Processing Patent and Trade Mark Applications

The Gowers Report on Intellectual Property recommended that the UK Intellectual Property Office provide new accelerated services for processing patent and trade mark applications. We have considered these recommendations and are now consulting on proposed new fast track services for patents and trade marks, both of which will be available to all applicants upon payment of a fee.

The consultation launches today, 21 September and closes on 14 December 2007. The consultation document (285Kb) is available on this website.