1. For Innovation Chris Lewis Awareness, Information & Media WIPO 2006 Trade Marks Application Electronic Filing Brief Overview

2. For Innovation Current Services On-line Application Form; Stand-alone client software application; Direct Data;

3. For Innovation On-line Application Form http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm/forms/etm3/application Implemented in June 2005 Aimed at customers who make no more than a handful of applications per annum

4. For Innovation On-line Application Form

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8. Stand Alone application and Direct Data Aimed at customers who file higher volumes of applications; Stand Alone software (“PaTrAS”) is provided free by UKPO to interested clients; PaTrAS can be used as a stand alone application or with client-server set-up; PaTrAS used by a small number of customers and has been used since 2001; Direct Data customers will produce applications from their own DBMS; Both options use e-mail to deliver the applications.

9. For Innovation E-filed applications Currently 31% of UKPO TM applications are filed electronically (approx 9000 applications per annum); The on-line application form provides 27%; The Office is currently working toward a credit card payment facility so that customers can pay for their applications on-line.

10. For Innovation More Information Visit http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm/howtoapply/el ectronic.htm http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm/howtoapply/el ectronic.htm Comments and Questions to: James.McLaughlin@patent.gov.uk Mike.Hewlett@patent.gov.uk