PATENT OFFICE LINKS
IPAustralia: Australian Patent Office
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au Info date: 28/10/2009 -------------------------------------------------------------- The Australian Patent Office website provides information on patents, trade marks and designs in Australia. The website allows searching of the Australian patents, trade marks and designs databases. Full text patent document searching is presently not available. |
CIPO: Chinese Patent Office
http://www.sipo.gov.cn Info date: 28/10/2009 --------------------------------------------------------- The Chinese Patent Office website is available in both Chinese and English. The website allows searching of the Chinese patents database. The website automatically translates Chinese patents using a machine translator. |
EPO: European Patent Office
http://www.epo.org Info date: 28/10/2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ The European Patent Office website provides information on the European patent application procedure. European patent database records are accessible through EpOnline/RegisterPlus. European patent documents are accessible through Espacenet. |
JPO: Japanese Patent Office
http://www.jpo.go.jp Info date: 28/10/2009 ---------------------------------------------------------- The Japanese Patent Office website is available in both Japanese and English. The website allows searching of the Japanese patents database. The website automatically translates Japanese patents using a machine translator. |
IPONZ: New Zealand Patent Office
Info date: 28/10/2009 http:///www.iponz.govt.nz ------------------------------------------------------------ The New Zealand Patent Office website provides information on patents, trade marks and designs in New Zealand. The website allows searching of the New Zealand patents, trade marks and designs databases. Full text patent document searching is presently not available. |
USPTO: United States Patent Office
http://www.uspto.gov Info date: 28/10/2009 -------------------------------------------------------- The United States Patent Office website provides information on patents, trade marks and designs (design patents). The website allows searching of the US patents and trade marks databases. Full text patent document searching is available for patents granted after 1976. |
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Office
http://www.wipo.int Info date: 28/10/2009 ----------------------------------------------------- The World Intellectual Property Office website provides information on the PCT patent application procedure. The website allows full text searching of published patent applications. Limited national phase information is available. |
PATENT SEARCHING LINKS
Espacenet: Espacenet Database Service
http://ep.espacenet.com Info date: 28/10/2009 -------------------------------------------------------------- Espacenet is a website developed by the European Patent Office. The aim of Espacenet is to provide the public with free access to worldwide patent information. The website allows searching of European and other patent documents. Full text searching extends only to the titles and abstracts of the patent documents. Patent documents can be downloaded automatically in PDF format. |
Google: Google Patents
http://www.google.com/patents Info date: 28/10/2009 ------------------------------------------------- Google Patents provides another method of searching the US patents database. Search results can be shown as thumbnails of patent document images. US patent documents can be downloaded automatically in PDF format. |
PatentScope: WIPO PatentScope Service
http://www.wipo.int Info date: 28/10/2009 ------------------------------------------------- The PatentScope database allows full text searching of published international patent applications filed through WIPO. International patent applications are later divided into national phase applications. Notably, there is no such thing as an international patent. |
USPTO: United States Patent Office
http://www.uspto.gov Info date: 28/10/2009 --------------------------------------------------------- The United States Patent Office website provides information on patents, trade marks and designs (design patents). The website allows searching of the US patents and trade marks databases. Full text patent document searching is available for patents granted after 1976. |
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Office
http://www.wipo.int Info date: 28/10/2009 ------------------------------------------------------------- The WIPO website allows full text searching of published patent applications. Limited national phase information is available. |
AUSTRALIAN SEARCH FIRMS
Intellectual Technology Services: Search Provider
http://www.patent-searcher.com Info date: 28/10/2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ An Australian patent search firm. |
R.E. Kemp & Co. Pty. Limited: Search Provider
http://www.kemp.com.au Info date: 28/10/2009 ------------------------------------------------------------- An Australian patent search firm. |
KingSearch: Search Provider
http://www.kingsearch.com.au Info date: 28/10/2009 ---------------------------------------------------------- An Australian patent search firm. |
DOWNLOADING SOFTWARE
IPDiscover: Software
http://www.ipdiscover.com Info date: 28/10/2009 -------------------------------------------------------------- Patent downloading software. |
PatDL: Software
http://www.soonersoft.com Info date: 28/10/2009 ----------------------------------------------------------- Patent downloading software. |
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