Patent Information Matters
Here you can find announcements regarding the EPO's patent information products and services, events and activities.

Please also feel free to ask questions and share information on general patent information matters.

Patent Information Training
Announcements, Information and exchange on the EPO's patent information related seminars, webinars and e-learning activities.

Asian Patent Information Services
This is your chance to raise your questions or discuss challenges, trends and hot topics around patent information from Asian countries.

Data News
This is where the EPO's data experts will post changes and information on our data.

EP Publication and Search
Here you can post your opinions, ask questions and share information regarding the following services:
European Publication Server (EPO's official publication platform), EP Bulletin search and EP full-text search (Searching procedural data and the full text of EP A and B documents via the "Patent information services for experts" user interface).

European Patent Register and Register Alert
Here you can post your opinions and share information regarding the European Patent Register (formerly Register Plus) and Register Alert

Global Patent Index (GPI)
Here you can post your opinions, ask questions and share information regarding GPI (Searching the EPO’s worldwide bibliographic, legal event and full-text data sets via the “Patent information services for experts” user interface).

Linked open EP data/open EP bulk data
This is the place where the linked data/open data community can ask and respond to questions about or share experiences with EPO’s open bulk data sets. The moderator will use this forum to announce product related news.

Open Patent Services (OPS) and bulk data subscription products
This space is made available to users of Open Patent Services (OPS) web-service and now also to users of EPO’s bulk data subscription products such as 14. EPO worldwide bibliographic database (DOCDB), 14.11 EPO worldwide legal status database (INPADOC), 14.12 EP full text data, 14.1 EP bibliographic data (EBD)and more.

Users can ask each other questions, exchange experiences and solutions, post ideas. The moderator will use this space to announce changes or other relevant information.

PATSTAT Product Line
Here you can post your opinions, ask questions and share experiences on the PATSTAT product line. Please always indicate the PATSTAT edition (e.g. 2015 Autumn Edition) and the database (e.g. PATSTAT Online, MySQL, MS SQL Server, ...) you are using.

Patent Translate
Here you can post your opinions, ask questions and share information regarding Patent Translate.

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