| Argentina |
Directrices sobre Patentamiento (Spanish only) |
| Australia |
Manual of Practice and Procedure |
| Austria |
Richtlinien zur Bearbeitung von Patentanmeldungen (Guidelines for Patent Examination - German only) |
| Bolivia |
Manual para el Examen de Solicitudes de Patentes de Invención en las Oficinas de Propiedad Industrial de los Países de la Comunidad Andina (Spanish only) |
| Bulgaria |
General information on patents and utility models protection in Bulgaria (Bulgarian only)
Patents and utility models: procedure (Bulgarian only)
Patents and utility models: forms (Bulgarian only) |
| Canada |
Manual of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP) / Recueil des pratiques du Bureau des brevets (RPBB) |
| Chile |
Directrices de Examen y procedimiento de Registro de Patentes (Spanish only) |
| China |
Examination Guidelines English / Chinese |
| Colombia |
Manual para el Examen de Solicitudes de Patentes de Invención en las Oficinas de Propiedad Industrial de los Países de la Comunidad Andina (Spanish only) |
| Costa Rica |
Manual de Organización y Examen de Solicitudes de Patentes de Invención de las Oficinas de Propiedad Industrial de los Países del Istmo Centroamericano y La República Dominicana (Spanish only) |
| Croatia |
Guidelines for Patent Search and Examination (Croatian) |
| Czech Republic |
General information - patents
General information - utility models
Guidelines (Czech only)
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| Denmark |
Guidelines for Patents (Danish only) |
| Dominican Republic |
Manual de Organización y Examen de Solicitudes de Patentes de Invención de las Oficinas de Propiedad Industrial de los Países del Istmo Centroamericano y La República Dominicana (Spanish only) |
| Ecuador |
Manual para el Examen de Solicitudes de Patentes de Invención en las Oficinas de Propiedad Industrial de los Países de la Comunidad Andina (Spanish only) |
| Egypt |
Manual for Filing Patent Application (Arabic only) |
| El Salvador |
Manual de Organización y Examen de Solicitudes de Patentes de Invención de las Oficinas de Propiedad Industrial de los Países del Istmo Centroamericano y La República Dominicana (Spanish only) |
| Finland |
Patenttikäsikirja (Guidelines for Search and Examination - Finnish only)
Opas patentinhakijalle (Guide for Patent Applicants - Finnish only)
Guide för patentsökande (Guide for Patent Applicants - Swedish only)
Applying for a Patent in Finland |
| France |
Directives examen demande de brevets |
| Germany |
Guidelines for the Examination Procedure (P 2796.1)
Merkblatt für die Hinterlegung von biologischem Material für die Zwecke von Patent-und Gebrauchsmusterverfahren (X1200) (Information for the deposit of biological material for the purpose of patent and utility model procedures – German only)
Information for Patent Applicants (P 2791.1)
All related documents are available |
| Greece |
Guidelines on How to Acquire Patents, Patents of Addition (PoA) and Utility Model Certificates (UMC) (2001)
Guidelines to applicants (2011 – Greek only) |
| Guatemala |
Manual de Organización y Examen de Solicitudes de Patentes de Invención de las Oficinas de Propiedad Industrial de los Países del Istmo Centroamericano y La República Dominicana (Spanish only) |
| Hungary |
General information on patenting procedures
Guidelines for patent examination (Hungarian only) |
| India |
Manual of Patent Practice and Procedure |
| Ireland |
How to apply for a patent |
| Israel |
Examination Guidelines (Hebrew only) |
| Japan |
Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model in Japan |
| Lithuania |
Rules on filing, examination of patent applications and grant of patents |
| Mexico |
Guía del Usuario de Patentes y Modelos de Utilidad (Spanish only) |
| New Zealand |
Patent Examination Manual |
| Norway |
Retningslinjer for saksbehandlere (Guidelines for Search and Examination – Norwegian only) |
| Philippines |
Patent Procedure and Examination Guidelines |
| Poland |
How to patent an invention or protect a utility model (Polish only)
Guidance inventor. Application procedures in the national, European, international law (Polish only)
Inventions of small and medium-sized enterprises (Polish only)
Guidance inventor. Methods of examination of the patentability of inventions and utility models (Polish only) |
| Portugal |
Manual for interpretation of the Industrial Property Code (Portuguese only) |
| Republic of Korea |
Patent Examination Guidelines |
| Republic of Moldova |
Information on patents |
| Romania |
The Patent Applicant’s Guide |
| Singapore |
Examination Guidelines for Patent Applications at IPOS |
| Slovak Republic |
Methodology of patent procedure (Slovak only)
Instruction of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic Defining Uniform Layout of a Patent Application |
| South Africa |
General information |
| Spain |
Manual del solicitante (Applicant’s manual – Spanish only)
Directrices de examen de la solicitud de patentes (Patent application examination guidelines – Spanish only)
Modelo de Utilidad, Manual del solicitante (Utility Model Applicant’s manual – Spanish only)
CCP´s, Instrucciones (Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) – Spanish only)
Patente Europea: Manual (European Patent Manual – Spanish only)
La protección internacional de las Invenciones (PCT), Manual (International protection of inventions (PCT) Manual – Spanish only) |
| Sweden |
PRV Guidelines for search and examination |
| Switzerland |
Richtlinien für die Sachprüfung der nationalen Patentanmeldungen / Directives relatives à l'examen quant au fond de demandes de brevet nationales (Guidelines for substantive examination of national patents – German and French only) |
| United Kingdom |
Work Manuals
Manual of Patent Practice
Examination Guidelines for Patent Applications relating to Biotechnological Inventions
Examination Guidelines for Patent Applications relating to Medical Inventions
Formalities Manual
Hearings Manual
Litigation Manual
Opinions manual |
| United States of America |
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) |
| EAPO |
How to Get a Eurasian Patent |
| EPO |
Guide for Applicants / Guide du déposant Case Law and Appeals / Jurisprudence et recours |
| OAPI |
Guide du déposant (Guide for Applicants – French only) |