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TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION

THROUGH INTERNET

HELLENIC INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION

WHERE THE INTERNET IS EFFECTIVE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION

• In relatively simple information searches

• In the search of documents and the printing of copies thereof

• In non-exhaustive information searches

• In finding relative examples before the filing of a patent

Search through the internet cannot be safely used by patent offices throughout the granting phase of patents


Principal databases for free-charge search:

www.obi.gr

www.espacenet.com

www.uspto.gr www.wipo.int www.oami.europa.eu

http://www.obi.gr/online/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=89&lang=el

http://www.obi.gr/OBI/Admin/Vendors/BannerClickThrough.aspx?BannerId=17&VendorId=6



Internet node created by the European Patent Office (EPO), the European Commission and the member States of the European Patent

Convention

It is addressed to non-professionals

It contains published inventions of the EPO, the member

States of the European Patent Convention and the World

International Property Organization (WIPO)

National servers may be accessed with the official language

of each country



Espacenet through the Greek Internet node

• Search is effected :

with Greek or English keywords

for specific documents

for specific companies

• provides also access to esp@cenet databases for european and

international patents


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It permits the complete retrieval of American patent

documents from 1790 to date

It is widely used, chiefly for the acquirement of American

patent copies

It provides a series of information and forms

indispensable for the patent acquisition procedure


Database for International Patent Applications and International Industrial

Designs and Models


It provides databases for search in community designs and models


CONCLUSIONS ON TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION ISSUED FROM PATENTS

The published patents are public non-confidential

documents

The technical and legal information retrieved from patents

cover any scientific and technological domain ,

is necessary for the scientific community and

companies, for saving time and money in domains that

have already been searched.


USEFUL INTERNET ADDRESSES

www.obi.gr - website of ΟΒΙ

www.epo.org - website of the European Patent Office

https://register.epo.org

worldwide.espacenet.com

www. wipo.int – website of the World Intellectual Property Organization

www.wipo.int/classifications

http://www.wipo.int/wipogold/en/

www.oami.europa.eu – website of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

www.innovaccess.eu – information on Intellectual Property

www.google.com/patents - search and retrieval of US patents

www.uspto.gov – website of the American Patent Office

www.inpi.fr – website of the French Patent Office

www.china-iprhelpdesk.eu– website of Help section for Intellectual Property for SMEs in China

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