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Statistics related to patents at the Intellectual Property Office can be accessed through the annual reports, annual reviews and facts and figures at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=intellectual-property-office      

Information on filing, including Patents application guide and other materials, is available from the following web page:

https://www.gov.uk/patent-your-invention    

The procedure after filing, including publication, examination and grant is described at: 

https://www.gov.uk/patent-your-invention    

Information regarding dispute resolution, including hearings, mediation and opinions may be found here: 

https://www.gov.uk/intellectual-property-mediation    

https://www.gov.uk/opinions-resolving-patent-disputes    

Results of past patent decisions are available at: 

https://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-challenge-decision-results.htm  

Information on how applicants may appeal is provided at: 

https://www.gov.uk/patent-disputes-resolution-hearings 

Other business procedures such as the Patents Act, finding patents, how we classify and renewals are covered by web pages accessible from the main Patents portal: 

https://www.gov.uk/topic/intellectual-property/patents  

A link to the EPO search dataset Espacenet is provided from the online patent services portal: 

https://www.gov.uk/search-for-patent    

The UK patent register may be searched by publication or application number at: 

https://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-ipsum.htm    

The UK patent register may also be searched by publication date at: 

https://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-find-publication.htm

II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

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Information on filing, including Patents application guide and other materials, is available from the following web page: https://www.gov.uk/topic/intellectual-property/patents 

Availability of the application dossier in electronic form  

The UK patent register and some of the documents from may be searched by publication or application number at: https://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-ipsum.htm 

Classification1, preclassification2 (if applicable), reclassification3 activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information

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Legal status information is contained on the UK patent register and  may be searched by publication or application number at: https://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-ipsum.htm 

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