Websites of patent offices and the database of patent documents

Ukraine. The official website of Ukrpatent provides an access to various databases (DB) and information-reference systems (IRS) on objects of industrial property.

· http://www.sdip.gov.ua

� http://www.ukrpatent.org/

Specialized DB "Inventions (Useful Models) in Ukraine"

USA offer access to the full-text DB of patents since 1976, an abstract DB of patents since 1976 and the DB of trademarks. You can search by bibliographic data and the document text, and also viewing facsimiles copies of pages of documents found in a graphical format.

� http://www.uspto.gov

Through the website of the European Patent Organization (EPO-espacenet) you can search for patent documents: European Patent Organisation (EPO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Japan, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and England.

� http://ep.espacenet.com