A UK patent application can be filed directly with the UK Intellectual Property Office, via a European patent application designating the UK (the UK remains a full member of the European Patent Convention, which is separate from the EU), or through PCT national phase entry. The UK is not part of the EU's Unitary Patent system, so a Unitary Patent doesn't cover the UK; a granted European patent must be validated in the UK separately.
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