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PATLIB Centre Santa Maria de Lamas

Host organisation:	Centro Tecnológico da Cortiça
Name of centre:	GAPI - CTCOR
PO box:
PO box address:
Street:	Rua Amélia Camossa, Apartado 96||PT
Postcode / Town:	4536-904 Santa Maria de Lamas
Country:	Portugal
Website:	http://www.ctcor.com
Telephone number:	00351 22 764 57 97
Fax:	00351 22 764 58 45
e-mail:	jcoelho@ctcor.com
Opening hours:	Monday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 17:30 Tuesday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 17:30 Wednesday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 17:30 Thursday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 17:30 Friday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 17:30

IP rights covered
Patents

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