Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Wrocław

Host organisation:	Chief Technical Organization (NOT) WrocławCouncil of Federations of Science and Technical Associations
Name of centre:	Innovation Centre in Wrocław - NOT
PO box:
PO box address:
Street:	Marsz. J. Pilsudskiego 74||PL
Postcode / Town:	50-020 Wrocław
Country:	Poland
Website:	http://wroclaw.not.org.pl/
Telephone number:	0048 71 347 14 05
Fax:	0048 71 347 14 49
e-mail:	oi1@wroclaw.not.org.pl
Opening hours:	Monday: 08:00 - 16:00 Tuesday: 08:00 - 16:00 Wednesday: 08:00 - 16:00 Thursday: 08:00 - 16:00 Friday: 08:00 - 16:00

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.
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.
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.
Commercialisation of IP rights	The PATLIB centre assists in the commercialisation of IP rights. Activities in this respect may be establishing contacts with potential licensees, licensers and co-operation partners, preparing "invention briefs" and publicising innovations in respective databases.
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.