This is a list of useful links in context of patent applications. I’m based in Germany, hence maybe not all links are also useful for you. Furthermore, it’s a living document, means, from time to time, I add new links.
Patent search
- Google Patent Search: https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts
- European Patent Office: https://worldwide.espacenet.com
- United States Patent and Trademark Office: https://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html
- German Patent and Trademark Office:
- DPMAregister - Official Publications and Register Database: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/Uebersicht
- DEPATISnet - Database for online searches on patent publications from around the world: https://depatisnet.dpma.de/DepatisNet/depatisnet
Patent offices
- European Patent Office: https://www.epo.org/
- United States Patent and Trademark Office: https://www.uspto.gov/
- German Patent and Trademark Office: https://www.dpma.de/
Legal texts
- European Patent Office (EPO) - Legal texts: https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts.html
- US Consolidated Patent Laws: https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/consolidated_laws.pdf
- Patentgesetz (German Patent Law): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/patg/BJNR201170936.html
WIPANO (German government, Patent application funding program)
- Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz: WIPANO (Wissens- und Technologietransfer durch Patente und Normen): https://www.innovation-beratung-foerderung.de/INNO/Navigation/DE/WIPANO/Patentierung-Unternehmen/patentierung-unternehmen.html
- WIPANO - Programminformation: https://www.innovation-beratung-foerderung.de/INNO/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/WIPANO/wipano-programminformation-2021.pdf
- WIPANO - Änderung der Richtlinien: https://www.innovation-beratung-foerderung.de/INNO/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/WIPANO/wipano-aenderung-richtlinie_29-03-2021.pdf
- Brochüre “Von der Idee zum Markterfolg”: https://www.innovation-beratung-foerderung.de/INNO/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/broschuere_von-der-idee-zum-markterfolg.pdf