Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Wrocław

Host organisation:	Wrocław University of Technology
Name of centre:	Office of Intellectual Property and Patent Information
PO box:
PO box address:
Street:	Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27||PL
Postcode / Town:	50-370 Wrocław
Country:	Poland
Website:	http://www.patent.pwr.wroc.pl
Telephone number:	0048 71 320 22 56
Fax:	048 71 320 22 56
e-mail:	piotr.otreba@pwr.wroc.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
Designs
Patents
Trade marks
Utility models

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.
User training	The PATLIB centre organises training sessions (seminars, workshops) concerning IP rights, databases, search techniques and other IP related issues.
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.