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Other websites

Patent links

Free patent databases and other databases

• Espacenet – patent publication database
• PatInfo patent register – registered details of Finnish patents and utility models
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – patent databases
• European Patent Office – patent register
• Electronic orange book

Website of NBPR Patents and Innovations Line

• patent.prh.fi – a separate website maintained by our Patents and Innovations Line, where you will find information about online filing (partly in English)
  

Patent classification

• International Patent Classification (IPC)
• Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) used by the European Patent Office and USPTO
• Patent classification (USPC) used by the USPTO, see Tools & Manuals

Teaching materials about patents

• WIPO IP Panorama – teaching materials about intellectual property
  

Assistance and funding

• Foundation for Finnish Inventions – assistance and funding for inventions and innovative ideas
  
• Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres)
• Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes)
• Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra)
• Ministry of Employment and the Economy (MEE)

Inventors

• Finnish Inventors National Federation (KEKE ry)
• Inventor Server – Innoplaza.net
• International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA)

Finnish inventors and inventions

• High Tech Finland

Other patent-related sites

• Finnish Association for Corporate Patent Agents
• IPR University Center
• IPR Helpdesk
• Innovaccess website – basic information on European IPR systemsInnovaccess-sivusto
• Mayall's IP Links
• Balticmarket – SME portal for the Baltic Sea Region

EU and industrial property

• European Commission website – industrial property
• Information about the proposal for a Council regulation on the Community patent
• Proposal for a Directive on computer-implemented inventions

Copyright

• Ministry of Education and Culture – copyright
• Copyright Council
• The Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre
• The Finnish Composers' Copyright Society Teosto
• Kopiosto Copyright Society

National and international patent offices

• Australia – IP Australia (Australian Industrial Property Organization)
• Austria – Austrian Patent Office - Österreichisches Patentamt
• BENELUX – Benelux Trademark Office
• Brazil – Brazilian Patent Office - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
• Canada – Canadian Intellectual Property Office - L'Office de la Propriete Intellectuelle du Canada
• China – The State Intellectual Property Office of the Peoples Republic of China
• CIS countries – The Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)
• Croatia – State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia - Drzavni zavod za intelektualno vlasnistvo Republike Hrvatske
• Cuba – Industrial Property Office of Cuba - Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial
• Czech Republic – Industrial Property Office Czech Republic - Urad Prumysloveho Vlastnictvi Ceska Republika
• Denmark – Danish Patent Office, Patent- og Varemaerkestyrelsen
• Estonia – Patendiamet, Estonian Patent Office
• France – French Patent Office - Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle (INPI)
• Germany – German Patent and Trademark Office - Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
• Greece – Greek Industrial Property Organisation
• Hong Kong – Hong Kong Patent Office - Intellectual Property Department Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
• Hungary – Hungarian Patent Office - Magyar Szabadalmi Hivatal
• India – Patent Facilitating Centre, Technology Information Forecasting & Assessment Council, India
• Indonesia – Indonesian Patent Office - Direktorat Jenderal Hak Cipta, Paten Dan Merek
• Ireland – Irish Patents Office - Oifig na Bpaitinni
• Italy – Italian Office of Patents and Trademarks - Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi
• Japan – Japan Patent Office
• Korea – Korean Industrial Property Office (KIPO)
• Latvia – Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia - Latvijas Republikas Patentu Valde
• Lithuania – Lithuanian Patent Office - Valstybinis Patentu Biuras
• Macedonia – Industrial Property Protection Office of the Republic of Macedonia - Zavod za zastita na industriska sopstvenost na Republika Makedonija
• Malesia – Malaysian Intellectual Property Division - Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri Dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDN)
• Mexico – Mexican Industrial Property Office - Instituto Mexicano de la Propriedad Industrial
• Moldova – Moldovan Patent Office - State Agency on Industrial Property Protection of the Republic of Moldova (AGEPI)
• Netherlands – Netherlands Industrial Property Office (NIPO) - Bureau voor de Industriële Eigendom (Bureau I.E.)
• New Zealand – Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, New Zealand Trade Marks
• Norway – Norwegian Patent Office - Patentstyret
• Peru – Peruvian Patent Office - Instituto de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI)
• Poland – Polish Patent Office - Urzad Patentowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
• Portugal – Portugese Patent Office - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
• Romania – Rumanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks - Oficiul de Stat pentru Inventii si Marci
• Russia – Russian Agency for Patent and Trademarks - Rospatent
• Slovakia – Industrial Property Protection Office of the Slovak Republic - Urad Priemyselneho Vlastnictva Slovenskej Republiky
• Slovenia – Slovenian Intellectual Property Office - Urad RS za Intelektualno Lastnino
• Spain – Spanish Office of Patents and Trademarks - Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas
• Sweden – Swedish Patent and Registration Office - Patent- och registreringsverket
• Switzerland – Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property - Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum
• Taiwan – Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office
• Thailand – Thai Patent Office
• Turkey – Turkish Patent Institute - Türk Patent Enstitüsü
• United Kingdom – United Kingdom Patent Office
• United States – United States Patent and Trademark Office

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• European Patent Office (EPO)
• Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO)
• African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO)
• Organisation africaine de la propriété intellectuelle (OAPI)
• Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)

History of inventions and famous inventions

• Famous inventions
• The great idea finder
• National inventors hall of fame
• Yahoo – history of inventions
• Thomas Edison’s patents
• Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone
• Chester Carlson, the inventor of Xerox copying
• Fussball und Technik

Funny inventions

• Weird and Wonderful Patents
• Totally absurd inventions
• Bizarre patents