Prof. Oleg L. Figovsky

Inventor-Friendly Patent Offices Websites

1. Patent offices of the member states:
   • Austrian Patent Office
   • Belgian Patent Office
   • Bureau voor de Industriële Eigendom (The Netherlands)
   • Danish Patent Office
   • Direction de l'Expansion Économique - Division de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Monaco)
   • German Patent and Trademark Office / Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
   • Greek Industrial Property Organisation
   • Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (France)
   • Irish Patents Office
   • Italian Patent and Trademark Office
   • National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
   • Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas
   • Portuguese Patent Office
   • Service de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Luxembourg)
   • Swedish Patent and Registration Office
   • Swiss Federal Institut of Intellectual Property
   • Turkish Patent Institute
   • United Kingdom Patent Office
   • Worldwide Listing of Patent Attorneys
2. Other national Offices or similar authorities / organisations:
   • Argentinian Industrial Property National Institute
   • Australian Patent Office
   • Brazilian Institute of Industrial Property
   • Canadian Intellectual Property Office
   • Croatian Patent Office
   • Czech Industrial Property Office
   • Estonian Patent Office (EAPO)
   • Eurasian patent organization (EAPO)
   • Georgian Patent Office
   • Hungarian Patent Office
   • INDEC OPI - Patent Office of Peru
   • IPOS: Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
   • Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
   • International Federation of Inventors' Associations - IFIA is a nongovernmental organisation created by inventor associations in 1968, representing more than 100 countries
   • Japanese Patent Office
   • Korean Patent Office
   • Malaysian Intellectual Property division
   • New Zealand Patent Office
   • Norwegian Patent Office
   • Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle
   • Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
   • Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
   • Russian Patent Office (ROSPATENT)
   • Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
   • State Agency on Industrial Property Protection of the Republic of Moldova
   • The Patent Office of Chile
   • The Patent Office of the People's Republic of China
   • The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
   • United States Patent and Trademark Office
   • World Intellectual Property Organization
3. Legal texts and patent classification systems:
   • Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention
   • Case Law of the EPO Boards of Appeal
   • Guidelines for examination in the EPO
   • The EPC (European Patent Convention)
   • The IPC (International Patent Classification)
   • US Patent Act
   • US Patent Classes -- by Title - PATENTEC
   • US patent classification - USPTO
4. Patent databases:
   • AIDS Patents
   • Aurigin Systems, Inc.
   • Biotechnology and US patents
   • Brivit database - offering access to a complete bibliography of published Switched Reluctance Machine (SRM) papers and patents irrespective of language.
   • Bulletin of the German Patent and Trademark Office in the Internet (Patentblatt)
   • Bunsan-service
   • Canadian Intellectual Property Office patent databases
   • Centro de Innovación e Transferencia de Tecnoloxía (Santiago de Compostella)
   • Data Star
   • Delphion Intellectual Property Network
   • European Coating Patents Database
   • FILDATA - Italian Patent, utility model and design model database
   • Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe (STN)
   • French jurisprudence database
   • IFI CLAIMS Patent Services
   • Japan Patent Information Organization (JAPIO)
   • Jiangxi information institute of science and technology, Nanchang, China
   • Lexis-Nexis
   • MicroPatent PatSearch^® FullText
   • PCT-Gazette
   • PatCite
   • Patent & Know-how Information Division
   • Q-PAT (QUESTEL.ORBIT)
   • Questel Orbit
   • The Dialog Corporation
   • UBC Library Canadian Patent Index PATSCAN
   • US Patent Bibliographic Data
   • US Patent Citation Database
   • Univentio
   • University "St Cyril and Methodius"
   • esp@cenet^® - free online patent search in over 30 million documents (EPO member states and worldwide database)
   • ipr-village: IPR Portal des WILA Verlags
   • patolis-web
   • surfIP.com: Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Portal
5. Patent information providers:
   • Aurigin Systems, Inc.
   • Awapatent - Swedish consultancy in the field of intellectual property, works since 100 years as an advisor to trade and industry in Sweden and abroad.
   • BNA International - publisher of World Intellectual Property Report, one of the leading journals in the field of international intellectual property
   • Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval
   • Bundesdruckerei - Germany
   • CHI Research
   • Centre Henri Tudor
   • Chemical Patents Plus (CAS)
   • Current Patents Ltd
   • Derwent
   • European Caveats Limited
   • Great Lakes Patent & Trademark Center - Patent Library
   • Guenther Kehl
   • IFI CLAIMS Patent Services
   • INCOM Information und Computer GmbH - offers professional solutions for patent information management. The components of the PATWARE product line are data services as well as hardware and software for information processing
   • INFOCO-System
   • Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle
   • Japan Patent Information Organization
   • Japanese Patent Information ISTA
   • Manning & Napier Information Services
   • MicroPatent
   • Mogee Research & Analysis Associates
   • N2K Telebase's Brainwave
   • Nomen!
   • Noraktrad, S.L. - technical and scientific translations
   • PATENTGRUPPEN ApS - is mainly engaged in counselling concerning patent and registered design protection issues in Denmark and internationally, in particular drafting, filing, prosecuting and maintaining patents, utility models, and registered designs in fields of technology ranging from mechanical and manufacturing engineering to electronics, software engineering and telecommunications.
   • PATRO Information KK - Japanese patent publications
   • PLATONIC HOOD Patents on-line Australia - services include Patent, Trade Mark and Design searching, maintenance, technical support and watching services provided by engineering representatives and professionals in chemistry, physics, mining, electronics, mechanics, civil engineering and computer systems
   • Patent Express - Document Supply Service - The British Library
   • Patent Service Center - provides patent and patent portfolio review and rating to intellectual property departments of corporations, law firms and other interested parties
   • PatentCafe.com, Inc. - Intellectual Property Portal - resource directory, Patent Cafe Magazine Online, Free: Live Expert Chats, Ask-A-Patent-Attorney Q&A, FAQs. Target resources for Kids, inventors, entrepreneurs, corporate IP management and legal profession
   • Polyresearch Service BV
   • Prous Science
   • QUAESTIO Information Retrieval Service
   • RWS Information Ltd & RWS Translations Ltd
   • Reedfax
   • SCI³
   • STO's Internet Patent Search System
   • SmartPatents
   • Strehl, Schübel-Hopf und Partner - German and European Patent Attorneys: Patents, Utility Models, Trademarks, Designs, Prosecution, Litigation, Licences, Expert Opinions
   • Transpatent GmbH
   • TriPat
   • Univentio
   • WPS World Patent Servie Muenchen GmbH & Co. KG
   • WPT
   • Wila Verlag GmbH (German and English)
6. Patent Licensing Exchanges:
   • Delphion - Intellectual Property Trade
   • Licentec - Advice and guidance on technology transfer in the field of Life Sciences and Hard Science
   • PATEX - online patent and technology transfer exchange
   • Patentcafe.com
   • yet2.com - marketplace for licensable technologies
7. Mailing lists and Newsgroups:
   • Brevetti - a mailing list in Italian
   • EPO Mailing List
   • Information page on newsgroups and mailing lists
   • NewsGroup alt.inventors (NewsGroup software required, like OutLook Express)
   • Newsgroup about intellectual property (NewsGroup software required, like OutLook Express)
   • PIUG/PATMG Patent Information Discussion Listserv
8. Patent software:
   • AZ Software - Patent solutions and administration software for industrial companies
   • Aurigin Systems, Inc.
   • Computer Software Associates, Inc - Global IP Estimator software, generates immediate estimates for patent and trademark application costs worldwide
   • EPO Filling Software (epoline)
   • Genese - Informatikbüro Otto - Solutions for Patent and Trademark Attorneys
   • INCOM Information und Computer GmbH - PATWARE software for information processing
   • PatentPro - Kernel Creations, Ltd.
9. Useful European connections:
   • CEIPI Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle - training for specialists in industrial property law
   • CORDIS, The Community R & D Information Service
   • EUREKA
   • EUROPA is a common endeavour of the EU's institutions, run by the European Commission
   • I*M Europe
   • IPR Helpdesk - Intellectual Property Rights
   • OHIM (European Trademark Office)
   • UK Network of Euro Info Centres (EICs)
10. Miscellaneous:
    • AD-EX TRANSLATIONS
    • ARENA Patent and Trademark Office (Italy)
    • AWIN NETWORK Legal Services Center
    • Acumass
    • Association of Hungarian Inventors
    • BTG - management of intellectual property rights
    • Browse the International Patent Classification system
    • Computer Patent Annuities (CPA) - patents, design and trade mark renewals, trademark searching, trademark watching and software solutions
    • Copyright Brem & Borer
    • D'Agostini Organizzazione - unofficial version of the IPC - HypertransPatent Translator
    • Danish Technological Institute
    • Dennemeyer & Co - Patent and Trademark Renewals Worldwide
    • Deutsche Patentanwaltskammer
    • Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL)
    • Engineering Electronic Library (EELS)
    • Engineering Information Inc.
    • Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
    • French Jurisprudence Database
    • Global IP Estimator
    • Gowling, Strathy & Henderson
    • HLL Ltd Patent Translating
    • ISNAR Biotechnology Service (IBS) - independent advisor for developing countries on policy and management issues related to agricultural biotechnology
    • Intellectual Property Information from Japan
    • International Innovation Services Ltd (UK)- new product development through the introduction of new technologies via licensing or joint venture
    • International Patent Information (IPI) Award - patent information industry honors its great professionals
    • Japanese Language Services Ltd
    • Management Forum Ltd - organises conferences and seminars on Intellectual property issues
    • MuK-Mahlke und Klein - Patent translations, Technical translations
    • Patent Awards
    • PatentFair.com - online auction for selling, buying, or licensing intellectual property
    • PatentPro
    • Patentassessor (DE)
    • Patnet - Convey Srl - Consorzio per il trasferimento tecnologico
    • RWS Translations Ltd
    • Ralph McElroy Translation Company
    • SBH - Footwear Marketing Group
    • SGA² management of annuities
    • ScottishResearch.com - this site highlights Scottish academic research capabilities and resources
    • Search the US Patents USPTO Web Patent Databases
    • Swedish Inventors' Association
    • Sweet & Maxwell - legal publishers
    • Technical Translations Agency
    • Technology Innovation and Environmental Support Unit - at Business Link London North West
    • Technopolis Ltd online survey - carried out on behalf of the European Commission,under the Innovation and SMEs Programme
    • The VRN Patent Info Service
    • Triptic translations - ?bersetzerdienste Sousa & Dallinger OEG - Austria
    • U.S. Patent Certificate, Inc. - provider of high quality patent, copyright and trademark recognition plaques
    • US Patent Act
    • US Patent FAQ by Da Vinci Design Resource
    • US Patent and Trademark Office Kids' Pages - Contests, games, puzzles, calendar, stories, freebies and much more about inventions and inventors, patents and trademarks. This educational site, just begun last September, is designed to encourage children, K-12, to be creative, in a colorful and fun environment and also provides resource materials for parents and teachers.
    • WissInfo GmbH - information services within the fields of biotechnology, chemistry and pharmacy. Main focuses of activities are patent information seminars and customized patent searches
    • Young Inventors Network
11. Directories of patent attorneys:
    • Association of Patent Attorneys in Swedish Industry
    • CNCPI The list of the French Industrial Property Attorneys
    • Database of Professional Representatives before the EPO
    • Deutsche Patentanwaltskammer: German Patent attorneys database
    • Directory of Intellectual Property Law Firms
    • Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO
    • Italian Patent Attorneys database
    • Patent Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice before the PTO
    • The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents UK
    • VIPS/ACBIS - Federation of Patent and TM Attorneys working in Swiss Industry