Concept House
Cardiff Road
NewportSouth Wales
NP10 8QQPatents Form 3
Patents Act 1977 (Rules 6 and 7)

Late Additions and Declarations of Priority(See the notes on the back of this form)

1. Your reference:

2. Patent application number

3. Full name of the applicant or of each applicant

Patents ADP number (if you know it)

4. Is the request being made under(i) rule 7(2)(to make a late declaration of priority)(ii) rule 6(2)(to make a late claim to priority)

Before completing this section please see the notes on the back of this form
5. If (i) above why was the declaration of priority
not made within the period speciﬁed?
(Continue on a separate sheet of paper if necessary)

6. Priority details

CountryEnter here the details of the Priority application(s) being
added or declared

7.

Intellectual Property Ofﬁce is an operating name of the Patent Ofﬁce

Signature

Application number

Date of ﬁling(day/month/year)

Date

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PF38. Name, email address, telephone and/or mobile number, if any, of a contact
point for the applicant:This form is used either:i)to make a request for a late declaration of priority under Rule 7(2) of the Patents Rules 2007, or:ii)

to make a late claim to priority after an application has been ﬁled (Rule 6(2)).

In order to take either of these late actions you must apply within a speciﬁed period after the ﬁling date of the priority
application (the application from which you wish to claim priority). If you do not, then it will no longer be possible to
make a claim to priority from that application. The following ﬂow chart explains the time periods for making a lateclaim to priority and also indicates which of the two provisions outlined in part 4 of this form you should use to makeyour request.

Is the priority date you are claiming within
12 months of the date of ﬁling of yourapplication?

YESNO

You should complete Parts 4 (ii) &6 of this form and send it, with theappropriate fee within 16 monthsof the ﬁling date of the priority
application.

Is the priority date you areclaiming within 14 monthsof the ﬁling date of yourapplication?

YESNO

It may still be possible to make your claim
to priority. To do this you must request latedeclaration of priority under Rule 7(2) of thePatents Rules by completing parts 4(i), 5 & 6of this form. Also see** below.

Unfortunately you are
too late to make thispriority claim.

If you need help to ﬁll in this form or you have any questions, please contact the Ofﬁce on 0300 300 2000.
When completing the form please write your answers in capital letters using black ink or you may type them. Onceyou have ﬁlled in the form remember to sign and date it.
** Along with this form you should also provide supporting evidence as to why the priority claim was not made within
12 months of the ﬁling date of the priority application. The evidence should be submitted with this form. If it is not,the Ofﬁce will set a deadline for submitting the evidence.
There are different fees for each type of late priority claim identiﬁed in part 4. For details of these fees and ways topay, please contact the Ofﬁce.

Data Privacy: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-ofﬁce/about/personal-information-charter

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To check the correct fee for this form, search on GOV.UK for ‘patent forms and fees’
Total Fee Paying (£)

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As proof of payment, write below the 16-digit reference number displayed from theonline payment screen.
DO NOT write your debit/credit card number

Deduct from IPO deposit accountIPO deposit account number

Cheque – make payable to ‘Intellectual Property Ofﬁce’
and please send to the address speciﬁed below.
Bank transfer
Reference – use your IPO deposit account number if you have one or anapplication number or your name if you don’t.
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Post to: Intellectual Property Ofﬁce, Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport, South Wales, NP10 8QQ, United Kingdom
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