IP databases & useful links

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• Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) (opens in a new tab)

  Swiss national IP office. Patents, trademarks, designs.

  • Swiss
  • Official

• European Patent Office (EPO) (opens in a new tab)

  Central patent office for Europe. EP applications and grants.

  • EU
  • Patents

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (opens in a new tab)

  UN agency for IP. PCT, Madrid, Hague systems.

  • International
  • Official

• European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (opens in a new tab)

  EU trademarks and registered Community designs.

  • EU
  • TM
  • Design

• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (opens in a new tab)

  US patents and trademarks. Major prior art source.

  • US
  • Official

• UPOV Convention (Plant Variety Protection) (opens in a new tab)

  Official UPOV Convention text and legal framework for plant variety protection.

  • Official
  • Plant variety

• Unified Patent Court (UPC) (opens in a new tab)

  Official Unified Patent Court website for procedures, news, and court information.

  • Official
  • Patent litigation

• Espacenet (opens in a new tab)

  Free access to 140+ million patent documents worldwide.

  • Free
  • Global
  • EPO

• PATENTSCOPE (opens in a new tab)

  WIPO database with PCT applications and national collections.

  • Free
  • PCT
  • WIPO

• Google Patents (opens in a new tab)

  Full-text search across patents worldwide. Machine translations.

  • Free
  • Global

• Swissreg (opens in a new tab)

  Swiss IP database for patents, trademarks, and designs.

  • Free
  • Swiss

• The Lens (opens in a new tab)

  Open patent and scholarly search. Links patents to research.

  • Free
  • Open

• TMview (opens in a new tab)

  Search 70+ million trademarks from 74 participating offices.

  • Free
  • Global

• WIPO Global Brand Database (opens in a new tab)

  International trademarks, appellations of origin, emblems.

  • Free
  • Madrid

• eSearch plus (EUIPO) (opens in a new tab)

  EU trademarks and designs database with owner information.

  • Free
  • EU

• DesignView (opens in a new tab)

  Search registered designs from 80+ participating offices.

  • Free
  • Global

• WIPO Hague Express (opens in a new tab)

  International design registrations under Hague System.

  • Free
  • Hague

• IPC Publication (WIPO) (opens in a new tab)

  International Patent Classification. Browse and search codes.

  • Classification

• CPC Browser (EPO) (opens in a new tab)

  Cooperative Patent Classification. More detailed than IPC.

  • Classification

• Nice Classification (WIPO) (opens in a new tab)

  International classification of goods and services for trademarks.

  • TM
  • Classification

• Locarno Classification (WIPO) (opens in a new tab)

  International classification for industrial designs.

  • Design
  • Classification

• Innosuisse (opens in a new tab)

  Swiss Innovation Agency. Funding and coaching programs.

  • Swiss
  • Funding