PATENT OFFICE

A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents.

List of patent offices

For a list of patent offices and their websites, please see this list maintained by WIPO.

The entries shown in italics are regional or international patent offices.

• African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) [1]
• Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) [2]
• European Patent Office (EPO) [3]
• German Patent Office (DPMA) [4]
• Indian Patent Office [5]
• IP Australia [6]
• Japan Patent Office (JPO) [7]
• Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI) [8]
• Irish Patent Office [9]
• State Intellectual Property Office of China [10]
• Intellectual Property Office of Taiwan [11]
• Intellectual Property Office of Singapore [12]
• Intellectual Property Office of Philippines [13]
• United Kingdom Patent Office [14]
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) [15]
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [16]

List of past patent offices or the like

• Confederate Patent Office
• Goskomizobretenie (Soviet patent office)
• International Patent Institute

See also

• Patent
• List of patent legal concepts
• List of people associated with patent law
• Intellectual property organisation

External links

• Directory of Intellectual Property Offices (incl. Patent Offices) on the WIPO web site