Patents by local government district
Request for patent, trade mark and design applications from various locations in Northern Ireland.
Source · Transparency & FOI
GOV.UK Published FOI Responses
12,400 published responses
108 organisations
Q1 2026 latest stats period
85.5% avg on-time rate
Published Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations responses from central government. Each entry is a public question answered and published by a government body.
Published responses
Patents in British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies etc
Request for information on any extension of patents to listed British Territories.
Queries regarding UK patents filed in the 1970s
Patents filed by Danish inventor Egon Ploug, for patents filed by Danish applicants in 1975 and 1976 and general trends of invention.
Top UK based patent applicants for the eight great technologies
Request for update of a published report detailing the patent overview for each of the eight listed technologies.
Trade marks and designs registered in the UK
Request for figures of trade marks and designs currently on the UK registers.
UK trade mark filing figures
Request for UK trade mark filing figures for each year from 1985 to 2005.
Beauty and personal care patents of GB origin
Request for the number of beauty and personal care patents of GB origin.
Certification marks
Request for number of certification marks registered and annual application figures.
Historical patent data
Request for records of patent holders and their locations from 1895 to date.
Misuse of social media and breaches of the Data Protection Act
Request in Welsh for any figures on misuse of social media or data protection breaches.
Patent statistics for Aberdeen
Request for statistics on patents applied for from Aberdeen locations.
Trade marks prefixed by the hashtag symbol
Request for information on number of marks of this difficult to search type.
Washington Treaty
Request for any information regarding the UK ratifying the Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits.
Request for patent and trade mark data
Request for bespoke datasets of patent and trade mark information.
Disposal schedule for trade mark and design records
Request for information regarding the disposal of trade mark and design records.
EU satellite and cable directive
Request for information about legislation introduced following the satellite and cable directive (93/83/EC).
Awarding of costs
Statistics requested on awarding of costs in trade mark opposition cases and information on the training of hearing officers dealing with such cases.
Historical IPO data
Request for information for as far back as possible for patent number, year of application and classification, IPC or otherwise.
Intellectual Property Office review of the Copyright Tribunal (2007)
Access to document requested.
IPO trade mark dataset
Request for bulk data access to the IPO trade mark dataset.
Orphan works licencing scheme
Request for information regarding the operation to date of the ‘orphan works’ licencing scheme.
Outcomes of trade mark hearings
Statistics requested on percentage of successful outcomes following hearings.
Patent grant figures for January to July 2015
Request for monthly figures of granted patents.
Rule 70(2) of the Trade Mark Rules 2008
Information about interim decisions refusing grant to appeal under Rule 70(2) of the Trade Mark Rules 2008.
Beauty and personal care patents originating in the UK
Figures for patents of UK origin identified as beauty and personal care products as suggested by classification.
Defended trade mark oppositions and invalidity cases
Percentages of trade mark opposition and invalidity cases that are defended.
Designs assignments for 2014
Request for details of recorded assignments of design rights.
Historical data of patents issued in the UK
Request for patent figures from 1820 to date.
Information on IPO data produced for re-use
Twenty four questions about the information and data produced by the IPO that is available for re-use, including the terms of re-use.
IPO pay and terms and conditions
Request for details of 2014 pay settlement and changes to terms and conditions.
Patent pendency and grant rates
Information comparing the time taken to grant patents applied for via different routes and the respective grant rates.
Patents in the public domain
Request for information about patents that are expired or became public domain in areas of technology, biotechnology, industry and goods.
Procedures for handling Civil Service Code concerns
Request for general information on handling concerns related to the Civil Service Code.
Registration of sub-licences of IP rights
Request for figures of sub-licences of patents, trade marks and registered designs.
Statistics of patents granted over the last ten years
Request for figures of patents granted in the UK.
Third party observations relating to patents
Request for figures of third party observations filed over the last ten years.
Unauthorised disclosures and whistleblowing
Request for information regarding any unauthorised disclosures of official information and whistleblowing, and any related policies.
Legal challenge to IPO: repeal of s.52 CDPA
Request for all correspondence relating to the legal challenge regarding the length of the transitional period before the repeal of section 52 takes effect.
Expired brand names or trade marks
Request for information on searching for food-related trade marks from pre-2005.
Intellectual Property Office staff absences
Request for information about staff absences due to sick leave or disability and provision for managing absence due to disability in particular.
Number of European patents validated in the UK
Request for statistics of European patents validated in the UK during 2013 and previous available years, with breakdown of how many were of UK applicants.
Publication and opposition of trade marks
Request for information regarding average time to publication of trade mark applications and percentage of oppositions.
Registrations of series of trade marks
Request for a list of registrations of series marks, i.e. 2 or more variations of marks per registration over a 6 month period.
Advanced trade mark search: NICE Classes 35 to 45
Search for registered trade marks in service classes from 1 January 2004 to 1 January 2014.
Assigned patents which have been licensed
Request for information on the number of patents that have been assigned and on which ten or more licences have been recorded.
Complaints to Secretary of State under s.296ZE under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Request regarding complaints concerned with overly restrictive technical measures.
Historical statistics of patent applications and grants
Statistics of patent applications and grants for 1917, 1938 and 1939.
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
Request for information on the uptake of the Patent Prosecution Highway agreement during the first two months after the program launched.
Registered designs statistics
Request for information on registered designs for 2012 and 2013.
Remuneration of over £100,000
Request for number of employees receiving more than £100,000 and details of any receiving over £150,000.
Responses by year
Read the chart values
| Publication year | Published responses |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 55 |
| 2016 | 55 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 49 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Top publishers
FOI timeliness — Q1 2026
Best on-time rates
Debt Management Office
100.0%
Serious Fraud Office
100.0%
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
99.0%
Wales Office
96.8%
Charity Commission
96.6%
Lowest on-time rates
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
50.0%
Health and Safety Executive
63.0%
Department for Business and Trade
67.0%
Cabinet Office
69.9%
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
73.6%