Our people, technologies, high-quality products and services, the partnerships the EPO develops and financial sustainability are the five drivers that will enable us to build a more sustainable patent office.

With its worldwide coverage and search features, Espacenet offers free access to information about inventions and technical developments from 1782 to today.

The European Patent Office (EPO) examines European patent applications, enabling inventors, researchers and companies from around the world to obtain protection for their inventions in up to 46 …

Applicants seeking worldwide patent protection may use the services of the EPO under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). PCT applications may be filed, searched and examined at the EPO.

The European Patent Register is the most complete and up-to-date source of publicly available procedural information on European patent applications as they pass through each stage of the EPO …

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From reading the other pages in this section you should know if your invention is patentable, if it is right for your business and if you are ready to file a patent application. You should also be aware of similar …

Today the EPO is Europe's second largest international public-service organisation. It employs some 6 300 people (4 000 of whom are highly specialised engineers working in three languages) from over …

The European Publication Server provides access to patent documents published by the European Patent Office.

Nov 29, 2000 · European Patent Convention - This area contains legal texts from the EPO, including the European Patent Convention, Ancillary regulations to the EPC, National law relating to the EPC, …