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A patent is valid in the particular country in which it is granted and for a certain period of time...
Requests for registration of a change of name in the European Patent Register must be made in...
Fees are charged for filing (including, if applicable, an additional fee for the 36th and each...
Legal status information (i.e. where and whether a patent is valid) for European and Euro-PCT...
Methods of evaluating patents for business purposes can be divided into two groups - quantitative...
One way of checking whether or not your product or idea has already been invented and patented by...
You need to be a micro-entity with only a small number of applications (“cap”).
To qualify for an...
This part explains which fees are reduced and the savings you can make.
The 30% language-related...
Requests to register a change of address for the applicant or patent proprietor must be submitted to...