Espacenet – a worldwide patent database
Patent documents from "all over the world"
Contents of service | The global database covers patent documents from tens of countries, many dating back as far as to the 1920's. Some countries, such as the USA and Switzerland, provide all documents starting from patent no. 1. Please note: Both the Finnish and the global database contain Finnish patent documents. However, neither of them contains all Finnish patent documents nor any Finnish Utility Model documents apart form their identification data. | |
Price | No charge | |
Availability | 24 hours a day | |
Updating | The database is continuously being updated. | |
Additional information | For service in matters relating to Espacenet, please contact consulting engineers | |
Problems with programs? | Because the search features of Espacenet require Javascript and a browser that supports frames, it requires Netscape Navigator 4 or MS Internet Explorer 4, or newer, or some other browser that supports the said functions. In order to read and print patent documents, also the program Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed. For users in Windows environment: If you have difficulties in opening documents, try the following trick: Copy the file nppdf32.dll from the folder Acrobat4.0/Reader/browser into your Internet Explorer/plugins folder. If this does not help, contact the addresses below. | |