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Applications for national UK patents remained fairly static between 2016 and 2017, with 22,068 applications in 2016 and 22,072 in 2017. Of these, applications from UK residents decreased from 63% of applications in 2016 to 60% in 2017. The number of Patents granted increased from 5602 in 2016 to 6311 in 2017 (+13%).
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
Our website www.ipo.gov.uk moved in October 2014 to a new Government website GOV.UK and the new web address is now:
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