Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Newport

Host organisation:
Name of centre:	Intellectual Property Office
PO box:
PO box address:
Street:	Concept House, Cardiff Road||GB
Town / Postcode:	Newport NP10 8QQ
Country:	United Kingdom
Website:	http://www.ipo.gov.uk/whyuse/business/business-patlib.htm
Telephone number:	0044 300 300 2000
Fax:	0044 1633 817777
e-mail:	information@ipo.gov.uk
Notes:	Further telephone numbers: 0044 1633 814275
Opening hours:	Monday: 09:00 - 17:00 Tuesday: 09:00 - 17:00 Wednesday: 09:00 - 17:00 Thursday: 09:00 - 17:00 Friday: 09:00 - 17:00

IP rights covered
Copyright
Designs
Patents
Trade marks

Services
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.
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.
IP monitoring services	The PATLIB centre provides regular (e.g. weekly, monthly, quarterly) information on newly published IP rights or changes of their legal status. For patents and utility models, the monitoring can be based on IPC (International Patent Classification) profiles and/or competitor names.
User training	The PATLIB centre organises training sessions (seminars, workshops) concerning IP rights, databases, search techniques and other IP related issues.
Lecturer services	The experts from the PATLIB centre give lectures during IP training events or in the framework of IP related university curricula.
Notes IPO's reading rooms are transferred to the British Library. Helpdesk services can only be provided within the remit of IPO. IPO cannot give advice on acceptability of rights. Basic searches can be carried out at the IPO but staff do not provide guidance or views on the results. Electronic versions of the Patents, Trade Marks and Designs journals are on line at http://www.ipo.gov.uk/os.htm User training and Lecturer services - through our Business Outreach Programme