The USPTO's list of foreign patent office web sites
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/other.html
esp@cenet
http://ep.espacenet.com/?locale=en_EP
The content of the world-wide database corresponds to all the documents
available to the EPO examiners; 63 countries are covered. For each document,
the access depends on what is presently available in electronic form at the
EPO. A search carried out in the esp@cenet database cannot replace a professional search.
The information furnished is not exhaustive and this service cannot be considered as a complete and official source of patent information.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en
The World Intellectual Property Organization is an agency of the United Nations. WIPO promotes intellectual property protection worldwide. Enables cooperation and collaboration among member states and other international organizations and entities. WIPO provides international registration services for patents, trademarks and designs, as well as maintaining international classification systems. Website includes information about the International Patent Classification System (IPC) and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), including PCT application information.
European Patent Office
http://www.epo.org/
Website of the Trilateral Co-operation
http://www.trilateral.net/
Website established by the USPTO, EPO and JPO. This site provides links to each of the three patent offices as well as links to joint projects and reference materials.
German Patent & Trademark Office
http://depatisnet.dpma.de/DepatisNet/depatisnet?window=1&space=main&content=index&action=index&session=c23b66f330d9b58a1f12bed64cd0a477c947cb4b2a48&stamp=103639&switchToLang=en
This database,DEPATIS, is provided by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO). Includes documents from around the world in addition to: OS-German Patent applications; PS-German Patent Specification; GM-German Utility Model; EP-European Applications including Germany as a designated State; WO-International Patent applications according to PCT; ZE-German Protection Certificates for Medicines and Fertilizers; TO-German IC Topographies; DD-German Patent applications and patents originating in former East-Germany.
German Patent & Trademark Office (in German only)
http://www.dpma.de/index.htm
Deutches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA)
UK Intellectual Property Office
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/home.htm
The UK Intellectual Property Office manages copyrights, designs, patents and trade marks in the United Kingdom. This website also provides access to searchable databases of UK designs, patents and trade marks.
Canadian Patents Database
http://Patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.html
The free database of Canadian patents and laid-open patent applications has been made available by CIPO (Canadian Intellectual Property Office). It contains full text images from 1920, brief details from 1869 and abstracts and claims from 1978.
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html
CIPO's intellectual property resources include databases of Canadian patents, industrial designs, trade-marks and copyrights.
United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO)
http://www.uspto.gov/
Provides many levels of excellent information, including the most up to
date information regarding patent and trademark laws, fees, rules and procedures. Also offers full text of common USPTO
publications.
Japan Patent Office (JPO)
http://www.jpo.go.jp/index.htm
In addition to patent searching, the Japanese patent
office now offers trademark searching and design searching. Choose "To search industrial property database" from the main page.
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Last modified: Monday October 15, 2007
