Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)

Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)
TypeGovernment agency
Region served
United Kingdom
Chief Executive
Adam Williams
Parent organisation
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Websitegov.uk/intellectual-property Edit this at Wikidata

The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (often referred to as the UK IPO) is, since 2 April 2007, the operating name of The Patent Office.[1][2] It is the official government body responsible for intellectual property rights in the UK and is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).[3]

  1. ^ The change was recommended in the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, see Governance: Recommendation 53 Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Intellectual Property Office web site. Consulted on 25 April 2008
  2. ^ "About us". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2021. The Intellectual Property Office became the operating name of The Patent Office on 2 April 2007.
  3. ^ Intellectual Property Office, Intellectual Property Office web site. Consulted on 16 January 2019