ROUTE TO INVENTION SUCCESS MADE EASIER WITH NEW PATENT OFFICE WEBSITE

Added: (Wed Dec 13 2000)

Pressbox (Press Release) - ROUTE TO INVENTION SUCCESS MADE EASIER WITH NEW PATENT OFFICE WEBSITE


The route to invention success is set to become even easier with the UK Patent Office’s revamped website, due to be launched on 14th December.

Patents, trade marks, copyright and design registrations are hot property. The existing Patent Office website already receives over 110,000 hits every day with more people than ever wanting to know how to protect their ideas and inventions and discover the latest innovations.

The new site is launched in response to a customer survey and an analysis of user requirements and now contains a newcomer’s guide, new navigation paths and a greater number of links to other sites. A powerful search facility is able to pin-point specific areas of interest for users and has been re-organised to include database services.

Mandy Haberman, winner of the British Female Inventor of the Year Award 2000 says, “The Patent Office website is a vital resource to anybody with a new idea, offering information and advice on how to protect their invention and make the most of it. The new site has made access to this information even easier.”

View the new website at: www.patent.gov.uk

-Ends- For further information contact:
Deborah Fields or Peter Colegate, Prowse & Company Ltd, 01372 363386 or
Dave Morgan at the UK Patent Office, 01633 814703 or mobile 0385 338543
For general enquiries contact the Patent Office Central Enquiry Unit
08459 500 505

Note to editors:
The new Patent Office website is part of a major DTI push to promote the importance of intellectual property, reinforcing the UK’s role as a leading centre for innovation.

On 29th November 2000, DTI Minister for Consumer and Corporate Affairs Dr Kim Howells launched a new Intellectual Property Portal:
www.intellectual-property.gov.uk

Direct links to the new IP Portal and to UK OnLine are provided from the Patent Office website home page to ensure that users have access to all relevant Intellectual Property information.