find/p-ipsum.htm
  • Deep linking to national patent register from FRS: Yes

Content provided via FRS

 

FRS data

Data provided

UK IPO - Content

1

Status

Yes

Patent in force


Patent surrendered


Patent expired


Patent revoked (either by EPO or UK IPO)


Patent not in force

2

Application No.

Yes

EP application, e.g. EP95250091.6

3

Publication No.

Yes

Granted EP patent, e.g. EP0678348

4

Proprietor

Yes

Current proprietor

5

Invalidation date

Yes

When available

6

Not in force since

Yes

When available

7

Renewal fees last  paid

Yes

 

8

Register last updated

No

 

9

SPC

No

SPC Register is available separately (https://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-find-spc.htm) and linked from IPSUM.

Contact 

General enquiries

IPO
Concept House
Cardiff Road
Newport
South Wales
NP10 8QQ

Email: information@ipo.gov.uk
Phone: 0300 300 2000
Outside the UK: +44 (0)1633 814000
Fax: +44 (0)1633 817777
Phone: 0300 0200 015

Telephone lines open: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, excluding bank holidays.

Related links

On the Intellectual Property Office's website, links are also provided to the following:

Online Patents Journal (published weekly)

Online Publication Service

European Patent Register

Worldwide Espacenet

WIPO Patentscope

Availability of the GB service

Due to technical maintenance, the GB service is sometimes unavailable between 1.00 and 3.00 hrs (GMT). If you encounter any other data availability issues outside these hours, please contact the UK IPO's IT Helpdesk (IT.HelpDesk@ipo.gov.uk) or user support team (UseIT@ipo.gov.uk).