Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Maribor

Host organisation:	University of Maribor
Name of centre:	University of Maribor Library
PO box:
PO box address:
Street:	Gospejna ulica 10||SI
Postcode / Town:	2000 Maribor
Country:	Slovenia
Website:	http://www.ukm.si
Telephone number:	00386 2 250 74 22
Fax:	00386 2 252 75 58
e-mail:	breda.brezovsek@uni-mb.si
Opening hours:	Monday: 08:00 - 21:00 Tuesday: 08:00 - 21:00 Wednesday: 08:00 - 21:00 Thursday: 08:00 - 21:00 Friday: 08:00 - 21:00 Saturday: 09:00 - 13:00

IP rights covered
Patents

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. The PATLIB centre provides copies of IP documents (paper and electronic documents). The PATLIB centre carries out IP searches for the public. This service provides relatively basic bibliographic searches (e.g. for a patent number, an applicant's or inventor's name, or the legal status of an application). The PATLIB centre organises training sessions (seminars, workshops) concerning IP rights, databases, search techniques and other IP related issues.