Patent Agent
Please click on the referral partnerships section to find out more information on Roche Patents whom the Vision project is patnered with.
Patent Application
For information how to apply for a patent visit one of the following web sites:
Irish Patent Office
The Patent Database provides access to patent information for over 45 million patents. It is linked to the European Patent Office and World Intellectual Property Organisation and includes therefore not only Irish patents.
The website provides also Trade Mark, Design and Copyright sections.
UK Intellectual Patent Office
This is the official government body responsible for Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the United Kingdom. These rights include Patents, Designs, Trade marks and Copyright.
European Patent Office
The European Patent Office (EPO) provides a uniform application procedure for individual inventors and companies seeking patent protection in up to 38 European countries. It is the executive arm of the European Patent Organisation and is supervised by the Administrative Council.
Europe's network of patent databases
This is the search engine of the European Patent Office. The freely available database gives you access to 60 million patents from all over the world. It includes patent applications and granted patents.
United States Patent & Trademark Office
This freely available database provides access to granted U.S. patents and patent applications from 1790 to present. To view the full text of U.S. patents you will need to install a TIFF plug-in for your browser. See here for further details (works best with IE).
Patent Scope - World Intellectual Property Organisation
PATENTSCOPE® Search Service enables you to do full-text search in over 1.6 million published international patent applications from the first publication in 1978.
Patent Search Engines
Here is a selection of patent searching tools. The list comprises of the most important and common ones.
Google Patent Search
Google Patent Search lets you search over 7 million US patents from 1790 onwards. It is still in beta phase and doesn't include the most recent patents. But because the patent documents are scanned, it allows full text search.
Free Patents Online
The FreePatentsOnline search engine is one of the most powerful, fastest and easiest patent search engines on the web. Our search allows advanced search techniques such as word stemming, proximity searching, relevancy ranking and search term weighting to help you find exactly what you are looking for.
Patent Search
Patents.com provides one of the most comprehensive free patent search sites on the web. Our powerful patent search engine is fast, easy to use, and enables you to employ the most advanced patent search techniques.
WikiPatents
WikiPatents provides free advanced patent searching and patent analytics for over 15 million patents hosted on its web site. The WikiPatents' growing database includes patents and patent applications from the United States, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Spain and Switzerland. In addition to patent research, WikiPatents provides value added information about each patent, including rapid patent image navigation, downloads of patents into various formats such as .txt, .rtf (Word), and .pdf, free access to .pdf patent drawings and images, automatic display of inventor residences on a map, and a patent summary and report for each patent. WikiPatents also allows you to comment on and rate any patent.
Intellogist
Brought by London IP, Intellogist is recognized as the global leader in professional patent searching. We analyze patents and scientific information in several languages, conduct technical intelligence, and consult to governments, corporations, and law firms worldwide. The company hosts the world's largest commercial collection of electronic patent file histories.
Patent Journals
Here are a few patent journals freely available online
Patents Office Journal,published by the Irish Patents Office;
The Official Journal of the EPO, by the European Patent Office;
IP Insight, the newsletter of the UK Intellectual Property Office;
Intellectual Property Today (free registration required)
Patent Blogs
There
are a number of blogs on the web that keep you update on new
developments regarding patents, new patents, etc.
The 271 Patent Blog includes specific areas, such as patent law, infringement, intellectual property in general.
The Patent Librarian's Notebook provides news on patents.
Patent Docs, the Biotech & Pharma Patent Law & News Blog.
Patent Statistics
This report provides readers with statistical indicators that shed light on issues such as the functioning of the patent system and its use by both developed and developing countries. The statistical information provided in this report allows users to analyze and monitor the latest trends in patent activity based on objective and detailed information.
