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
Inventors
- Finnish Inventors National Federation (KEKE ry)Open link in a new tab
- Keksinnöt.fiOpen 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
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
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Latest update 09.11.2023