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.
1 The cost of calling 0845 numbers consists of the revenue-share premium of 2p/min set by the terminating telco and the markup from 2p to 10p/min added by the originating telco-your phone company (competition regulation, ending soon, prohibits BT from charging more than 5p/min for these calls). The cost of calling 0842, 0843 and 0844 numbers consists of the revenue-share premium from 0.8p to 4.3p/min set by the Terminating telco and the markup from 15p to 40p/min added by the Originating telco-your phone company.