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