Days/Times: Monday-Friday 9.00am-5.00pm.
The UK's offical body for granting patents and for the registration of designs and trademarks.
The Search and Advisory Service carries out confidential patent and trade mark searches, tailored to the requirements of the customer.
Public search room for enquiries related to patents, trade marks and designs.
Patents: concerned with technical/ functional aspects of products and processes.
Designs: relate to the visual appearance of products;
Trademarks: indentifies products/ services with particular trades.
Copyright: arises from creation of certain categories or original work.
Parent organisation: Department of Trade and Industry
Directions: nearest tube is Blackfriars
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