Intellectual Property Office: service availability and issues
Check the availability of, and any issues affecting, our services.
Updates made during business hours only. Unplanned service issues outside these times may not appear here.
Planned downtime
ThereAll isIPO noServices, with the exception of Search For Patent, will be unavailable for planned downtime.maintenance from 6.30am to 10.00pm on August 9th.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Service status
There are currently no knowncurrent issues.
Notify us
If you are experiencing issues which are not listed please contact:
- Email: information@ipo.gov.uk
- Telephone: 0300 300 2000 during office access and opening times
Updates to this page
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Trade Mark service is resumed.
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Trade Mark search service currently being investigated.
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Planned maintenance updated: 9th August
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Service update: Trade mark search issue resolved.
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Service status: There is a known issue with the Trade mark search service.
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Service update - Trade mark services are now operational, no known issues.
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Service update - Fault in the Trade mark search service.
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Status changed to no current issues with any of our services
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Latest information about the search for a patent service being offline
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Planned maintenance completed.
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Updated message on planned maintenance on all services on 12 July 2025
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Service status updated regarding our Search for intellectual property and Search the intellectual property journal services.
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Service update - Research service is offline.
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Update on service issue with search for a patent
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Message about deposit account receipts removed as the issue is now resolved.
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Informing deposit account customers of a delay receiving filing receipts
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All services are now available with the exception of Patent Search Service which is expected to be offline until 8 July 1pm
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Planned downtime update.
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Service status update.
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Service update - resolved.
Update history
2025-08-12 10:50
An issue with the Trade mark search is being investigated
2025-08-11 11:10
Search for a trade mark service back on line
2025-08-11 10:39
Planned downtime is completed. Search for a trademark service is currently offline
2025-08-07 14:49
Service is resumed.
2025-08-07 10:25
Trade Mark service is resumed.
2025-08-07 10:16
Trade Mark search service currently being investigated.
2025-08-06 13:45
Planned maintenance updated: 9th August
2025-07-30 10:31
Service update: Trade mark search issue resolved.
2025-07-30 09:56
Service status: There is a known issue with the Trade mark search service.
2025-07-29 11:36
Service update – Trade mark services are now operational, no known issues.
2025-07-29 09:53
Service update – Fault in the Trade mark search service.
2025-07-16 11:48
Status changed to no current issues with any of our services
2025-07-14 14:02
Latest information about the search for a patent service being offline
2025-07-14 10:22
Planned maintenance completed.
2025-07-11 07:56
Updated message on planned maintenance on all services on 12 July 2025
2025-07-10 16:50
Service status updated regarding our Search for intellectual property and Search the intellectual property journal services.
2025-07-09 18:49
Service update – Research service is offline.
2025-07-08 13:24
Update on service issue with search for a patent
2025-07-08 08:14
Message about deposit account receipts removed as the issue is now resolved.
2025-07-07 14:28
Informing deposit account customers of a delay receiving filing receipts
2025-07-07 07:18
All services are now available with the exception of Patent Search Service which is expected to be offline until 8 July 1pm
2025-07-04 10:19
Planned downtime update.
2025-07-01 08:02
Service status update.
2025-06-17 14:13
Service update – resolved.
2025-06-17 13:20
Service update.
2025-06-17 09:23
The service status section has been updated due to Apply to register a trade mark issues are now resolved.
2025-06-17 09:18
Services status section updated due to Apply to register a trade mark service unavailability.
2025-06-10 08:20
Planned maintenance message for users.
2025-06-09 16:16
Status updated – all issues resolved
2025-06-09 09:12
Live service update for deposit account customers.
2025-05-20 10:50
There is planned downtime scheduled for Wednesday 21 May 2025 between 7am and 9am our external Designs services will be impacted.
2025-05-19 15:24
Planned maintenance on Trade Mark external services between 5pm and 8pm 20 May 2025 added.
2025-05-08 12:42
Service status section updated due to a fault with the ‘Search for a trade mark (by word, phrase and/or image)’.
2025-05-07 16:09
The ‘Apply to register a design’ service and the ‘One IPO Search’ service downtime added to Planned downtime section.
2025-05-06 13:57
First published.