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Patent Knowledge Products and Services

NameDescriptionPrice
Online services
EspacenetThe public online service for searching and retrieving patent information including EPO’s worldwide bibliographic and full-text data collectionsFree
European Patent RegisterThe most complete and up-to-date source of publicly available procedural information on European patent applications as they pass through each stage of the EPO granting process and on European patents with unitary effect.Free
Technology Intelligence Platform (TIP)The Technology Intelligence platform is the latest state-of-the-art data platform which allows you to process, combine, analyse, and visualise patent data with third-party data in a single web-based cloud-native platform.Free
Global Patent Index (GPI)Global Patent Index (GPI) is a legacy product for searches in the EPO’s worldwide bibliographic, legal status and full-text data collections.1st subscription: EUR 755
2nd and next subscriptions: EUR 650
Bi-annual subscription: EUR 490
Quarterly subscription: EUR 250
PATSTAT OnlineLegacy web-based interface to the PATSTAT databases for conducting statistical patent analyses, visualising the data and downloading it for offline use.Annual subscription: EUR 755
Bi-annual subscription: EUR 490
Quarterly subscription: EUR 250
Data and APIs
EP bibliographic data (EBD)EBD contains all newly published applications and patents and recent changes to previously published patents.Free
European Patent Register dataThe backfile is a snapshot of the European Patent Register data.Free
Text of decisions of EPO Boards of AppealXML format, 2 editions/yearFree
EPO worldwide bibliographic database (DOCDB)DOCDB contains all worldwide bibliographic data, abstracts and citations.Free
EPO worldwide legal status database (INPADOC)INPADOC contains all worldwide legal status information on patent publications.Free
EP full-text dataEP full-text data contains all bibliographic, claims, descriptions and drawings of European Patent applications.Free
Sequence listingsSequence listings of nucleotides or amino acids from EP, Euro-PCT and PCT publications where the EPO is the International Searching Authority.Free
National full-text dataFull-text extractions from our database for the national collections of Switzerland, France, United Kingdom and Spain.Subscription (download): EUR 2 700 / country
Backfile: EUR 9 100 / country
European Case Law IdentifierECLI is a machine-processable code that can be assigned to decisions from any national or European court. The EPO offers a dedicated sitemap referencing all EPO board of appeal decisions.Free
PATSTAT Global and EP RegisterSnapshot of the EPO worldwide bibliographic database (DOCDB), EPO worldwide legal status database (INPADOC) combined and European Patent Register data in combination for statistical analysis.

PATSTAT Global
Subscription (download): EUR 1 460
Single edition - per edition (download): EUR 975

PATSTAT EP Register
Subscription (download): EUR 1 460
Single edition - per edition (download): EUR 1 420

Open Patent Services (OPS)Application Programming Interface (API) to access most of the EPO’s data sets programmatically.Free of charge for up to 4 GB / week
Subscription: EUR 2 800
European Publication ServerApplication Programming Interface (API) to access all the European patent documents published by the EPO.Free
Official Legal Publications
Official JournalThe Official Journal (OJ) is your source of general information and notices from the EPO, and of other information relevant to the EPC or its implementation (Article 129(b) EPC).Free
European Patent BulletinThe European Patent Bulletin offers free downloadable files containing bibliographic and procedural data.Free
Cross-reference index for EURO-PCT applicationsThe files available for download are lists of PCT applications as referred to in Article 153(3) (not republished by the EPO) and (4) EPC (republished by the EPO) and are updated on the EPO's official publication day.Free
European Patent ConventionConvention on the Grant of European Patents.Free
Unitary Patent System Legal TextsAll legal texts relating to the Unitary Patent System.Free
European Patent GuidelinesPractice and procedures from the filing of a European patent application to grant and in post-grant opposition, limitation and revocation.Free
Guidelines for search and examination at the EPO as PCT AuthorityThe practice and procedure to be followed in the various aspects of the handling of international applications before the EPO as International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority.Free
Unitary Patent Guidelines (to be published)Practice and procedures in obtaining unitary patent protection in Europe.Free
Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPOA comprehensive collection of decisions and legal principles developed by the Boards of Appeal, guiding the interpretation and application of European patent law.Free
National law relating to the EPCA concise guide to the most important provisions and requirements of the relevant national law in EPC contracting, extension and validation states.Free