Section

  • Tutorials: Patent information tools



    Introductory resources

    The following e-learning tools have been created to help you find your way around patent information products and services the EPO makes available to the public.

    • Patent information tour URL

      Patent information is the name we give to the technical information you find in patent documents, plus legal and business-relevant information about them.This e-learning module has been created to help you learn about patent information and its uses.

    • Espacenet assistant URL

      Espacenet offers free access to more than 100 million patent documents worldwide, containing information about inventions and technical developments from 1836 to today. To guide you through Espacenet and to help you learn how to use this database, we have created an interactive e-learning tool.

    • European Patent Register assistant URL

      The European Patent Register (EPR) contains all the publicly available informationon on European patent applications as they pass through the grant procedure,including oppositions,patent attorney/EPO correspondence and more. To guide you through the EPR and to help you learn how to retrieve legal and procedural data, we have created this e-learning tool.

    • Introduction to the Global Patent Index (GPI) URL

      The Global Patent Index (GPI) is an advanced tool for doing professional searches in the EPO's worldwide bibliographic and legal status patent data.

    • Specific features

      The following videos present and explain some specific features of Espacenet, the European Patent Register (EPR) and the Global Patent Index (GPI).

    • Basic documentation

      Click on the links to access the EPR Resource Manual (EN, FR, DE), the EPR Pocket Guide (EN, FR, DE), the Espacenet Pocket Guide (EN, FR, DE), or the Espacenet Resource Manual (EN). Additionally, you can find a basic video about the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) here (PENDING).  

  • Webinars on patent information



    Selected recordings

    In the following, you will find a compilation of recordings of recent webinars on the latest developments, (new) features etc. of the different patent information tools offered by the EPO.