Registration of European patents (UK) in overseas states or territories

The Intellectual Property Policy Directorate of the United Kingdom Patent Office has supplied the following information regarding the registration of European patents (UK) in overseas states or territories which register UK national patents¹. The current list replaces the list published in OJ EPO 1997, 433.

The following countries allow the owner of a European patent (UK) to apply for registration within three years from the grant of the European patent (UK).

Applications must be made within five years of the grant of the European patent (UK) in:

Overseas territories

Turks and Caicos Islands

Applications must be made within two years of the grant of the European patent (UK) in:

Commonwealth country

Western Samoa

In each of the above cases, the term of the patent expires with that of the European patent (UK).