The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has recently launched online file inspection tool called Patents Open Dossier available via the IPOS patent retrieval system IP2SG. The file inspection is available for published patent applications filed on or after 14 February 2014. Via the new ...

Dear user, Thank you for your post and your questions. Regarding your question on human translation please be informed that via the EPO’s Asian Patent Information Services you will be able to access a network of qualified translators specialising in various technical fields. Specifically, they offer...

Dear Abhishek, Thank you for your post and your question. Please be informed that the Japan Patent Office provides the possibility for electronic file inspection via their “Japan Platform for Patent Information” (J-PlatPat) https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/web/all/top/BTmTopPage . As you will need ...

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Dear Martin, We checked and there is indeed a better PDF copy of this Chinese document available where the reference numbers are clearly visible in the drawing. This can be located at the original source, which is the official publication platform of the State Intellectual Property Office of China. ...

India: User feedback form now available on Indian Patent Office’s website Based on the outcome of the meeting on 14th December 2016 between the Indian Patent Office (IPO) and the stakeholders, the IPO has now made available on its website a form which will serve as a systematic mechanism for collec...

Dear users, Have you ever wanted to know how to search in the Brazilian patent office’s databases? Are you interested in learning about the life of a patent application in Mexico? And what kind of data from Latin American countries does the EPO provide? If yes, join us for a full day of presentation...

Dear users, Please be informed that the 4th Indo-European conference on patents and ICT will take place again at the EPO’s headquarters in Munich on 9 December 2016. The main themes of the conference are Industry 4.0 and the digital world meets the world of the patents in India and Europe. The previ...

Dear users, In September the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM) launched a new organisation web-page http://www.ipindia.nic.in/ . The official patent database of the Indian Patent Office – InPASS was also affected http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/publicsearc...

Dear user, Thank you for visiting our forum and your question. To help you, we would like to make a reference to the Manual of Patent Office Practise and Procedure http://ipindia.gov.in/ipr/patent/manual/HTML%20AND%20PDF/Manual%20of%20Patent%20Office%20Practice%20and%20Procedure%20-%20pdf/Manual%20o...