Course: EPO Patent information tools

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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 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.
- Assistant: European Patent Register URL
  The European Patent Register contains all the publicly available information on European patent applications as they pass through the grant procedure, including oppositions, patent attorney/EPO correspondence and more. To guide you through the Register 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
  GPI is a powerful tool that enables you to perform detailed searches in the EPO's worldwide bibliographic, legal event and full-text data sets.
- Specific features
  
  The following videos present and explain some specific features of various highly useful tools.
  
  Federated Register
  OPS - Open Patent Services
  CCD - Common Citation Document (Espacenet)
  Register Alert
  Global Dossier
  EP Bulletin search
  European Patent Register
  GPI - Global Patent Index
  Patent families at the EPO
- Basic documentation
  
  Click on the links to access:
  
  CCD Handbook ( EN)
  Pocket Guide: European Patent Register (EN, FR, DE )
  Pocket Guide: New Espacenet (EN, FR, DE)
  Pocket Guide: Classic Espacenet (EN, FR , DE)
  Resource Book: European Patent Register (EN, FR, DE)
  Resource Book: Classic Espacenet (EN)
  User manual: EP Bulletin search (EN)
  User manual: Global Patent Index (EN)
  User manual: Patent families at the EPO (EN)
Virtual classrooms on patent information
Selected recordings

Click on the accordions to find a compilation of recordings of recent virtual classrooms on the latest developments, (new) features etc. of the different patent information tools offered by the EPO.
Library
This section of the course provides direct access to the resources of the videos. There is no additional material available here.