Patent office
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A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. 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." [1]
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[edit] List of patent offices
For a list of patent offices and their websites, see the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) maintained list, here.
The entries shown in italics are regional or international patent offices.
- African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
- IP Australia (IPA)
- Barbados Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
- Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO)
- European Patent Office (EPO)
- Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)
- German Patent Office (DPMA)
- Indian Patent Office
- Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)
- Israeli Patent Office
- Italian Patent and Trademark Office
- Japan Patent Office (JPO)
- Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
- National Industrial Property Institute, France (INPI)
- National Industrial Property Institute, Portugal (INPI)
- Netherlands Patent Office
- Nordic Patent Institute (NPI)
- Norwegian Industrial Property Office
- Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI)
- Polish Patent Office (PPO)
- Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent)
- Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)
- State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO)
- Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV)
- Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE)
- Turkish Patent Institute
- UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO)
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
[edit] List of past patent offices or the like
- Confederate Patent Office
- Goskomizobretenie (Soviet patent office)
- International Patent Institute
[edit] See also
- Intellectual property organisation
- List of patent legal concepts
- List of people associated with patent law
[edit] References
- ^ European Commission, Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry, Preliminary Report (DG Competition Staff Working Paper), 28 November 2008, page 89 (pdf, 1.95 MB).
