European Patent Office

Find information on applying and searching for patents legal issues on patents patent grants rules and regulations about european and international patent applications.
European patent office. The european patent office epo offers inventors a uniform application procedure which enables them to seek patent protection in up to 40 european. European patent office epo apply for a european patent. European patent office government administration münchen 77 392 followers as the patent office for europe we support innovation competitiveness and economic growth across europe.
Japan patent office jpo this site also provides access to machine translations of japanese patents. European patent office munich germany. In 1973 the european patent convention epc established an international organization the european patent organization the aim of which is to strengthen cooperation among european states the contracting states regarding the grant of patents.
Find out if your invention is unique or if other inventors have filed patent applications that are considered to be prior art. The european patent office epo is one of the two organs of the european patent organisation eporg the other being the administrative council. The actual legislative power to revise the european patent convention lies with.
The epo acts as executive body for the organisation while the administrative council acts as its supervisory body as well as to a limited extent its legislative body. European patent office epo provides esp cenet a network of europe s patent databases this site also provides access to machine translation of european patents for some languages. The official website of the european patent office epo.