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These are prepared in-house in a 2 week publication cycle using a bespoke IT system linked to PDAX (the IPO’s electronic case management system). The front page is compiled by downloading bibliographic data (XML format) from the corporate database COPS and merged with the rest of the specification pages from PDAX and reproduced in a single PDF image. The PDF image is then loaded onto the IPO’s publication server on our external website for customer download. The
The IPO no longer publishes “errata” documents in paper format, the official publication means being electronic, please see the following link: https://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/patent/p-os/p-find/p-find-publication.htm
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