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UK Intellectual Property Office annual report and accounts for 2006-07.

Type

Annual reports; House of Commons papers

Date

16 July 2007

Reference

HC 803 2006-07

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Deposited Paper DEP 07/243

Letters to Ian Austin MP from DTI agency chief executives regarding the translation services.

Deposited by

Patent Office

Type

Deposited papers

Date

26 January 2007

Reference

DEP 07/243

House

House of Commons

Patent Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Patent Office; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Alan Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 November 2006

For answer on

23 November 2006

Answered on

4 December 2006

Intellectual Property is key to UK competitiveness in a global knowledge economy and the Patent Office is responsible for the IP regime which allows creators and inventors limited privileges, enabling them to lever economic success from their creativity.The DTI Innovation Report, launched in December 2003 set out how the DTI needed to improve the way it helped UK businesses to successfully exploit their new ideas. The Patent Office’s role has been key in taking forward recommendations arising out of the report which included increased awareness and understanding of IP, improved confidence in IP protection by improving speed and costs of resolving disputes and working with others in tackling IP crime. Outcomes have included a range of tailored awareness raising for SMEs and an educational resource, the introduction of an Opinions service and publication of the first National Enforcement Report and IP Crime Strategy.A recommendation of ““Better Government Services—Executive Agencies in the 21st Century”” published by the Prime Minister’s Office of Public Services Reform in July 2002 was that the central programme of quinquennial reviews of agencies such as the Patent Office (last reviewed in 2001) was abolished and replaced by business reviews of the end-to-end process in achieving specific outcomes. Each year the Patent Office agrees its Business Plan with the Department of Trade and Industry to ensure its objectives match departmental objectives and plans. Agency targets are reviewed on an annual basis and agreed in discussion with the Department and Minister. The Patent Office has a track record of continued improvement on timeliness of delivery of patents, trade marks and designs and has continued to reduce its backlogs (17 per cent. reduction in patents backlog for the financial year 2005-06). Agency targets for 2005-06 were met or exceeded and this trend continues into 2006-07.

Date

4 December 2006

Reference

103223; 454 c20-1W;454 c20-1W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper HINF 2006/2060

Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules 2006. Full regulatory impact assessment. 3 p.

Deposited by

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Impact assessments; Deposited papers

Date

21 November 2006

Reference

HINF 2006/2060

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 06/2021

Proposed changes to the Patents Rules. Consultation. Includes a draft SI and regulatory impact assessment. 21 p.

Deposited by

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Consultation papers; Impact assessments; Deposited papers

Date

16 November 2006

Reference

DEP 06/2021

House

House of Commons

Registered Designs (Fees) (No 2) Rules 2006

SI 2006/2617 (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department of Trade and Industry. Coming into force 1 October 2006.

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

28 September 2006

Reference

SI 2006/2617

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Deposited Paper HINF 2006/1707

Representative actions for the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Consultation paper. 32 p.

Deposited by

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Consultation papers; Deposited papers

Date

28 September 2006

Reference

HINF 2006/1707

House

House of Commons

Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 2006

SI 2006/2424 (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department of Trade and Industry. Coming into force 1 October 2006

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

8 September 2006

Reference

SI 2006/2424

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Deposited Paper HINF 2006/1690

Full regulatory impact assessment on the introduction of new fees to enable the designs registration system to be modernised. 9 p.

Deposited by

Department of Trade and Industry; Patent Office

Type

Impact assessments; Deposited papers

Date

30 August 2006

Reference

HINF 2006/1690

House

House of Commons

Full regulatory impact assessment on the introduction of new registered designs rules incorporating a new set of statutory forms. 8 p.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

23 August 2006

Reference

RIA 06/113

Registered Designs Rules 2006

SI 2006/1975 (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department of Trade and Industry. Coming into force 01 October 2006

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

28 July 2006

Reference

SI 2006/1975

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Patent Office report and accounts for 2005-06.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Research Sc in annual run

Date

17 July 2006

Reference

HC 1391 2005-06

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper HINF 2006/1682

Full regulatory impact assessment on the modernisation of the UK designs registration system. 10 p.

Deposited by

Patent Office

Type

Impact assessments; Deposited papers

Date

21 June 2006

Reference

HINF 2006/1682

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper HINF 2006/877

Regulatory impact assessment on the proposed order under sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 to amend the Registered Designs Act 1949 (as amended) and the Patents Act 1997 (as amended).

Deposited by

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Impact assessments; Deposited papers

Date

3 May 2006

Reference

HINF 2006/877

House

House of Commons

Patent Office Executive Agency: Performance Targets 2006–07

I have tasked the Patent Office with managing and shaping an intellectual property system which encourages innovation and creativity, balances the needs of rights holders and the public, promotes strong and competitive markets and provides a firm foundation for the knowledge-based economy. During the coming year, the Patent Office will...

Member

Lord Sainsbury of Turville (Labour)

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written statements

Date

19 April 2006

Reference

680 c147-8WS

House

House of Lords

Patent Office

My hon. Friend Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Minister for Science and Innovation today made the following statement:"““I have tasked the Patent Office with managing and shaping an Intellectual Property System which encourages innovation and creativity, balances the needs of rights holders and the public, promotes strong and competitive markets and...

Member

Barry Gardiner (Labour)

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written statements

Date

19 April 2006

Reference

445 c22-4WS

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 06/846

Patent Office corporate plan 2006. 43 p.

Deposited by

Department of Trade and Industry; Patent Office

Type

Deposited papers

Date

19 April 2006

Reference

DEP 06/846

House

House of Lords; House of Commons

Enforcement of intellectual propoerty rights in the UK: final regulatory impact assessment. 5 p.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

7 April 2006

Reference

RIA 06/60;HINF 2006/745

Departmental Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people were employed by the (a) Postal Services Commission, (b) Office of Fair Trading, (c) Insolvency Service, (d) Patent Office Agency, (e) Companies House, (f) Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, (g) Office of Gas and Electricity Market, (h)...

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2006

For answer on

13 February 2006

Answered on

9 March 2006

The information is as follows.Employment:The employment figures requested are published in Civil Service Statistics. Table A covers staff numbers both on a F.T.E. (full time equivalent) and a headcount basis. Civil Service Statistics are available in the Library and at the following address on the Cabinet Office Statistics website:"http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/management/statistics/index.asp."Vacancies:

(a) Number of vacancies in Postcomm covering the period February 2005 to January 2006
Month	Number of vacancies	Percentage
February 2005	4	7.27
March 2005	4	7.01
April 2005	2	3.38
May 2005	2	3.44
June 205	3	4.83
July 2005	6	9.83
August 2005	3	5.08
September 2005	5	8.33
October 2005	5	7.81
November 2005	9	14.28
December 2005	9	14.06
January 2006	9	14.06
Note: The Postal Services Commission is based in one office in London.

(h) Number of vacancies in National Weights and Measures Laboratory covering the period March 2005 to February 2006
Month	Number of vacancies	Percentage
March 2005	0	0
April 2005	0	0
May 2005	0	0
June 205	0	0
July 2005	0	0
August 2005	0	0
September 2005	0	0
October 2005	0	0
November 2005	0	0
December 2005	0	0
January 2006	0.6	1.27
February 2006	0.6	1.27
Note: The National Weights and Measures Laboratory are based in one office in London

(i) Number of vacancies in Department of Trade and Industry covering the period March 2005 to February 2006
Month	Number of vacancies	Percentage
March 2005	35	1.0
April 2005	—	—
May 2005	9	0.27
June 2005	30.8	0.94
July 2005	35.5	1.09
August 2005	30	0.92
September 2005	41.1	1.48
October 2005	57	1.75
November 2005	61	1.87
December 2005	50	1.54
January 2006	24	0.75
February 2006	29	0.91
Note: Vacancy figures are only collated for the Department of Trade and Industry as a whole. A regional analysis of vacancies could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.
⁽³³⁾ No figures available.

(j) Number of vacancies in Small Business Service covering the period March 2005 to February 2006
Month	Number of vacancies	Percentage
March 2005	6	2.04
April 2005	—	—
May 2005	0	0
June 2005	7	2.92
July 2005	5	2.08
August 2005	3	1.27
September 2005	10	3.51
October 2005	5	1.77
November 2005	4	1.45
December 2005	5	2.38
January 2006	2	0.93
February 2006	2	1
Note: Vacancy figures are only collated for the Small Business Service as a whole. A regional analysis of vacancies could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
⁽³⁴⁾ No figures available.

Vacancy information on the remaining bodies is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Date

9 March 2006

Reference

443 c1728-9W;443 c1728-9W; 51165

House

House of Commons

Patent Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the next quinquennial review of the Patent Office will take place.

Asked by

Derek Wyatt (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 December 2005

Reference

440 c1011-2W;440 c1011-2W; 30052

House

House of Commons

Librarians' tools

Type

House

Session

Year

Department

Member

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

Subject

Publisher