Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Ljubljana

Host organisation:
Name of centre:	Central Technological Library at the University of Ljubljana
PO box:
PO box address:
Street:	Trg republike 3||SI
Postcode / Town:	1000 Ljubljana
Country:	Slovenia
Website:	http://www.ctk.uni-lj.si
Telephone number:	00386 1 200 34 03
Fax:	00386 1 425 66 67
e-mail:	marko.sercelj@ctk.uni-lj.si
Opening hours:	Monday: 08:00 - 24:00 Tuesday: 08:00 - 24:00 Wednesday: 08:00 - 24:00 Thursday: 08:00 - 24:00 Friday: 08:00 - 24:00 Saturday: 09:00 - 17:00 During July and August the opening hours will be as follows: Monday - Friday: 08:00 - 14:00 and on Saturday: 09:00 - 13:00

IP rights covered
Patents
Supplementary protection certificates (SPC)

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)
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.
Notes 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. 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).