Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Brussels

Host organisation:	Université libre de Bruxelles, Bibliothèques
Name of centre:	Patlib ULB
PO box:	CP 181
PO box address:
Street:	Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50||BE
Postcode / Town:	1050 Brussels
Country:	Belgium
Website:	http://www.patlib.ulb.ac.be
Telephone number:	00 32 2 6504417
Fax:	00 32 2 6504198
e-mail:	patlib@ulb.ac.be
Opening hours:	Monday: 09:00 - 18:00 Tuesday: 09:00 - 18:00 Wednesday: 09:00 - 18:00 Thursday: 09:00 - 18:00 Friday: 09:00 - 18:00

IP rights covered
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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)
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.
Assessment of the economic potential of an invention	With the help of respective software tools, the PATLIB centre assists in assessing the economic potential of inventions, detecting potential risks and analysing the market situation.