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Espacenet (formerly stylized as esp@cenet) [1] [2] is a free online service for searching patents and patent applications.Espacenet was developed by the European Patent Office (EPO) together with the member states of the European Patent Organisation.
The European Patent Register, also known as the Register of European Patents, [1] is a public register kept by the European Patent Office (EPO). It contains legal information relating to published European patent applications and European patents granted under the European Patent Convention (EPC).
The European Patent Office (EPO) [notes 1] is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council. [4] The EPO acts as executive body for the organisation [5] [6] while the Administrative Council acts as its supervisory body [5] as well as, to a limited extent, its legislative body.
INPADOC was integrated into the European Patent Office (EPO) in 1991 with the Principal Directorate Patent Information of the EPO having been located in Vienna, Austria since. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2003 the backlog of the legal status database was cleared up, and the physical storage of electronic records was established in The Hague .
The use of on-line filing passed the 50% level of patent application filings in January 2008. [2] The epoline online filing software also allows to file patent applications online with the national patent offices that support it. Until March 4, 2009, the epoline online filing software could not be used for filing oppositions or appeal.
In patent law, a search report is a report established by a patent office, which mentions documents which may be taken into consideration in deciding whether the invention to which a patent application relates is patentable. [1] The documents mentioned in the search report usually form part of the prior art.
The European Patent Office (EPO [notes 1]) examines European patent applications and grants European patents under the European Patent Convention.Its headquarters are located at Munich, Germany, with a branch in Rijswijk (near The Hague, Netherlands), sub-offices in Berlin, Germany, and Vienna, Austria, and a "liaison bureau" in Brussels, Belgium.
The procedure starts with the filing of an application [1] and ends with the grant of a European patent [6] or the refusal of the patent application [7] by the EPO, or the withdrawal of the application by the applicant, or its deemed withdrawal. [notes 1] The prosecution of European patent applications until grant typically takes several years ...