Concept House
Cardiff Road
NewportSouth Wales
NP10 8QQPatents Form NP1
Patents Act 1977 (Rules 66 and 68-70)

National processing of an international application for a patent (UK)(See the notes on the back of this form)
1. Your reference:
2. International phasedetails

International application number
International ﬁling date(day/month/year)

Earliest priority date(day/month/year)

3. UK Patent application number(The Ofﬁce will ﬁll in this part)

4. Full name, address and postcode of theor of each applicant(underline all surnames)

ADP number (if you know it)
5. Name of your agent (if you have one)
“Address for service” (includingpostcode) in the European Economic
Area or Channel Islands to which allcorrespondence should be sent.

ADP number (if you know it)
6. Are you requesting publication of a translation
ﬁled under Section 89A(3) or (5)?
(Answer “Yes” if this applies, and see note h)
7. Do you wish to enter the national phase early(i.e. before 31 months from the priority date)?
(Answer “Yes” if this applies)
If so, has the demand been ﬁled and on
what date?

Intellectual Property Ofﬁce is an operating name of the Patent Ofﬁce

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are ﬁling with this(Answer by writing (a) – (j) as appropriate)a)Request for search(Patents Form 9A; Rules 22(2), 27(1) and 68(3))b) Request for substantive examination(Patents Form 10; Rules 28(1), 28(2) and 68(4))c)

Statement of inventorship(Patents Form 7; Rules 10 and 68(2))d) Request for late declaration of priority(Patents Form 3; Rules 6, 7 and 66(3))e)

Translation of international application(Section 89A(3); Rules 67 and 70)

f)

Translation of information relating todeposit of a biological material (Rule 69(1))g) Copy of application under the Patent
Cooperation Treaty (Section 89A(3)(b)(i))h) Copy of amendment under the Patent
Cooperation Treaty (Section 89A(5)(b)(i))i)

Translation of amendment under thePatent Cooperation Treaty(Section 89A(5); Rules 69 and 70)

j)

Any other documents(please specify)

9.

SignatureDate

10. Name, e-mail address, telephone and/or
mobile number, if any, of a contact point

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If you need help to ﬁll in this form or you have any questions, please contact the Ofﬁce on 0300 300 2000.

b) You may use this form if you want the ofﬁce to begin the national phase of an international application. The
national phase cannot begin until you have paid the fee for national processing (see note (h) below) and ﬁled anynecessary documents mentioned at (d), (e) and (f), at part 8 above.
c)

Do not use this form if you want the international application to be treated as an application under the Act, inaccordance with section 89(3) or (5), when it, or the designation of the United Kingdom in it, has been deemed
withdrawn, or when it has been refused a ﬁling date under the Treaty. In these circumstances you should apply in
writing to the ofﬁce within 2 months of the notiﬁcation mentioned in PCT Rule 51. You should include a statementof the facts on which you rely together with the fee which is payable (see rule 71). Within the same period of 2months you should ask the International Bureau to send copies of the documents on ﬁle to the ofﬁce (PCT Article25.1).

d) Although you may have an address for service in the Channel Islands, any agent you appoint to act for you must
reside in or have a place of business in the European Economic Area or Isle of Man.
e)

Write your answers in capital letters using black ink or you may type them.

f)

If there is not enough space for all the relevant details on any part of this form, please continue on a separate
sheet of paper and write “see continuation sheet” in the relevant part(s) of the form. Any continuation sheet
should be attached to this form and have “NP1 continuation sheet” and the international ﬁling number as aheading.

g) Once you have ﬁlled in the form remember to sign and date it.
h)A fee is payable upon entering the national phase. For details of that fee, and fees due in respect of requests
made under part 6 and parts 8(a) and (b) above, and ways to pay, please contact the Ofﬁce.

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

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Fees and paymentWe will only process the form with this section completed (one form per payment)
To check the correct fee for this form, search on GOV.UK for ‘patent forms and fees’
Total Fee Paying (£)

Your own reference (Optional)

Your contact details should we have a query
NameEmailPhone

How would you like to pay?
Tick one
Using a debit or credit card – you will need the internet to pay by card1

Go to our secure website – https://fees.ipo.gov.uk/pay

2

Enter your name, email address and total amount to pay from above

3

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.
Use the following bank account details
Sort code
Account number
Account name
SWIFT code
IBAN number

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Post to: Intellectual Property Ofﬁce, Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport, South Wales, NP10 8QQ, United Kingdom
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