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Patents

All the tools and information that inventors, lawyers, engineers, scientists, researchers and enterprises need to conduct business with the European Patent Office.

How to apply for a patent

A simple guide to the grant procedure

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4.6.2009
Presentations from the "Search matters" seminar are now online

3.6.2009
Global Patent Index in public beta test

3.6.2009
Case R9/09 added on the page "Pending petitions for review"

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How to apply for a patent: a simple guide to the grant procedure

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Dissemination of IP Knowledge in Universities

8.6.2009 | The Hague, Netherlands

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