Our tools and databases

As a patent authority we have access to a range of exclusive patent and non-patent databases. We have also teamed up with a number of commercial providers for specialized databases. This includes Asian-language databases, non-patent literature databases, databases providing the option of semantic searching, as well as  sequence and structure databases.

One of the core competences of our patent examiners is the ability to identify and search the most relevant databases for each task.

Our main search tools are the powerful EPOQUE.net and ANSERA-based SEARCH systems, developed and maintained by the European Patent Office, accessible to all national European patent offices and other selected patent offices worldwide.