Design Patent Term. The third type of patent is a design patent. It protects the distinct ornamental features of a manufactured item. These features may be a distinctive shape or a novel exterior design. Design patents have a term of 14 years.
0871 number call costs. The cost of calling 0871 numbers from landlines normally ranges from 7p to 23p per minute, while calls from mobiles are normally between 8p and 58p per minute.
In July 2015 Ofcom overhauled UK call charges to finally make 'freephone' 0800 and 0808 numbers free to call from a mobile phone. In the past these numbers didn't cost anything to call from landline phones, but mobile users typically had to put up with charges of between 14p and 40p per minute.