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You have monitored the patenting policy of your competitor and noticed that the competitor has applied for – and obtained – a European patent for an invention that is harmful to your business. Finland is designated in the patent. In order to validate the patent in Finland, the applicant has been given a three-month period for submitting a Finnish translation of the patent to the National Board of Patents and Registration. You can check if the translation really has been submitted by visiting the FI-EP Register. If the patent cannot be found in the register and about four months have gone since the grant of the patent, it is a sign that the patent is not in force in Finland.
Contents of service | The FI-EP Register contains the basic data of European patents that are in force in Finland. Lapsed patents are deleted form the database. |
Price | No charge |
Availability | 24 hours a day, except during updates. |
Updating | The database is updated twice a month, in the middle and at the end of the month. |
Additional information | For service in matters relating to the FI-EP database, please contact our consulting engineers |