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Guidance

Patents: Manual of Patent Practice

The Manual of Patent Practice explains the Intellectual Property Office's practice under the Patents Act 1977.

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Intellectual Property Office
Published
1 July 2014
Last updated
1 JulyOctober 2025 — See all updates

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Manual of Patent Practice

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manual-of-patent-practice-mopp

Details

The Manual recites sections of the Patents Act 1977 and sections of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 relating to patents. There is also a section on Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPC) for Medicinal Products and Plant Protection Products.

We update the Manual regularly to reflect recent developments such as changes in the law and judicial decisions. The most recent update occurred on 1 JulyOctober 2025 when substantiveminor changesamendments wererelated made to Supplementarythe Protectionreplacement Certificatesof forIPSUM Medicinalwith the One IPO Search service, and Plantthe Protectionmove Products.away from PROSE were made to the manual.

Please note that statements made in the Manual are not in themselves an authority for any action by the Intellectual Property Office and should not be used as a set of legal requirements. If you notice any errors please contact information@ipo.gov.uk.

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Details of recent changes to the manual are available.

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The Manual of Patent Practice is available as a PDF on request. Please email information@ipo.gov.uk for a copy.

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Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 1 JulyOctober 2025 + show all updates

  2. Online manual to reflect July 2025 changes.

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Update history

2025-10-01 13:30
Minor amendments related to the replacement of IPSUM with the One IPO Search service, and the move away from PROSE across the Manual.

2025-07-01 13:30
Online manual to reflect July 2025 changes.

2025-04-01 13:30
Online manual to reflect April 2025 changes.

2025-01-02 01:30
Online manual to reflect January 2025 changes.

2024-10-01 13:30
Online manual to reflect October 2024 changes.

2024-07-01 13:30
Online manual to reflect July 2024 changes.

2024-04-02 13:30
Online manual to reflect April 2024 changes.

2024-01-02 13:30
Online manual to reflect January 2024 changes.

2023-10-02 13:06
Online manual to reflect October 2023 changes.

2023-07-03 13:00
Online Manual of Patent Practice updated.

2023-04-03 10:29
Online manual to reflect April 2023 changes.

2023-01-03 13:00
Online manual to reflect January 2023 changes.

2022-10-03 13:00
Online manual to reflect October 2022 changes.

2022-07-01 13:30
Online manual to reflect July 2022 changes.

2022-04-01 13:00
Online manual to reflect April 2022 changes.