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Patent forms and fees

List of online and paper patent forms and ~~fees.~~fees

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Use this guide to find details of all our patent forms, cost for both online and paper transactions and when they were last updated.

All Intellectual Property Office fee bearing forms should be filed with the appropriate fee.

Information on the new PCT fees are also available.

Information on how to pay by card, cheque, bank transfer or deposit account is available in a supporting detailed guide.

Published 29 July 2014

Last updated 221 ~~January~~April ~~2025~~2026 ~~+ show~~ href="#full-history">+ show all updates

22 January 2025
IPSUM is no longer available and has been replaced by search for a patent.
26 April 2023
A new end page has been added. This contains a checklist and sending instructions. Supporting text added to questions that required further clarification.
21 August 2021
Forms: AF1, PF1, PF2, PF3, PF4, PF7, PF9A, PF10, PF12, PF14, PF15, PF16, PF17, PF21, PF23, PF34, PF49, PF52, NP1, SP1, SP2, SP3 and SP4 updated.
1 April 2021
Zero fees ended and normal fees resume from 1st April 2021.
4 January 2021
New SPC forms SP5 and SP6 added.
9 November 2020
Patens forms 1,3, 9A, 10, 12, 14, 21, 23, 51 and 52 updated.
1 October 2020
All Intellectual Property Office fee bearing forms should be filed with the appropriate fee added.
30 July 2020
Online patent forms fees changes form no.1, AF1, 9A and 52. Patent application form no. AF1, 3, 9A, 14, 16 and 52.
30 May 2018
Patent application forms and Supplementary protection certificate forms the dates have been revised as part of the Data Privacy rules.
6 April 2018
Grant fee for patent application (From 34) and updates to costs for Online forms and Patent applications with reviewed date of April 2018 added.
1 October 2016
Patent form 14, 20, 21 and 51 updated.
1 June 2016
Forms 28 and 30 updated.
19 November 2015
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) request form added.
29 July 2014
First published.