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PATLIB Centre Ponta Delgada

Host organisation:	Universidade dos Açores
Name of centre:	Gabinete de Apoio à Promoção da Propriedade Industrial da Universidade dos Açores
PO box:	Apartado 1422
PO box address:
Street:	Campus de Ponta Delgada||PT
Postcode / Town:	9501-801 Ponta Delgada
Country:	Portugal
Website:
Telephone number:	00351 296 650 513
Fax:	00351 296 650 553
e-mail:	gapi@uac.pt
Opening hours:	Monday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 14:00 - 17:30 Tuesday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 14:00 - 17:30 Wednesday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 14:00 - 17:30 Thursday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 14:00 - 17:30 Friday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 14:00 - 17:30

IP rights covered
Designs
Patents
Trade marks
Utility models
Notes Further IP rights dealt with: appellations of origin and geographic indications of source

Services
Public reading room	The reading room provides the public with access to national, European and international IP documentation so that they can perform their own searches. PATLIB staff advises the public how to search and how to retrieve relevant documents. Visitors may search IP databases free-of-charge using the workstations provided.
Provision of intellectual property documentation	The PATLIB centre provides copies of IP documents (paper and electronic documents)
Helpdesk services	The PATLIB centre provides information on IP procedures, different kinds of IP rights, the requirements for filing an IP application, fees, search possibilities, etc. Legal advice is not included in this service.