4 Glossary

B

BOIP

Benelux Office for Intellectual Property. The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (dutch BBIE: Benelux-Bureau voor de Intellectuele Eigendom, french: Office Benelux de la Propriété intellectuelle) registers trademarks and designs for the Benelux. 30

C

CPC

The Cooperative Patent Classification is a classification system developed by the EPO and USPTO and also used in other countries. The CPC is based on the IPC with further subdivisions. 5 13

D

DEKLA

Deutsche Klassifikation. The German classification is based on the IPC and used and mantained by the DPMA. 18

DPMA

Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt. The German Patent and Trademark Office is tasked with the granting of patents and trademarks for Germany. 19 26 34

E

EPC

European Patent Convention. A multilateral treaty to provide the legal system for granting European patents. Next to articles and rules for obtaining a patent, it also institutes the European Patent Organisation. In German: EPÜ, French: CBE. The European Patent Office is tasked with the granting of the European patents. 28

EPO

European Patent Office. The European Patent Office is tasked with the granting of the European patents according the EPC. Main seat in Munich with dependancies in Rijswijk, Berlin and Vienna. 14 24 31

EUIPO

European Union Intellectual Property Office. The European Union Intellectual Property Office registers trademarks and designs for the EU. 32

examiner

The person working at a patent office, who will do the substantive examination (search report and grant) of a patent application. 3

F

F-term

File forming term is an indexing classification system used in Japan. 9 22

FI

File Index is a classification system based on the IPC and is used in Japan. 16 21

full-text

A full-text database contains the complete text of the documents, not just bibliographic data or abstracts. 1

I

IPC

The International Patent Classification is a classification system that is used in all countries. Every publication of a patent application has an IPC classification code. 4 7 11 12

J

JPO

Japan Patent Office. The Japan Patent Patent Office is tasked with the granting of patents and trademarks for Japan. 10 17 20 36

O

Octrooicentrum Nederland

The Netherlands Patent Office is the patent office of the Netherlands. The Netherlands Patent Office is a department of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, an agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. The Netherlands Patent Office grants patents in the Netherlands and deals with European patents validated in the Netherlands. 29

S

search report

The search report is prepared by the patent office where the patent application has been filed. It is used to assess novelty and inventive step during the examination of the patent. It therefore contains the most relevant documents that are used in the examination. 2 6

state of the art

The state of the art is formed by everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use, or in any other way, before the date of filing of the patent application 27

U

USPTO

United States Patent and Trademark Office. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is tasked with the granting of patents and trademarks for the United States of America. 15 25 35

W

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organisation. The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). WIPO administers 26 international treaties that concern a wide variety of intellectual property issues, ranging from the protection of audiovisual works to establishing international patent classification. WIPO currently has 193 member states and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. 8 23 33

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