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• The patent landscape of quantum sensing and metrology (June 2020)
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• The patent landscape of CAR T-cell immunotherapy (April 2020)
• EP patent information and CPC taxonomy as linked data (March 2020)
• The EP Register as a source of legal information (March 2020)
• PATSTAT online (February 2020)
• New Espacenet: Advanced features (January 2020)
• INPADOC worldwide legal status database (January 2020)
• Introduction to new Espacenet (January 2020)
• Patent families (January 2020)
• Patent information from India (December 2019)
• Overview of Korea (December 2019)
• Overview of Japanese patent information (November 2019)
• INPADOC legal status database (November 2019)
• Overview of Chinese patent information (November 2019)

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The patent information tour consists of four learning units. Each of them has an introductory video and two or three theory chapters. At the end of each chapter there are exercises for you to test what you have learnt.

• Take the Patent Information Tour

This interactive training course offers everything you need to use Espacenet efficiently: search strategies, power tips, background information and more...

• Start the Espacenet Assistant

The European Patent Register assistant consists of four learning units. Each unit features an introductory video and a couple of theory chapters. Each chapter ends with exercises for you to test what you have learnt.

• Start the European Patent Register Assistant

Tutorial videos

• European Patent Register – Introductory video
• EP Bulletin search
• Espacenet
• Espacenet - Common Citation Document (CCD)
• European Patent Register – Introductory video
• European Patent Register – Register Alert
• Federated Register
• Global Dossier
• Global Patent Index (GPI)
• Open Patent Services (OPS)