Patent office
Encyclopedia
A patent office is a government
al or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patent
s. In other words, "patent offices are government bodies that may grant a patent or reject the patent application
based on whether or not the application fulfils the requirements for patentability
."
(WIPO) maintained list, here.
The entries shown in italics are regional or international patent offices.
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
al or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s. In other words, "patent offices are government bodies that may grant a patent or reject the patent application
Patent application
A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention , together with official forms and correspondence relating to the application...
based on whether or not the application fulfils the requirements for patentability
Patentability
Within the context of a national or multilateral body of law, an invention is patentable if it meets the relevant legal conditions to be granted a patent...
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List of patent offices
For a list of patent offices and their websites, see the World Intellectual Property OrganizationWorld Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
(WIPO) maintained list, here.
The entries shown in italics are regional or international patent offices.
- African Regional Intellectual Property OrganizationAfrican Regional Intellectual Property OrganizationThe African Regional Intellectual Property Organization , formerly African Regional Industrial Property Organization, is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation among African states in patent and other industrial property matters...
(ARIPO) - IP AustraliaIP AustraliaThe Australian Patent Office is a division of IP Australia which is an agency of the Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. APO issues patents for inventions. APO was established in 1904 by the Commonwealth of Australia and since 1998 has been located in one building,...
(IPA) - Barbados Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property OfficeCorporate Affairs and Intellectual Property OfficeThe Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office is a Barbadian governmental agency in charge of various aspects of industrial property right affairs including: patents, trademarks, and industrial designs. It is a division of the Ministry of Industry & International Business. The CAIPO...
(CAIPO) - Canadian Intellectual Property OfficeCanadian Intellectual Property OfficeThe Canadian Intellectual Property Office is the patent, trademark, and copyright administration body of Canada. Structurally the CIPO functions as a Special Operating Agency which is associated with Industry Canada....
(CIPO) - Ethiopian Intellectual Property OfficeEthiopian intellectual property officeThe Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office is an autonomous unit of the Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency. It was established in 2003 to provide legal protection for intellectual property rights. Under a Director-General the EIPO comprises five core business units and two support units...
(EIPO) - European Patent OfficeEuropean Patent OfficeThe European Patent Office is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation , the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the Organisation while the Administrative Council acts as its supervisory body as well as, to a limited extent, its legislative...
(EPO) - Eurasian Patent OrganizationEurasian Patent OrganizationThe Eurasian Patent Organization is a regional organization set up by the Eurasian Patent Convention . Its task is to grant Eurasian patents...
(EAPO) - German Patent OfficeDeutsches Patent- und MarkenamtThe Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt or German Patent and Trade Mark Office is the German national patent office, with headquarters in Munich, and offices in Berlin and Jena...
(DPMA) - Indian Patent OfficeIndian Patent OfficeThe Indian Patent Office is administered by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks . This is a subordinate office of the Indian government and administers the Indian law of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks....
- Intellectual Property Office of SingaporeIntellectual Property Office of SingaporeThe Intellectual Property Office of Singapore is a statutory board under the Singapore Ministry of Law of the Singapore Government.IPOS advises on and administers intellectual property laws, promotes IP awareness and provides the infrastructure to facilitate the development of IP in Singapore.-...
(IPOS) - Israeli Patent Office
- Japan Patent OfficeJapan Patent OfficeThe Japan Patent Office is a Japanese governmental agency in charge of industrial property right affairs, under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry...
(JPO) - Korean Intellectual Property OfficeKorean Intellectual Property OfficeThe Korean Intellectual Property Office is the patent office and intellectual property office of South Korea. In 2000, the name of the office was changed from "Korean Industrial Property Office" to "Korean Intellectual Property Office". It is located in Daejeon Metropolitan City...
(KIPO) - National Industrial Property InstituteNational Industrial Property Institute (France)The National Industrial Property Institute is the national intellectual property office of France, in charge of patents, trademarks and industrial design rights. Until becoming the head of the European Patent Office, Benoît Battistelli was directeur général of the INPI...
, France (INPI) - National Industrial Property InstituteNational Industrial Property Institute (Portugal)The National Industrial Property Institute or the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property, in Portuguese Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial, known also by its acronym INPI, is the Portuguese office which deals with the protection of trademarks, patents, utility models and industrial...
, Portugal (INPI) - Netherlands Patent OfficeNetherlands Patent OfficeThe Netherlands Patent Office is the patent office of the Netherlands. It is an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. The agency is located in the premises of the European Patent Office , in Rijswijk, near The Hague. The Netherlands Patent Office grants patents in the...
- Nordic Patent InstituteNordic Patent InstituteThe Nordic Patent Institute is an intergovernmental organisation established by the governments of Denmark, Iceland and Norway. It is based in Taastrup, Denmark. Since January 1, 2008, the Institute acts as Patent Cooperation Treaty authority, i.e...
(NPI) - Norwegian Industrial Property OfficeNorwegian Industrial Property OfficeThe Norwegian Industrial Property Office , also known as Norwegian Patent Office , is a government agency responsible for registration of patents, trademarks and design in Norway. The agency is subordinate the Ministry of Trade and Industry and located in Oslo...
- Organisation Africaine de la Propriété IntellectuelleOrganisation Africaine de la Propriété IntellectuelleThe Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle or OAPI is an intellectual property organization, headquartered in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The organisation was created by Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977...
(OAPI) - Polish Patent Office (PPO)
- Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent)
- Spanish Patent and Trademark OfficeSpanish Patent and Trademark OfficeThe Spanish Patent and Trademark Office is a body of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade of Spain. The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office is in charge of patents in Spain...
(SPTO) - State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of ChinaState Intellectual Property OfficeThe State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China , also known as the Chinese Patent Office, is the patent office of the People's Republic of China . It was founded on 1980, as the Patent Office of the People's Republic of China, the predecessor of SIPO...
(SIPO) - Swedish Patent and Registration OfficeSwedish Patent and Registration OfficeThe Swedish Patent and Registration Office is a Swedish government agency based in Stockholm and Söderhamn. The agency is in charge of patents, trademarks and industrial designs. The Office acts as Patent Cooperation Treaty authority, i.e. International Searching Authority and International...
(PRV) - Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual PropertySwiss Federal Institute of Intellectual PropertyThe Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property is the federal agency in charge of intellectual property matters in Switzerland. Its seat is in Bern...
(IGE) - Turkish Patent InstituteTurkish Patent InstituteThe Turkish Patent Institute is an intellectual property organization with a special budget being attached to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Republic of Turkey...
- UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO)
- United States Patent and Trademark OfficeUnited States Patent and Trademark OfficeThe United States Patent and Trademark Office is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification.The USPTO is based in Alexandria, Virginia,...
(USPTO) - World Intellectual Property OrganizationWorld Intellectual Property OrganizationThe World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
(WIPO)
List of past patent offices or the like
- Confederate Patent OfficeConfederate Patent OfficeThe Confederate Patent Office was the agency of the Confederate States of America charged with issuing patents on inventions. The Chief Clerk during its entire existence was Rufus R...
- GoskomizobretenieGoskomizobretenieGoskomizobretenie , which stood for Gosudarstvennyi komitet po delam izobretenie i otkrytii, was the State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries in the former Soviet Union...
(Soviet patent office) - International Patent InstituteInternational Patent InstituteThe International Patent Institute was an intellectual property organisation established on June 6, 1947 in The Hague, Netherlands, by a set of European countries, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. It was integrated into the European Patent Organisation on January 1, 1978...
See also
- Intellectual property organisation
- List of patent legal concepts
- List of people associated with patent law
- PatentPatentA patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
External links
- Directory of Intellectual Property Offices (incl. Patent Offices) on the WIPOWorld Intellectual Property OrganizationThe World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
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