Patent Office Websites

	DZ - Algeria Institut National Algerien de la Propriete Industrielle
	AD - Andorra Oficina De Marques Del Principat D'Andorra
	AP - ARIPO ARIPO - Regional Office
	AR - Argentina Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial Latipat - Esp@cenet
	AM - Armenia Intellectual Property Agency Eurasian Patent Office
	AU - Australia IP Australia
	AZ - Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Patent Office Eurasian Patent Office
	BH - Bahrain Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
	BB - Barbados Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)
	BY - Belarus National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) Eurasian Patent Organization
	BO - Bolivia Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual Latipat - Esp@cenet
	BA - Bosnia/Herzegovina
	BR - Brazil Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
	CA - Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office
	CL - Chile Departamento de Propiedad Industrial de Chile Latipat - Esp@cenet
	CN - China State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C National Copyright Administration of the P.R.C.
	CO - Colombia Industria y Comercio - Banco de Patentes Latipat - Esp@cenet
	CR - Costa Rica Latipat - Esp@cenet
	HR - Croatia Državni zavod za intelektualno vlasništvo
	CU - Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial Latipat - Esp@cenet
	DO - Dominican Republic Oficina Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial Latipat - Esp@cenet
	EC - Ecuador Latipat - Esp@cenet
	EG - Egypt Egyptian Patent Office
	SV - El Salvador Centro Nacional de Registros - Departamento de Propiedad Intelectual Latipat - Esp@cenet
	EA - Eurasian Eurasian Patent Organization
	EP - Europe EP - European Patent Office AL - Albania AT - Österreichisches Patentamt BE - Belgium Ministry of Economic Affairs BG - Bulgarian Patent Office CH - Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property CZ - Úrad Prumyslového Vlastnictví CY - Department of the Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver DE - Deutsche Patent- und Markenamt DK - Patent- og Varemærkestyrelsen EE - Estonian Patendiamet ES - Oficina Espanola de Patentes y Marcas FI - Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus FR - Institute Nationale De La Propriette Industrielle GB - United Kingdom Patent Office GR - Hellenic Industrial Property Office (Οργανισμός Βιομηχανικής Ιδιοκτησίας) HU - Hungarian Patent Office IE - Irish Patent Office IT - Italian Patent and Trademark Office LI - Liechtenstein LT - Lietuvos Respublikos Valstybinis patentų biuras LU - Luxembourg LV - Latvijas Republikas Patentu valde MC - Division de la Propriété Intellectuelle MK - Intellectual Property Protection Office of the Rebublic of Macedonia NL - Netherlands Industrial Property Office PL - Urzedzie Patentowym Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (UPRP) PT - INPI RO - State Office for Inventions and Trademarks SE - Patent- och registreringsverket SI - Urad RS za intelektualno lastnino SK - Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic TR - Türk Patent Enstitüsü
	FJ - Fiji
	GE - Georgia National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia
	GT - Guatemala Latipat - Esp@cenet
	HT - Haiti
	HN - Honduras Secretaría de Industria y Comercio Dirección General de la Propiedad Intelectual (DIGEPIH) Latipat - Esp@cenet
	HK - Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (IPD)
	IS - Iceland Einkaleyfastofu (ELS)
	IN - India Office of the Controller General of Patents
	ID - Indonesia DITJEN-HKI - Pengakuan Hak Kekayaan Intelektual (HKI) di Indonesia
	IL - Israel Israeli Patent Office
	JP - Japan Japanese Patent Office
	JE - Jersey Business Registry - Intellectual Property Services Judicial Greffe
	JP - Jordan
	KZ - Kazakhstan Republic of Kazakhstan National Patent Office
	KE - Kenya Kenya Intellectual Property Office - KIPO
	KR - Korea Korean Intellectual Property Office
	KW - Kuwait Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
	KG - Kyrgyzstan The State Agency of Intellectual Property under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic Eurasian Patent Organization
	LA - Laos Department of Industrial Property, Standardisation and Metrology
	LB - Lebanon
	MW - Malawi
	MY - Malaysia Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia
	MX - Mexico Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial Latipat - Esp@cenet
	MD - Moldova State Agency on Intellectual Property Protection of the Republic of Moldova
	MN - Mongolia Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia
	MA - Morocco Morocco Intellectual Property Office
	NZ - New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
	NI - Nicaragua Latipat - Esp@cenet
	NO - Norway Norway Patent Office
	OA - OAPI Organisation Africaine de la Propriete Intellectualle (OAPI)
	OM - Oman Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
	PA - Panama Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias - Dirección General del Registro de la Propiedad Industrial (DIGERAL) Latipat - Esp@cenet
	PG - Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea - Intellectual Property Office
	PY - Paraguay Latipat - Esp@cenet
	PE - Peru Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual Latipat - Esp@cenet
	PH - Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines
	PL - Poland Industrial Property Information Retrieval The site provides a bibliographical search facility for the UPRP's in-house data bases of patents, utility models, trade marks (national and under Madrid), designs (according to both new and old laws), geographical indications and topographies of integrated circuits.
	QA - Qatar Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
	RU - Russia Federal Institute of Industrial Property
	SA - Saudi Arabia Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
	SG - Singapore IPOS
	ZA - South Africa South African Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office
	LK - Sri Lanka National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka
	SY - Syria
	TW - Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
	TJ - Tajikistan Republic of Tajikistan Patent Office
	TH - Thailand Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)
	TT - Trinidad & Tobago The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
	TM - Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Patent Office
	UA - Ukraine State Department of Intellectual property (SDIP) Institute of Industrial Property (UkrPatent) List of IP databases The Register of Patent Attorneys of Ukraine
	AE - United Arab Emirates Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
	US - United States of America United States of America Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
	UY - Uruguay Latipat - Esp@cenet
	UZ - Uzbekistan The State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan
	VE - Venezuela Latipat - Esp@cenet
	VN - Viet Nam
	WO - WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
	YU - Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro - Intellectual Property Office
	ZM - Zambia
	ZW - Zimbabwe

Patent Status Information by Country - Direct Links to Patent Status databases. This list was complied from PIUG Discussion List 07 October 2005 and additional contributions by members. It should be noted that these links can change and in all cases if you have problems you should visit the main pages of the Patent Office websites (see above).

General

• INPADOC Link into the INPADOC legal status report for the searched item (publication number, application number, etc.)
• Background Information - Provides some information about INPADOC
• EPO INPADOC database PatServ
• SGA2 Go to “Useful Sites”, then “Free patent searching”
• IP Menu - IP Organizations

Country

• AT - Link
• BE - Link - french or dutch skills might help
• BR - Link - Choose “Pesquisar Base Patente” at the top right and type the code word in the box on the next screen.
• CN - Link - Basic status information. Detailed status information is only available in Chinese at the Chinese patent office's website: http://211.157.104.67/sipoasp/zljs/hyjs-flzt-y.asp (search by application number only, insert the application number in the first search field).
• DE - Link - free registration required
• DK - Link - free registration required
• EP - Link - Link
• FI - Link -finnish skills might help
• GB - Link
• GR - Link - greek skills might help
• HK - Link
• HU - Link
• IN - Link - Basic status only; for more detail try locally.
• IE - Link
• IL - Link - For granted patents try INPADOC or call the Israeli Patent Office: +972-2-5651665 (more accurate information). Legal status information is not available for Israeli applications.
• KR - Link - Basic status information. You must register (free) for a user id and password. Detailed status information is only available in Korean (which can be copied/pasted into a translation engine).
• MX - Link - Link - Mexican Institute of Industrial Property page.
• NL - Link - free registration required
• NZ - Link
• RU - Link - Free online Register; or try Link
• SE - Link - : PRVLink Patent according to , this site should provide with the swedish patent register, but registration (free?) and swedish skills are required
• SG - Link
• US - Link
• WO - Link