Useful Links

The following are links to various International Patent Offices and links to intellectual property glossaries.

Glossaries:

• The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO):
  www.uspto.gov/main/glossary/index.html#pnoa
  
  
• Brown & Michaels, PC: www.bpmlegal.com/patgloss.html
  
  
• Smith Hopen: www.smithhopen.com/glossary/default.asp

International Patent Offices:

• United States - The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): www.uspto.gov
  
  
• EU - European Patent Office (EPO): www.epo.org
  
  
• Australia - IP Australia: www.ipaustralia.gov.au
  
  
• Canada - Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO): www.cipo.gc.ca
  
  
• China - State Intellectual Property of the P.R.C.(SIPO): www.sipo.gv.cn/sipo_english
  
  
• France - Institut National De la Proprite Indusrtielle (INPI): www.inpi.fr
  
  
• Germany - Deutschen Patent- und Markenamts - (DPMA): www.dpma.de
  
  
• Hong Kong - Intellectual Property Department: www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/patents.htm

• Japan - Japanese Patent Office (JPO): www.jpo.go.jp
  
  
• Israel – The Israeli Patent Office: www.justice.gov.il/mojeng
  
  
• Russia - Federal Service For Intellectual Property And Trademarks (ROSPATENT): www.fips.ru/ruptoen/index.htm
  
  
• Singapore - Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS): www.ipos.gov.sp
  
  
• South Africa - Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office of South Africa (CIPRO):
  www.cipro.gov.za
  
  
• Taiwan - The Intellectual Property Office(TIPO): www.tipo.gov.tw/eng/
  
  
• UK - UK Intellectual Property Office: www.ipo.gov.uk