Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Lodz

Host organisation:	Technical University of Lodz, Main Library
Name of centre:	Regional Centre of Patent Information
PO box:	N/A
PO box address:	N/A
Street:	Wolczanska 223||PL
Postcode / Town:	90-924 Lodz
Country:	Poland
Website:	http://bg.p.lodz.pl/oip/
Telephone number:	0048 42 631 20 68
Fax:	0048 42 636 31 65
e-mail:	sekret@lib.p.lodz.pl, oipbpl@lib.p.lodz.pl
Notes:	Telephone numbers: 0048 42 621 205 6 (Library) 0048 42 631 20 68 (PATLIB centre)
Opening hours:	Monday: 08:30 - 15:30 Tuesday: 08:30 - 15:30 Wednesday: 08:30 - 15:30 Thursday: 08:30 - 15:30 Friday: 08:30 - 15:30

IP rights covered
Designs
Patents
Trade marks
Utility models

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