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• Austrian Patent Office
• Bulgaria - Bulgarian Patent Office
• Belgian Patent Office (Ministry of Economic Affairs)
• Czech Republic - Industrial Property Office
• TheDepartment of the Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver (D.R.C.O.R.) of the Republic of Cyprus
• Danish Patent Office
• Estonia - The Estonian Patent Office
• Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas
• National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
• Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (France)
• German Patent and Trademark Office / Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
• Greek Industrial Property Organisation
• Hungarian Patent Office
• The Icelandic Patent Office
• Irish Patents Office
• Italian Patent and Trademark Office
• Service de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Luxembourg)
• Direction de l'Expansion Économique - Division de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Monaco)
• Bureau voor de Industriële Eigendom (The Netherlands)
• Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
• Portuguese Patent Office
• Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
• Slovak Republic - Industrial Property Office
• Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
• Swedish Patent and Registration Office
• Swiss Federal Institut of Intellectual Property
• Turkish Patent Institute
• United Kingdom Patent Office

• Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle
• Australian Patent Office
• Argentinian Industrial Property National Institute
• Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO)
• Brazilian Institute of Industrial Property
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• The Patent Office of Chile
• The Patent Office of the People's Republic of China
• Croatian Patent Office
• Eurasian patent organization (EAPO)
• Georgian Patent Office
• International Federation of Inventors' Associations
  a non-governmental organisation created by inventor associations in 1968, representing more than 100 countries
• Japanese Patent Office
• Korean Patent Office
• The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
• Malaysian Intellectual Property division
• State Agency on Industrial Property Protection of the Republic of Moldova
• New Zealand Patent Office
• Norwegian Patent Office
• INDEC OPI - Patent Office of Peru
• Russian Patent Office (ROSPATENT)
• IPOS Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute
• World Intellectual Property Organization

• The EPC (European Patent Convention)
• Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention
• Case Law of the EPO Boards of Appeal
• Guidelines for examination in the EPO
• The IPC (International Patent Classification)
• National Law relating to the EPC
• UK Patent Act 1997 - up-to-date hypertext version
• US patent classification - USPTO
• US Patent Classes - (by Title) - PATENTEC
• US Patent Act

• esp@cenet^® - a free online searchable database comprising over
  45 million patent documents (EPO member states and worldwide database)
  
  
• Aurigin Systems, Inc.
• AIDS Patents
• 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
• Dolphin
  Database of all Pharmaceutical Inventions (DOLPHIN) is a product under development by Current Patents Ltd
• European Coating Patents Database
• Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe (STN)
• Freepatentsonline - perhaps the best non-pay site for searching US patents on the web.
• FILDATA - Italian Patent, utility model and design model database
• French jurisprudence database
• GenericsWeb - generic pharmaceutical patent intelligence.
• IFI CLAIMS Patent Services
• Internet Multicasting Service
• IPSearchEngine™ by Patentcafe.com, Inc.
  search Patents, Non-Patent Art, Trademarks
• ipr-village - IPR Portal des WILA Verlags
• Jiangxi information institute of science and technology, Nanchang ,CHINA
• Japan Patent Information Organization (JAPIO)
• The Dialog Corporation
• Lexis-Nexis
• MicroPatent PatSearch™ FullText
• PatCite
• PCT-Gazette
• Questel.Orbit
• Q-PAT (QUESTEL.ORBIT)
• Patent & Know-how Information Division
• patolis-web
• surfIP.com: Intellectual Property Office of Singapore portal
• UBC Library Canadian Patent Index PATSCAN
• Univentio
• University "St Cyril and Methodius"
• US Patent Bibliographic Data
• U.S. Patent Citation Database

• Aurigin Systems, Inc.
• Awapatent - Swedish consultancy for intellectual property, over 100 years experience as an advisor to trade and industry in Sweden and abroad.
• Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval
• BNA International - publisher of World Intellectual Property Report, one of the leading journals in the field of international intellectual property
• Bundesdruckerei - Germany
• CHI Research
• Centre Henri Tudor
• cgb technologies perform patent and design searches and watches in France and most european countries dedicated to attorneys, IP, R&D professionals.
• Current Patents Ltd
• Derwent
• European Caveats Limited
• Gongwell Services Inc - intellectual property services including Japanese and Chinese patents
• Great Lakes Patent & Trademark Center - Patent Library
• Guenther Kehl
• IFI CLAIMS Patent Services
• INCOM IPS GmbH - offers solutions for patent information management, including PatDocs and PatLegal monitoring services, as well as patent document and information supply services.
• INFOCO-System
• Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle
• Intellectual Property Patent Corporation
  patent investigation service (Japanese language only)
• IP-MEX Inc - helping IP-generating companies and financial institutions to unlock and exploit the potential of IP assets as a source of financing.
• Japan Patent Information Organization
• Japanese Patent Information ISTA
• Jonas Gulliksson Advocates - Swedish-based patent information provider.
• K International plc - a leading UK based multilingual service provider offering solutions ranging from translation through to telephone interpreting.
• Manning & Napier Information Services
• Medical Patent AB - Swedish patent and literature information provider within the medical field
• MicroPatent
• Mogee Research & Analysis Associates
• N2K Telebase's Brainwave
• NGB Corporation - a worldwide IP information provider based in Japan.
• Nomen!
• NPS Patent Searches
• Noraktrad, S.L. - technical and scientific translations
• 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
• PATENTGRUPPEN ApS
  mainly engaged in counselling concerning patent and registered design protection issues in Denmark and internationally, in fields ranging from mechanical and manufacturing engineering to electronics, software and telecommunications.
• Patent Service Center
  provides patent and patent portfolio review and rating to intellectual property departments of corporations, law firms and other interested parties
• Patent World
• Patent Express - Document Supply Service -The British Library
• PATENTEC - patent documents in Paper and Electronic media, Electronic File Wrappers, patent searching and prosecution services specializing in advanced technologies such as Internet, Artificial Intelligence, and Genetic Engineering
• PATENTWATCH - watch patents for changes in legal status.
• 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 in chemistry, physics, mining, electronics, mechanics, civil engineering and computer systems
• Polyresearch Service BV
• Prous Science
• QUAESTIO Information Retrieval Service
• Reedfax
• Russian Translation USA - offers professional translation services including comprehensive Russian/English patent translations.
• RWS Information Ltd & RWS Translations Ltd
• SCI³
• SmartPatents
• STO's Internet Patent Search System
• Strehl, Schübel-Hopf und Partner
  German and European Patent Attorneys: Patents, Utility Models, Trademarks, Designs, Prosecution, Litigation, Licences, Expert Opinions.
• Tohoku Technoarch Co.,Ltd.
• Tom Klaver IP-management - intellectual property and search service provider, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises.
• Transpatent GmbH
• TriPat
• Univentio
• Wila Verlag GmbH (German and English)
• WPT
• WPS World Patent Servie Muenchen GmbH & Co. KG
• XIP - Australian based patent searching and consulting experts.

• Delphion - Intellectual Property Trade
• Gamesplay UK Ltd - an organisation that offers free assesment and evaluation on new game and toy ideas direct from the inventors.
• Licentec - Advice and guidance on technology transfer in the field of Life Sciences and Hard Science
• Patentcafe.com
• Patents2License.com - online patent and technology transfer exchange
• PATEX - online patent and technology transfer exchange
• Virtuele Uitvindersbeurs - virtual inventors fair, language is Dutch
• yet2.com - marketplace for licensable technologies

• EPO mailing list
• "Brevetti" - a mailing list in Italian
  
• Information page on newsgroups and mailing lists
• Newsgroup about intellectual property
• Newsgroup alt.inventors
• PIUG/PATMG Patent Information Discussion Listserv

• Aurigin Systems, Inc.
• AZ Software
  - Patent solutions and administration software for industrial companies
• Computer Packages Inc. - the leader in Intellectual Property Management Systems and Patent Annuity Payment Services.
• Computer Software Associates, Inc
  Global IP Estimator software, generates immediate estimates for patent and trademark application costs worldwide
• Edital - creating smart solutions for the Intellectual Property profesional
• EIDOLOGIC GmbH
  knowledge based software for IP management in industry and patent attorneys
• EPO filing software / epoline^®
• Europatent - patent publication, research and monitoring software
• Genese - Informatikbüro Otto
  Solutions for Patent and Trademark Attorneys
• IMCS - exploit esp@cenet^® professionally
• INCOM IPS GmbH - offers PATWARE software for in-house patent archives, patent information management and GetPat@Web for downloading patent data from Internet sources.
• ipWorkflow™
  web-based knowledge management system for the IP workplace
• IS Information Service GmbH - IP Management Software and Literature Administrations Systems and Related Services
• KPN Consulting
  offers IPDiscover, a software application for gathering/managing patents from the USPTO and Espacenet.
• Krug & Partner - provides PATVIN, the professional patent administration and information system for industrial patent departments.
• MapOut/MapOut Pro - Information & Order
• PatentPleeze - patent management and analysis tools
• PatentPro - Kernel Creations, Ltd.
• Patoffice - a patent management system for industry and attorneys
• Pro Delta Systems
  PROGRESSOR, the leading Intellectual Property Records Management system
• UNYCOM - provides software solutions for Intellectual Property Management

• Campaign for Creativity - a pan-European group lobbying in support of intellectual property rights.
• CEIPI Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle - training for specialists in industrial property law
• Community Patent for Europe - background info to conference in Liège (BE), 29 November 2001, plus proceedings in PDF for download
• CORDIS, - the Community R & D Information Service
• CORDIS Wire
• EUREKA
• EUROPA
  a common endeavour of the EU's institutions, run by the European Commission
• ICASS - a government initiative, funded by the Scottish Executive, which provides specialist advice and counselling for Scotland's inventors and small innovative companies.
• I*M Europe
• IPR Helpdesk - Intellectual Property Rights
• OHIM (European Trademark Office)
• UK Network of Euro Info Centres (EICs)

• ABC Translations - provides patent and legal translations in most commercial languages.
• ABC Wordexpress Translation & Interpretation - a full-service language company fro more than 100 languages.
• Ability Interbusiness Solutions - intellectual property support services specialising in Japanese patent translations and searches
• acumass
• AD-EX TRANSLATIONS
• ARENA Patent and Trademark Office - Italy
• Association of Hungarian Inventors
• AWIN NETWORK Legal Services Center
• BTG - management of intellectual property rights
• Browse the International Patent Classification system
  unofficial version of the IPC
• Computer Patent Annuities (CPA) - patents, design and trade mark renewals, trademark searching, trademark watching and software solutions
• Copyright Brem & Borer
• Danish Technological Institute
• Dennemeyer & Co - Patent and Trademark Renewals Worldwide
• Deutsche Patentanwaltskammer
• D'Agostini Organizzazione
  unofficial version of the IPC - HypertransPatent Translator
• Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL)
• Engineering Information Inc.
• ENGINEERING ELECTRONIC LIBRARY (EELS)
• E-SIM - a French High School offers teaching and technonogy transfers in the fields of Mechanical test method and mechanical modelling
• French jurisprudence database
• Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
• GLOBAL IP ESTIMATOR
• Global Translations - translations for the legal industry in over 30 languages
• Gowling, Strathy & Henderson
• Hierweb - offers Asitri, a tool for retrieving US patents as PDF files
• HLL Ltd Patent Translating
• Intellect-propels - Technical and Patent Translations
• 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
• Interpretext Language Translation Company
  offers translation, interpretation, revision, and corporate language solutions for languages from all over the world with particular experience in patent translations.
• ipal GmbH - markets inventions, know-how and intellectual property, in particular, from Berlin's universities.
• IP Berwertungs AG - offer a full range of services to support IP activities
• ISNAR Biotechnology Service (IBS) - independent advisor for developing countries on policy and management issues related to agricultural biotechnology
• Japanese Language Services Ltd
• Latitude48 Translation - translation services from/to nearly 100 languages for attorneys praticing in Intellectual Property law.
• Management Forum Ltd
  organises conferences and seminars on Intellectual property issues
• MuK-Mahlke und Klein - Patent translations, Technical translations
• Networds Serveis Tecnics - Technical and patent translations
• Patentassessor (DE)
• Patent Awards
• PatentFair.com
  online auction for selling, buying, or licensing intellectual property
• PatentPro
• PatentTranslators.com - Translation of patents from Japanese, German, French, Russian and other languages into English since 1987.
• Patnet - Convey Srl - Consorzio per il trasferimento tecnologico
• Patrix AB - Intellectual property helpware solutions.
• PAVIS e.G. - weltweite Betreuung von Patenten und Marken
• Pro-tran - patent related translations
• Ralph McElroy Translation Company
• RIC Int'l - technical translations and interpreting for all major European and Asian languages.
• RWS Translations Ltd
• Sakura Traductions - Japanese patent translation and information services
• SBH - Footwear Marketing Group
• ScottishResearch.com
  this site highlights Scottish academic research capabilities and resources
• Search the US Patents USPTO Web Patent Databases
• SGA² management of annuities
• 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 - Übersetzerdienste Sousa & Dallinger OEG Austria
• US Patent Act
• U.S. Patent Certificate, Inc.
  provider of high quality patent, copyright and trademark recognition plaques
• U.S. Patent FAQ by Da Vinci Design Resource
• U.S. 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 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
• World Trade Executive
  publishes international legal and business journals and special reports.
• Young Inventors Network

• Association of Patent Attorneys in Swedish Industry
• CNCPI - The list of the French Industrial Property Attorneys
• COAPI - Colegio Oficial de Agentes de la Propiedad Industrial- Spain
• Database of Professional Representatives before the EPO
• Deutsche Patentanwaltskammer: German Patent attorneys database
• 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
• Worldwide Listing of Patent Attorneys

• Insolvenzrecht - information on patents during the German Insolvenzvefahren
• Intellectual Property Links - overview of various information providers
• Inventors Association of St. Louis (USA) - website is updated daily covering almost everything of value for researching intellectual property.
• IpToolbar - valuable intellectual property related links, articles, and content
• Patacco Publishing - self-help books and advice covering how to seek U.S. intellectual property protection
• PatentAuction.com
  on-line resource for buying, selling or licensing intellectual property
• Patents on the Internet
• RACKETTE Partnerschaft Patentanwaelte IP link collection
• Strategic Patent Resources on the Net
• The Patent Portal
• ThoughtStore
  online directory of licensable patents and tools for inventors and manufacturers
• UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
  Centro de Innovación e Transferencia de Tecnoloxía
• International Studies in Intellectual Property Law Universität Dresden
• University of ALICANTE-MASTER on Intellectual Property