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• 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.

  • IP tools - Put your business idea in context

    Ideas alone are not always enough to make a successful breakthrough into the business world. Using intellectual property tools, users can find relevant legal, technical and commercial information to help them put their business idea in context.  
    
    

  • Patent information tour File

    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).
    

  • Federated Register Streaming
  • OPS - Open Patent Services Streaming
  • CCD - Common Citation Document (Espacenet) Streaming
  • Register Alert (EPR) Streaming
  • Basic documentation

    Click on the links to access:

    • EPR Resource Book (EN, FR, DE)
    • EPR Pocket Guide (EN, FR, DE)
    • Espacenet Pocket Guide (EN, FR, DE)
    • CCD Handbook (EN)
    • Espacenet Resource Book (EN)
    • OPS Reference Guide (EN)

• 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.
  

  • INPADOC advanced (March 2019) Streaming
  • Introducing the new Espacenet (March 2019) Streaming
  • Patent information from EPO validation states: Cambodia (February 2019) Streaming
  • Introduction to the European Patent Register (February 2019) Streaming
  • Patent information from EPO validation states: Morocco & Tunisia (February 2019) Streaming
  • EP patent information and CPC taxonomy as linked data (February 2019) Streaming
  • Patent information from EPO validation states: Moldova (February 2019) Streaming
  • PATSTAT Online (February 2019) Streaming
  • INPADOC basic (January 2019) Streaming
  • Patent families (January 2019) Streaming
  • Catch Up! – Patent information News & Updates (December 2018) Streaming
  • Searching Asian trade mark information: China (December 2018) Streaming
  • Accessing court decisions on patents across Europe with ECLI (December 2018) Streaming
  • Searching Asian trade mark information: Korea (December 2018) Streaming
  • Searching Asian trade mark information: Japan (November 2018) Streaming
  • The Federated Register service as a source of legal status information (November 2018) Streaming
  • INPADOC (October 2018) Streaming
  • Monitoring with EPO products (September 2018) Streaming
  • Understanding Patent Families at the EPO (September 2018) Streaming
  • The Federated Register service as a source of legal status information (September 2018) Streaming
  • CATCH UP! - Patent Information News & Updates (September 2018) Streaming
  • Accessing court decisions on patents across Europe with ECLI (June 2018) Streaming
  • Business use of patent information (April 2018) Streaming
  • Upcoming events

    Click on this link to keep informed about upcoming webinars and other training events related to patent information.
    

  • Patent information webinars and events URL