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Board of Trade: Patent Office and Industrial Property and Copyright Department and...

Catalogue reference: BT 209

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BT 209

The files in this series relate to the administration of the Patent Office, to designs, patents, trademarks and copyright, and to legislation concerning them. Some of the files deal with issues with an international dimension, such as the Council...

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BT 209

Title
Board of Trade: Patent Office and Industrial Property and Copyright Department and predecessors: Files
Date

1852-1998

Description

The files in this series relate to the administration of the Patent Office, to designs, patents, trademarks and copyright, and to legislation concerning them. Some of the files deal with issues with an international dimension, such as the Council of Europe.

Files with the prefix IPD predominate but some files are without a prefix and the series also contains some unregistered material.

Related material

For records of the Committee for Co-ordinating Departmental Policy in connection with Patented and Unpatented Inventions see BT 305

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

IPD, C, CIC, CS, E, F, IP, IPCD, POE and R file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Trade, Patent Office and Industrial Property and Copyright Department, 1965-1970
  • Board of Trade, Patent Office and Industrial Property Department, 1919-1965
  • Board of Trade, Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Office, 1852-1923
  • Department of Trade and Industry, Patent Office and Industrial Property and Copyright Department, 1970-1974
  • Department of Trade and Industry, Patent Office and Industrial Property and Copyright Department, 1983-1989
  • Department of Trade, Patent Office and Industrial Property and Copyright Department, 1974-1983
Physical description

1443 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1977 Department of Trade and Industry

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Europe and Russia
Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3247/

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