Useful links, addresses and data bases on intellectual property

Useful addresses

Our partners in the Patent Cell

Belgian Office for Intellectual Property - OPRI

FPS Economy SMEs, Self-Employed and Energy
North Gate III
Koning Albertlaan II 16
1000 Brussels
Tel. : 02/277 90 11
Fax : 02/277 52 61
https://economie.fgov.be/en/themes/intellectual-property/institutions-and-actors/belgian-office-intellectual

Benelux Office for Intellectual Property - BOIP

15 Bordewijklaan 2591
XR Den Haag
The Netherlands
Tel. : +31/70/349 11 11
Fax : +31/70/347 57 08
https://www.boip.int/en

Experts

Belgian National Assocation for the Protection of Industrial Property

Contact : Dominique Kaesmacher
Kirkpatrick SA
Avenue Wolfers 32
1310 La Hulpe (Brussels)
Tel. : 02/652.16.00
Fax 02/652.19.00
d.kaesmacher@kirkpatrick.eu
http://www.aippi.org

Benelux Association of Trademark and Design Law - BMM

secretariaat@bmm.nl

Belgian Chamber of Inventors

Dieleghem Steenweg 80 - 1090 Brussels
Tel : 02.732.76.00
Fax : 02.732.69.60
E-mail : asbl.cbi@chello.be
http://users.telenet.be/cbi/

Accredited patent agents

Consult here the list of agents.

BVOIE

Belgische Vereniging der Ondernemingsraadplegers in Industriële Eigendom
p/a Agfa-Gevaert n.v. Septestraat, 27
2640 Mortsel
Contactpersoon: Francis Leyder, Voorzitter
Tel. : 064.51.40.92
francis.leyder@skynet.be

Useful links

General information

IPR-Helpdesk : https://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/
World Intellectual Property Organisation - KMO-informatie: http://www.wipo.int/sme/en
FPS Economy - De l’invention au brevet
Patlib - http://www.epo.org/searching/patlib.html

Services and administration

European Commission - DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SME's - Intellectual Property
INPI - Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle - Patent office in France : http://www.inpi.fr
Japan Patent Office : http://www.jpo.go.jp/
List of national patent offices : http://www.pcug.org.au/~arhen/
EOB - European Patent Office : http://www.epo.org/index.html
Community Plant Variety Office : http://www.cpvo.europa.eu
EUIPO - European Union Intellectual Property Office : https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/
WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organisation : http://www.wipo.int
Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI): https://economie.fgov.be/en/themes/intellectual-property/institutions-and-actors/belgian-office-intellectual
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV): http://www.upov.int/
US Patent and Trade Office - USPTO - Octrooibureau in de Verenigde Staten : http://www.uspto.gov Databases (free of charge)

Databases

Patent databases

DEPATISNET - Patent office Germany : https://www.dpma.de/recherche/depatisnet/index.html
ESPACENET - European patent office : http://worldwide.espacenet.com/
EPOLINE - European Patent Register : publicly available information on European patent applications as they pass through the grant procedure : http://www.epo.org/register
INPI - French Office for Industrial property : http://www.inpi.fr/fr/services-et-prestations/bases-de-donnees-gratuites.html
USPTO - Patent office United States : http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html

Databases patent classifications

International classification : http://www.wipo.int/classifications/en/
Classification CPC : http://worldwide.espacenet.com/classification?locale=en_EP

Databases trademarks and designs

Benelux : http://register.boip.int
Europe : https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/databases
International : http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/index.jsp

Regional innovation aid

Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: https://www.vlaio.be/en
INNOVIRIS, Brussels Institute for Research and Innovation : http://www.innoviris.be/
hub.brussels : http://hub.brussels/

Miscellaneous

On the following website the EPO offers a large number of links to subjects in the field of IP: http://www.epo.org/searching.html