Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Banská Bystrica

Host organisation:
Name of centre:	Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
PO box:
PO box address:	7
Street:	Jána Švermu 43||SK
Postcode / Town:	974 04 Banská Bystrica
Country:	Slovak Republic
Website:	http://www.indprop.gov.sk http://www.upv.sk
Telephone number:	00421 48 4300251
Fax:	00421 48 4132563
e-mail:	urad@indprop.gov.sk
Notes:	The Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic is a depository of the library WIPO.
Opening hours:	Monday: 08:00 - 15:00 Tuesday: 08:00 - 15:00 Wednesday: 08:00 - 15:00 Thursday: 08:00 - 15:00 Friday: 08:00 - 15:00

IP rights covered
Designs
Patents
Supplementary protection certificates (SPC)
Trade marks
Utility models
Notes Further assistance: designations of origin for products and geographical indications for products, topographies of semiconductor products

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)
Search services	The PATLIB centre carries out IP searches for the public. This service may range from relatively basic bibliographic searches (e.g. for a patent number, an applicant's or inventor's name, or the legal status of an application) to highly sophisticated searches concerning technical areas (state-of-the-art, novelty and infringement searches). Explanatory information, comments and interpretations of the search results may be provided with the search reports.
Statistical analyses of patent data	This service provides information on technical trends and competitors' activities based on statistical processing of patent data.
User training	The PATLIB centre organises training sessions (seminars, workshops) concerning IP rights, databases, search techniques and other IP related issues.
Patent clinics	This service is provided in collaboration with local professional representatives (patent attorneys). The role of the PATLIB centre is to co-ordinate bilateral consultancy sessions between the attorney and the client and to provide the necessary information background (e.g. relevant documents and preparatory searches. Legal advice is given solely by the attorney.
Notes Search services are offered with the exception of novelty and infringement searches