Access to the World

of Technology

http://www.wipo.int/patentscope

W ORLD
I NTELLECTUAL
P ROPERTY
O RGANIZATION
The PatentScope portal on WIPO’s website is
the new, streamlined gateway to information
on all of WIPO’s patent-related services and
activities. On the PatentScope site you will find:

>> Information on filing international patent

applications

Legal, technical and general resources to help you seek

patent protection internationally via the PCT. This includes:

• Practical information on filing PCT applications (forms,

applicant’s guide, fees);
• Legal texts;
• Guides to electronic filing for applicants and offices
(PCT-SAFE).
>> Technical information contained in patent
documents

Access to over one million published PCT applications,

including the latest bibliographic data and documents.
The service provides:

• Advanced and rapid search facilities, including full-text

search for applications published in English, French,
German and Spanish since April 1998;
• The complete collection of published PCT applications
from the first publication in 1978 to the present day;
• Access to new PCT applications on the publication date
every week;
• Facility for printing and/or downloading complete
documents in a choice of formats;
• The latest bibliographic data available on record at the
International Bureau, including changes since
publication;
• Access to status information, published documents and
file contents through a single system.
>> Patent information services for developing
countries

Provision, on request, of state-of-the-art search reports;

search and examination of patent applications filed before
certain offices such as the African Regional Industrial
Property Organization (ARIPO); equivalent patent
documents (patent family), as well as copies of individual
patent documents.

>> Statistics

• Monthly reports on international patent filing trends and

on PCT national phase applications;
• Annual report on world-wide patenting activity;
• Data query facility based on published international patent
applications.

Patent Filings by Residents (Top 5-10 Offices)

45,000
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
GB
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Source: WIPO Statistics Database GB EP RU FR CN AU

>> Patent law and emerging issues

• Texts of patent-related treaties administered by WIPO;

• Industrial property laws of over 100 countries and
regions (Collection of Laws for Electronic Access - CLEA);
• Developments in patent law at international level including
the work of the Standing Committee on Patents;
• Links to articles and studies on topical patent related
issues, such as access to genetic resources, biotechnology,
traditional knowledge, software, business methods,
nanotechnology and much more.
 >> Standards and international classification systems

• Standards and documentation aimed at facilitating the

harmonization of practices by industrial property offices
regarding patents;
• International Patent Classification (IPC) system,
indispensable for the search and retrieval of patent
documents when seeking to establish the novelty of an
invention, or to determine the state of the art in a
particular area of technology.

>> Meetings, seminars and training

Information and documents related to WIPO meetings,

seminars and training sessions on patents and the PCT for
Member States and patent professionals (searchers, lawyers,
patent examiners, patent agents, policy makers, economists,
statisticians, etc.).

>> Frequently asked questions

Responses to questions frequently asked by newcomers to

the area.

>> E-mail updating services

Subscription to various WIPO mailing lists providing regular

e-mail updates.

We welcome your comments

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http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/contact.html
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