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Pool of databases:
DE, DD, US, JP, FR, GB, NL, SE from 1975
KR, EP and WO (PCT) from 1978
CN from 1985
with bi-weekly update

• IPC searches
• Advanced searches of titles, abstracts, main claims for German or English search terms
• Ability to perform complex searches
• Option to link search results to one another
• Complete search query sequences and hit lists can be saved
• Multiple download options of the selected hits in Word and Excel format
• Link to the Espacenet database

Pool of databases
Patents or patent applications and utility models from approx. 105 industrialised countries

• Only global database with a "narrow" invention-related patent family (FAMPAT)
• IPC, CPC, Japanese F-/FI-Terms and US Patent classification searches
• Advanced searches with keywords in German, English and French titles, abstracts, claims and other full text components
• Complex search query capabilities with the option to link search results to one another
• Simplified analysis by definition of highlighted search term clusters
• Several download options in RTF, PDF, HTML and Excel file formats incl. links to downloaded files to patent full texts, legal status, citations and drawings
• Immediate display of the complete original document available
• Very extensive, clear, descriptive and convenient statistical tools

Pool of databases
Patents or patent applications and utility models
-> abstracts, claims: 110 countries / offices
-> full text: 27 countries / offices

• Search in extended patent families
• IPC, European Classification System (ECLA), Japanese F-/FI-Terms and US Patent Classification Searches
• Advanced searches of titles, abstracts, all claims and full texts for German, English or French search terms
• Complex search query capabilities with the option to link search results to one another
• Analysis using highlighting in different colours available
• Several download options in RTF, Word, PDF, HTML, XML and Excel file format
• Immediate display of the complete original document available
• Convenient and very comprehensive statistical functions relating to the applicant, classification, inventor, country
• Extensive statistical tools

Exclusive version of the Patent Database of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, only accessible from Patent Information Centres

Pool of databases
Patents or patent applications and utility models from 83 industrialised countries

• Search by International Patent Classification (IPC), German Examiner Classification (DEKLA) or CPC
• Searches for very old manuscripts (prior to 1900) with IPC, CPC and DEKLA
• Searches for terms in full texts (only available for German documents) and in some EP and WO (PCT) documents.
• Ability to perform complex searches
• Instant preview of the full document available
• Convenient download of extensive full text lists

Pool of database
DE, WO/IR, EU, CH, AT

• Identity and similarity searches
• Search for trademarks applied for or registered with reference to relative grounds for refusal
• Search for rejected trademarks relating to absolute grounds for refusal
• Search by brand name, numbers, Nice classification, owner, representative
• Search by legal status, dates, goods and service terms
• Search for figurative marks with Vienna classifications
• Display up to 50,000 hits
• Save results in profile folders
• Diverse download options

Pool of databases

International:
WO/IR, EU, OAPI, ARIPO

Europe (* ... EU):
Albania, Andora, Armenia, Benelux*, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria*, Denmark*, Germany*, Estonia*, Finland*, France*, EU Trademarks*, Georgia, Greece, Great Britain*, Guernsey, Ireland*, Iceland, Italy*, Jersey, Kosovo, Croatia, Latvia*, Liechtenstein, Lithuania*, North Macedonia, Malta*, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Cyprus (Turkish Republic of North Cyprus) Norway, Austria*, Poland*, Portugal*, Romania*, Russia, San Marino, Sweden*, Switzerland, Slovakia*, Slovenia*, Spain*, Czech Republic*, Turkey, Hungary*, Belarus, Cyprus*
North America:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica (West Indies), Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Sint Maarten (NL part), Sint Eustatius and Saba, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S.A. (States), U.S.A. (Federal)
South America:
Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guyana, Colombia, United Kingdom of America, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia and Pacific:
Azerbaijan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Middle East and Africa:
Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Syrian Arab Republic, ARIPO (African Regional Intellectual Property Org.), Bahrain, Gambia, Gaza Strip, Iraq, Israel, Yemen, Jordan, Cape Verde, OAPI, (African Intellectual Property Org.), Oman, Zambia, Sao Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Sudan, Eswatini (until 2018: Swaziland), Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, West Bank, Zimbabwe

Identity and similarity searches

• Search for trademarks applied for or registered with reference to relative grounds for refusal
• Search by brand name, numbers, Nice classification, owner, representative
• Search by legal status, dates, goods and service terms
• Search for figurative marks with Vienna classifications
• Diverse download options

Pool of databases
DE, WO/IR, EU, CH, AT, GB

• Search by Locarno classification, design number, owner, representative, designer
• Search by legal status, date title, description
• Display up to 100,000 hits
• Save results in profile folders
• Diverse download options

Pool of databases:
International:
WIPO, EU
Europe:
Albania, Benelux, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Cyprus
America:
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, USA
Asia:
Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam
Africa:
ARIPO, Morocco

• Search by Locarno classification, design number, owner, representative, designer
• Search by legal status, date title, description
• Save results in profile folders
• Diverse download options

Pool of databases
Europe: DE, WO/IR, EU, BX, CH, ES, FR, GB, RU
America: CA, US
Asia: CN, JP, KR

• Search by Locarno classification, design number, owner, representative, designer
• Diverse download options