Useful Links – An Introduction

This chapter of our General Information Section aims to provide the reader with significant links to the major Patent Office sites. Links to specific IP sectors like Small to Medium Enterprises can be found by clicking on the icon “Virtual IP Library” or to the icons that link to other Sections on our site such as “Small Businesses”, “Information for Inventors” or to “IP Management”

The major Patent Office websites are extremely well-stocked with information on just about every aspect of Intellectual Property and many have points of contact listed on them. All of the Patent Office sites store their information differently so they can take quite a while to get familiar with the way they work. Sometimes the site contain so much information that they can be difficult and time consuming to troll through.

If your time is limited though, or you are unsure about what to do next please feel free to e-mail us at webeditor@piperpat.com or contact one of PIPERS IP professionals directly at patents@piperpat.com.

PIPERS has Offices in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, The UK, and satellite offices in Germany & Switzerland and offers clients a 24 an hour 7 day a week internet reception service for IP enquiries. To learn more about PIPERS and our services please click on the “About PIPERS” link at the left of this Page.

Links to the Major Patent Office websites

http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/	PatentScope,World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)
http://patentinfo.european-patent-office.org/index.en.php	European Patent Office (EPO)
http://www.uspto.gov/	United States Patent Office (USPTO)
http://www.ipos.gov.sg/main/index.html	Singapore Patent Office (IPOS)
http://www.patent.gov.uk/	UK Patent Office
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/	IP Australia
http://www.iponz.govt.nz	New Zealand Patent Office (IPONZ)

Patent Filing

http://www.pctfiler.com/

International Patent Filings

Patent & Trademark Searching

http://www.patmark.co.nz/

Full International Patent & Trademark IP Searching & Reporting

For full listings of all of the Patent Offices please click on to the “Virtual IP Library” icon.