Patents: Regulation
Commons · Question 5169 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a regulator in the patent market.
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 8 Jun 2026
The aim of the patent system is to incentivise innovation through the grant of a temporary exclusive right to protect inventions. In exchange for the right to exclude others from making, selling or using an invention, the details of the invention are publ...