Regional Patent Information Centre
Regional Patent Information Centre (RPIC) is the only one in Poland operating within the structure of the science and technology park. RPIC is a member of PATLIB network (PATent LIBrary), which associates patent information centres in Europe in the member states of European Patent Organization. The Centre was established in PSTP in cooperation with Polish and European Patent Offices. It’s main goal is popularization of knowledge in the area of intellectual property protection and improving access to patent literature.
RPIC’s OFFER
| ADVISORY & CONSULTING | comprehensive advice regarding intellectual property protection, in particular protection of: inventions, utility models, designs, trademarks (national, regional and international procedures), intellectual property protection strategies |
| PATENT RESEARCH | competitor's patent activity and policy market accessibility evaluation/assessment technological trends examination research and delivery of information regarding state of the art novelty/patentability researches non-infringement patent researches |
| TRAININGS, WORKOSHOPS, LECTURES | exemplary training topics: patent literature research methodology patent information sources intellectual property protection (inventions, utility models, designs, trademarks, copyright, databases) training content can be adapted to customers’ needs |
Consulting sessions up to 30 minutes are free of charge. Other services are charged according to the price list. Centre price list
COLLECTIONS and HOLDINGS:
- auxiliary patent literature free of charge (if available)
- On-line access to GPI (Global Patent Index), patent database with detailed search capabilities (100 search criteria) allowing users to carry out worldwide state-of-the-art searches
- Bulletin and Messaging of the Patent Office in Poland since 2008r.
- International Patent Classification
- International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (under the Nice Agreement)
- International Classification for Industrial Designs
Access to RPIC literature collections is free of charge.
USEFULL LINKS:
| www.uprp.pl | Polish Patent Office’ website with detailed information on the items of industrial property that PPO is granting exclusive rights for, procedures and fees in proceedings |
| Serwer publikacji UPRP | Polish Patent Office’s publication server – a portal giving free access to patent information (full texts of polish: patent specifications, utility models, industrial designs and translations into polish language published by the European Patent Office patents which are valid in Poland) |
| Espacenet | User-friendly patent database offering free access to more than 75 million patent documents worldwide, convenient to beginners. |
| PATENTSCOPE | Access to published international patent applications (PCT) and to the latest bibliographic data, free of charge. |
| Regional Patent Information Centre Pomeranian Science and Technology Park Al. Zwycięstwa 96/98 room H6, 81-451 Gdynia e-mail: patent@gci.gdynia.pl OPENING HOURS: |
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PATENT AGENT |
8:00-15:00 | Tuesday 8:00-12:00 | Wednesday 8:00-15:00 | Thursday |
| PATENT INFORMATION Dorota Nocuń, +48 58 735 11 98, d.nocun@gci.gdynia.pl |
8:00-16:00 | Monday – Wednesday |
