Save £10 on your patenting costs
The IPKat has had his attention brought to the (rather tautologically-sounding) Trade Marks and Trade Marks and Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2009, SI 2009, No. 2089, which is going to be making a few changes to the Trade Marks Rules 2008, the Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 2008 and the Patents (Fees) Rules 2007 as from October 2009.
As far as the IPKat can gather, the changes are mainly to do with tinkering around the edges of the current set-up. Among other minor things, some new allowances will be made for electronic filing of applications. One change in particular is that a whopping £10 saving will in future be possible when paying application or search fees on a patent application, if filing electronically. Any savings may, however, be short-lived if other proposed changes (as reported by the IPKat here) go ahead as planned.
As far as the IPKat can gather, the changes are mainly to do with tinkering around the edges of the current set-up. Among other minor things, some new allowances will be made for electronic filing of applications. One change in particular is that a whopping £10 saving will in future be possible when paying application or search fees on a patent application, if filing electronically. Any savings may, however, be short-lived if other proposed changes (as reported by the IPKat here) go ahead as planned.