Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Prague

Host organisation:
Name of centre:	Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic
PO box:
PO box address:
Street:	Antonina Cermaka 2A||CZ
Postcode / Town:	160 68 Prague
Country:	Czech Republic
Website:	http://www.upv.cz
Telephone number:	00420 220 383 111
Fax:	00420 224 324 718
e-mail:	helpdesk@upv.cz, posta@upv.cz
Notes:	Further telephone numbers: 00420 220 383 205
Opening hours:	Monday: 08:00 - 17:00 Tuesday: 08:00 - 16:00 Wednesday: 08:00 - 17:00 Thursday: 08:00 - 16:00 Friday: 08:00 - 14:30

IP rights covered
Patents
Supplementary protection certificates (SPC)
Trade marks
Utility models
Notes Industrial designs, topographies of semiconductors, geographical denominations, appellations of origin

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.
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 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 sophisticated searches concerning technical areas (state-of-the-art, novelty). Search reports are provided.