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area of London, where it eventually spread to fill the area between Furnival Street and Southampton Buildings. The principal entrance was at 25 Southampton Buildings, where a purpose-built headquarters was constructed in 1899–1902 (architect: Sir
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Significantly, the process of applying for a patent was extremely complicated and largely set up to ensure fees were paid to various officials (patent fees formed a significant part of the stipend of the Attorney and
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and opened on 1 October that year. While this is claimed as the date the modern Intellectual Property Office was created it was in fact created later, along with the office of the comptroller under section 82 of the
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Initially, people applying for a patent often used to submit a detailed model of their submission; these were retained and the collection became known as the Patent Museum (opened to the public in 1863 in
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The IPO is led by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, who is also Registrar of Trade Marks, Registrar of Designs and Chief Executive of the IPO:
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The Manual of Patent Practice sets out the relevant patent law and the operational practice of the Intellectual Property Office in relation to patents.
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The IPO has direct administrative responsibility for examining and issuing or rejecting patents, and maintaining registers of
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The Intellectual Property Office became the operating name of The Patent Office on 2 April 2007.
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The existence of the Patent Office and the post of Comptroller-General are required by the
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Each of these Acts of Parliament has been extensively amended since it was first passed.
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety
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and the IPO does not conduct any direct administration in copyright matters.
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In 1991, having outgrown its original premises, the Patent Office moved to
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The former Patent Office headquarters in Southampton Buildings, London WC2
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government
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in the UK. As in most countries, there is no statutory register of
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There had been a Patent Bill Office, under the control of the
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North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
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From its early days, the Patent Office was based in the
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UK Intellectual Property Office

Government agency
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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intellectual property
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
intellectual property
patents
designs
trade marks
copyright
Alison Brimelow
President of the European Patent Office
Ian Fletcher
Patents and Design Act 1907
Registered Designs Act 1949
Patents Act 1977
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Trade Marks Act 1994
History of patent law

Patent Law Amendment Act 1852
Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883
46 & 47 Vict.
Attorney General
Lincoln's Inn
Solicitor General
South Kensington

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