Other websites

Patent links

Free patent databases and other databases

• EspacenetOpen link in a new tab – patent publication database
• PATENTSCOPEOpen link in a new tab – WIPO's patent database
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)Open link in a new tab – patent databases
• European Patent OfficeOpen link in a new tab – patent register
• WIPO LexOpen link in a new tab - legal information of the Members States of WIPO
• Electronic orange bookOpen link in a new tab

Patent classification

• International Patent Classification (IPC)Open link in a new tab
• Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) used by the European Patent Office and USPTOOpen link in a new tab
• Patent classification (USPC) used by the USPTOOpen link in a new tab , see Tools & Manuals

Teaching materials about patents

• WIPO IP PanoramaOpen link in a new tab – teaching materials about intellectual property
  
• WIPO IP DiagnosticsOpen link in a new tab

Assistance and funding

• Business FinlandOpen link in a new tab
• Ministry of Economic Affairs and EmploymentOpen link in a new tab
• Team FinlandOpen link in a new tab network
• Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra)Open link in a new tab
• Foundation for Finnish InventionsOpen link in a new tab – assistance for inventions and innovative ideas
• Suomalaisten Keksijöiden TukisäätiöOpen link in a new tab
• Runar Bäckström FoundationOpen link in a new tab

• Suomen Tuotekehitysyhdistys ryOpen link in a new tab
  

Inventors

• Finnish Inventors National Federation (KEKE ry)Open link in a new tab
• Keksinnöt.fiOpen link in a new tab

• Keksintöjen viikko Open link in a new tab
  

Other patent-related sites

• Employee Invention CommitteeOpen link in a new tab
• Finnish Association for Corporate Patent AgentsOpen link in a new tab
• The association of Finnish Patent AttorneysOpen link in a new tab
• Suomen IPR-assistenttiyhdistys ryOpen link in a new tab
• IPR University CenterOpen link in a new tab
• Innovaccess websiteOpen link in a new tab – basic information on European IPR systems

International patent offices

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)Open link in a new tab
• European Patent Office (EPO)Open link in a new tab
• Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO)Open link in a new tab
• African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO)Open link in a new tab
• Organisation africaine de la propriété intellectuelle (OAPI)Open link in a new tab
• European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)Open link in a new tab - trademarks and designs

List of national IP Offices on WIPO directoryOpen link in a new tab

EU and industrial property

• European Commission websiteOpen link in a new tab – industrial property
• Information about the proposal for a Council regulation on the Community patentOpen link in a new tab
• IPR Helpdesk Open link in a new tab
• China IPR SME HelpdeskOpen link in a new tab
• South-East Asia IPR SME HelpdeskOpen link in a new tab
• Latin America IPR SME HelpdeskOpen link in a new tab
• Innovaccess websiteOpen link in a new tab – basic information on European IPR systems

Finnish inventors and inventions

• High Tech FinlandOpen link in a new tab

Copyright

• Ministry of Education and CultureOpen link in a new tab – copyright
• Copyright CouncilOpen link in a new tab
• The Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy CentreOpen link in a new tab
• The Finnish Composers' Copyright Society TeostoOpen link in a new tab
• Kopiosto Copyright SocietyOpen link in a new tab

History of inventions and famous inventions

• Famous inventionsOpen link in a new tab
• The great idea finderOpen link in a new tab
• National inventors hall of fameOpen link in a new tab
• Thomas Edison’s patentsOpen link in a new tab
• Chester Carlson, the inventor of Xerox copyingOpen link in a new tab

Funny inventions

• Weird and Wonderful PatentsOpen link in a new tab
• Totally absurd inventionsOpen link in a new tab
• Bizarre patentsOpen link in a new tab