European Patent Office
Publisher: European Patent Office
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Vienna, Austria
Language: eng; ger; fre
Subjects: Databases; Patents; Patent laws and legislation; European Patent Office
Other titles: Office européen des brevets; Europäisches Patentamt; EPO
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 5, 1998).

Text (HTML and pdf files)

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Internet access; World Wide Web browser; Adobe Acrobat reader required to view and print some files.

English, French, German.
Table of contents: title: General presentation of the EPO (The EPO member states; about the EPO; the executive body; presentation of the grant procedure; facts and figures from the EPO; international co-operation; jobs openings at the EPO with on-lineapplication facilities); title: Official communications (Official Journal on-line; EPO Annual reports (HTML and PDF format); Trilateral statistical report; Notices from the President of the EPO; Press releases; List of publications;; title: Courses and seminars (Presentation of the overall list of courses; seminars and conferences; EPIDOS training courses on patent; Information; List of exhibitions and fairs attended or organised by the EPO; Timetable of EPOQUE courses for PATLIB officers); title: Tool box for applicants (The guide for applicants; List of current fees, costs and prices; Downloadable application forms in electronically editable format for EPC and PCT based procedures; Filing software (EASY, PatentIn, Forms,...); On-line request for file information; Browse, download or search the EPC; Guidelines for examination in the EPO; Regulations implementing the EPC; European Patent Attorneys; Searchable database; Download section with patches, manuals, codes, etc.); title: Patent information products (General information about EPIDOS products; The European Patent Register on-line; The EPIDOS-INPADOC databases; The ESPACE CD-ROMs series; Corrections of patent documents; PATLIB; Patent Information from Japan); title: Database search and index (EPIDOSNEWS online search facility; ESPACE CD-ROM Helpdesk search tool esp@cenet-free patent searching; European Patent Attorneys database; European Patent Convention database; Italian Patent Attorneys database; Official Journal EPO 1998; Index to the EPO web-site); title: News and updates (News sections; Recent updates on the EPO web-site (chronological order); Patent information news; Special headlines; Results of the European qualifying examination esp@cenet-free patent searching [now available]).