{"value":{"id":715247,"memberId":4039,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister of State for Universities, Science , Research and Innovation","uin":"HCWS575","dateMade":"2017-03-30T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":201,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","title":"Performance Targets for the Intellectual Property Office (an operating name of the Patent Office) for 2017 – 2018","text":"<p>As an Executive Agency and Trading Fund of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, we set targets which are agreed by Ministers and laid before Parliament. For 2017 – 2018 our targets are:</p><ul><li><p>We will have ratified the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement for international registration of designs by 31st March 2018 and be in a position to launch the service on 6th April 2018 (the common commencement date).</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We will publish 90% of acceptable applications for national trade marks for opposition within 90 days of filing.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We will offer faster handling of patent applications, by providing an examination report with a search report when both are requested at the application date, and meeting at least 90% of requests for an accelerated two-month turnaround for search, publication and examination.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We will ensure that overall customer satisfaction is at least 80%.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>We will work with industry and enforcement partners to build a coordinated response to the growth of illicit streaming, including robust analysis of current legal sanctions and developing proposals for change as appropriate.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>We will increase the number of businesses that better understand how to manage their IP: at least 35% of an expected 100,000 businesses we reach will make an informed decision regarding management of their IP.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>We will provide market specific IP advice to 5000 current and prospective British exporters. As part of this work, we will deliver bespoke one-to-one business support activity to at least 200 companies annually.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>We will demonstrate our commitment to diversity by securing external validation for our approach to inclusion for under-represented groups</p><p> </p></li></ul><ul><li>We will achieve return of capital employed of at least 4%</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We will deliver an efficiency gain of 3.5%.</li></ul><p> </p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":2,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":715282,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2017-03-30T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/715247","method":"GET"}]}