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Databases, Patent Offices, Professional associations, Specialized firms (links open in new window)

Public Databases

These databases are freely available and provide access to published patents, patent applications, registered trademarks, and designs. The coverage of the databases varies.

  • esp@acenet (European Patent Office; worldwide coverage of patent applications) ep.espacenet.com
  • swissreg (Swiss Patent Office; patents, trademarks and designs registered in Switzerland) www.swissreg.ch
  • depatisnet (German Patent Office; wide coverage, german language user interface and classification) www.depatisnet.de
  • USPTO patent search (US Patent Office; US patents only) www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
  • Japanese Intellectual Property Database (Japanese Patent Office; Patents with automatic translation, Trademarks, Designs) http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl

    • Patent Offices

  • European Patent Office www.epo.org
  • Swiss Patent Office www.ige.ch
  • German Patent Office www.dpma.de
  • UK Patent Office www.patent.gov.uk
  • US Patent Office www.uspto.gov
  • Japanese Patent Office www.jpo.go.jp

    • Professional associations

  • INGRES (Institute for Intellectual Property Rights in Switzerland) www.ingres.ch
  • LES International (Licensing Executives Society International) www.lesi.org
  • LES USA & Canada (Licensing Executives Society, USA and Canada Chapter) www.les.org
  • LES-Switzerland (Licensing Executives Society, Swiss Chapter) www.les-ch.ch/
  • VSP / ASPA (Association of Swiss Patent Attorneys) www.vsp.ch
  • VESPA / ACSOEB (Association of professional European Patent Attorneys practicing in Switzerland) www.chepat.ch
  • WikiPatents - extensive database of patents open for public comment on the internet, http://www.wikipatents.com

    • Specialized Firms

  • LINDENPORT SA (oil reclaiming, sludge prevention) www.lindenport.com
  • Creaholic SA (Elmar Mock & Partners,Biel, Switzerland) www.creaholic.com
  • URANUS (Uranus Software GmbH, Munich) www.uranus-software.de
  • Prologon AG, Wuerenlos ZH (Networks, Software, Computer Systems) www.prologon.ch



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