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Patent Office form changes - 1 October 2016

The Intellectual Patent Office has amended a selection of their patents forms following changes to the Patents Rules 2007. The rule changes increase legal certainty, make procedures more flexible, and reduce administrative burdens for patent applicants and owners.

The amended Patents forms are:-

• PF14 – Request to reinstate a patent application (Patents Act 1977 (Rule 32)) 
• PF20 – Request to correct a name or address (Patents Act 1977 (Rule 49)) 
• PF21 – Application to record a change of ownership or give notice of rights acquired in a patent or patent application (Patents Act 1977 (Rule 47)) 
• PF51 - Appointment or change of agent (Patents Act 1977 (Rule 101))

New versions of these Patents forms are available in FormEvo and are for use from 1 October 2016.

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