Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Częstochowa

Host organisation:	Czestochowa University of Technology
Name of centre:	Main Library, Regional Centre of Patent Information
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PO box address:
Street:	Al. Armii Krajowej 36||PL
Postcode / Town:	42-200 Częstochowa
Country:	Poland
Website:
Telephone number:	0048 34 325 09 58
Fax:	0048 34 365 15 07
e-mail:	biblioteka@adm.pcz.czest.pl
Opening hours:	Monday: 09:00 - 15:00 Tuesday: 09:00 - 15:00 Wednesday: 09:00 - 15:00 Thursday: 09:00 - 15:00 Friday: 09:00 - 15:00

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)
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.
Lecturer services	The experts from the PATLIB centre give lectures during IP training events or in the framework of IP related university curricula.