Standardised packaging of tobacco products
Request for information on standardised packaging of tobacco products produced between January 2011 and December 2013.
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
Statistics of patents filed from UK locations
Request for information on the UK locations from where patents are filed.
Top five patent applicants for 2012
Request for information on the UK locations from where patents are filed.
Trade mark registration stats
Request for information about trade marks registered in the UK.
Visits to IPO website
Request for monthly figures of visits to the homepage of the IPO website .
Compulsory patent licences
Request for information on number of compulsory licenses granted within the UK.
Contact between IPO and Google and/or YouTube
Request for information regarding any contact between IPO and Google and/or YouTube.
Copyright exceptions (1)
Request for records of communications between the IPO and representatives of the copyright industries.
Copyright exceptions (2)
Request for email exchanges between the IPO and the Publishers Association.
Expense claims of senior management team
Request for full, itemised expenses claims for the CEO and senior management team for the last three financial years.
Figures for trade mark objections, hearings, appeals and oppositions
Request for selected trade mark statistics for 2013.
Intellectual property statistics
Request for information on patents, trade marks and designs, granted or registered and in force for the years 1980 and 1990.
Patent applications filed by UK universities
Request for information on patent applications identified as filed by UK universities.
Patent Maintenance statistics
Request for information on patent renewal.
Private applications of trade marks
Request for information on unrepresented UK trade mark applications and fast track oppositions.
Registered colour trade marks
Request for a list of all UK registered colour marks.
Revocations, invalidations and cancellations of designs, trade marks and patents
Request for rates of revocation, invalidation and cancellation of Intellectual Property rights.
Trade mark application figures filed from South American locations
Request for information on the numbers of applications filed in the UK from selected South American states.
Trade mark applications and registrations for financial services
Request for data on trade mark applications and registrations made during for financial services for the year 2013.
UK patent data
Request for UK patent data, including A and B publication lists.
Archive information regarding a former IPO staff member
Request for information about Lyndon Bolton who worked for the Patent Office from 1885 until he retired as a senior examiner in 1926.
Intellectual property commercialisation by health trusts and hospitals
Request for information on patent applications received from and granted to UK health trusts and hospitals from 2005 through to 2001, as well as any information on licensing, income and costs of rights protection.
Internal practice notes sent to trade mark examiners during October and November 2013
Request for all internal practice notes to Trade Mark Examiners between October 2013 and November 2013.
IPO study: ‘UK IPO A Value for Money Review’ (2010)
Request for electronic copy of a report cited in IPO Annual Report and Accounts 2011/12.
Number of patents granted 1993 to 2012 by gender of applicant
Request for number of UK patents were granted in the period 1993 to 2012 inclusive and a figure for how many of the patent holders were female.
Patent applications, grants and national security patents
Request for statistics of patent applications, grants and applications with national security implications.
Patents and trade marks granted to Scottish universities
Request for numbers of trade marks and patents applied for by each Scottish university and how many of each that have been registered/granted.
Accommodation for trade union business
Request to provide details of office accommodation for trade union business and related miscellaneous costs.
Distribution of laptops to staff
Request for information on the numbers of laptops issued to staff for 2010 and 2013.
Historical trade mark fees
Request for old fees for trade mark filing and renewal.
Information regarding patents granted in all IPC classes and G06 in particular
Request for patent grant rate going back 10 years for UK patents and also, if possible, EP patents with a breakdown by IPC code, including notably class G06.
Number of patents in force in the UK
Request for the number of patents in force in the UK in 2011 and 2012.
Patent application statistics in recent years
Request for information on the numbers of patent applications applied for in the UK in recent years, in particular by individual inventors.
Patent Box and UK patent filings
Request for number of patent filings from January to end October 2013, to measure success of Patent Box scheme.
Patent filing and patents granted to sole inventors
Patent filing and patents granted to sole inventors
Patent restoration statistics
Request for the number of patents filed annually and the number of cases per year subject to insurance claims.
Registered value of IP
Request for registered value of IP in the UK and the percentage which is thought to be unregistered.
Request for information about trade mark procedures
Request for information about trade mark oppositions, staffing of the trade mark Registry, etc.
Request for IP statistics
Request to provide data points for patents, trade marks and designs, broken down by region to NUT S3 level.
Trade mark application and opposition statistics
Request for statistics of trade mark applications claiming priority from an earlier application, International trade mark applications and certain oppositions.
Trade mark applications filed through Irish agents
Request for figures of trade mark applications filed through Irish agents during 2008 to 2012 inclusive.
Trade mark data requests
Request for total UK trade mark applications in 2012 and applications in Class 5 only (pharmaceuticals, disinfectants etc.), similar figures for marks in force and growth rate in recent years.
WIPO treaty for the blind
Emails, letters and any other written communications over a six month period between representatives of UK publishers and the IPO on the WIPO treaty for the blind.
Cost to taxpayer of seminar
Request for information as to the cost of providing a free seminar at Birmingham Business Park.
Government income from patent applications and renewals
Total annual income to the UK government via the IPO for the processing and granting of all patents and patent renewals, both for each year since 2000.
Historical government reports on copyright law
Request for copies of Whitford Committee Report (1977) and Gregory Committee Report (1951).
Intellectual property rights enforcement
Request for information regarding how the CDPA 1998 be enforced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and a list of enforcement agencies.
Intellectual property rights for Investors In People award
Request for date when the IPR for the Investors in People Award lapses.
IP data request
Request for IP statistics of patents, trade marks and designs granted and in force in the UK (for years 1995, 1996, 1985 and 1986).
Knowledge management, freedom of information and data protection
Request for information as to how the IPO manages information rights requests and other aspects of knowledge management.
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%