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Guidance: Intellectual Property Office: how to pay us

Intellectual Property Office

July 9
15:17 2024

All Intellectual Property Office fee bearing forms should be filed with the appropriate fee.

The following information also applies to any payments relating to the Company Names Tribunal.

Deposit account

If you regularly do business with us, you can pay by deposit account. This is particularly useful if you have to meet any last-minute payment deadlines.

Credit or debit card

The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am Saturday 13July and 10pm Sunday 14 July 2024.

We accept payment by Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Maestro.

To pay for paper filed documents .

Please note that we will not accept card payments for:

  • international patent fees (other than the transmittal fee) payable under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
  • international trade mark fees (other than the handling charge) payable under the Madrid Protocol

Cheque

Make your cheque payable to Intellectual Property Office. Payments from overseas must be in sterling drawn on a United Kingdom clearing bank.

Bank transfer

You must enter a reference when paying by bank transfer. It must include one of the following:

  • an application number (or your full name if you dont have one)
  • your IPO deposit account number (if you have one)

Our bank account details are:

Barclays Bank PLC
3rd Floor Windsor Court
3 Windsor Place
Cardiff
CF10 3ZL

Sort code: 20-18-23
Account number: 80531766
Swift code: BARCGB22
IBAN number: GB92 BARC 2018 2380 5317 66

Published 3 February 2012
Last updated 9 July 2024 +show all updates
  1. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am Saturday 13July and 10pm Sunday 14 July 2024 added.

  2. Bank transfer section updated to include 'enter a reference when paying by bank transfer'

  3. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am Saturday 8 June and 10pm Sunday 9 June 2024 added.

  4. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between6:30am Saturday 11May and 10pm Sunday 12May 2024 added.

  5. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am to 10pm Saturday 13 April 2024 added.

  6. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am Saturday 9 March 2024 and 10pm Sunday 10 March 2024 added.

  7. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between6:30am Saturday 10 February and 10pmSunday 11 February 2024 added.

  8. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between6:30am to 10pm Saturday 20January 2024 added.

  9. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am and 10pm Saturday 9 December 2023 added.

  10. Removed Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30pm to 10:00pm Saturday 11 November 2023 and 7:30am to 10:00pm Sunday 12 November 2023.

  11. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30pm to 10:00pm Saturday 11 November 2023 and 7:30am to 10:00pm Sunday 12 November 2023 added.

  12. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 11:45pm Friday 13 October and 10pm Sunday 15 October 2023 added.

  13. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 23:45pm Friday 15 September and 10pm Sunday 17 September 2023 added.

  14. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am Saturday 19 August and 10pm Sunday 20 August. 2023 added.

  15. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am and 10pm Saturday 15 July 2023 added.

  16. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am and 10pm Saturday 8 July 2023 added.

  17. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am Saturday 10 June to 10pm Sunday 11 June 2023 added.

  18. The Credit or debit card payment service will be unavailable between 6:30am and 6pm Saturday 13 May 2023 added.

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