| National/Regional Office |
Guidelines and manuals |
| Algeria |
Guide pour l’élaboration d’une description d’invention (French only) |
| Argentina |
Directrices sobre Patentamiento (Spanish only) |
| Australia |
Manual of Practice and Procedure |
| Austria |
Richtlinien zur Bearbeitung von Patentanmeldungen (Guidelines for Patent Examination - German only) |
| Bulgaria |
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| Canada |
Manual of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP) / Recueil des pratiques du Bureau des brevets (RPBB) |
| Chile |
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| China |
Examination Guidelines English / Chinese |
| Colombia |
Guia patentes (Guide for Applicants - Spanish only)
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| Croatia |
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| Czech Republic |
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| Denmark |
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| Egypt |
Manual for Filing Patent Application (Arabic only) |
| Finland |
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| France |
Directives examen demande de brevets |
| Germany |
All related documents are available. |
| Greece |
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| Hungary |
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| India |
Manual of Patent Practice and Procedure |
| Ireland |
How to apply for a patent |
| Israel |
Notes for applicants from overseas for patents in Israel (2003) |
| Japan |
Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model in Japan |
| Lithuania |
Rules on filing, examination of patent applications and grant of patents (Lithuanian only) |
| Mexico |
Guía del usuario (Applicant’s Guide - Spanish only) |
| New Zealand |
Patent Protection Guidelines |
| Norway |
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| Philippines |
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| Poland |
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| Republic of Korea |
Patent Examination Guidelines |
| Republic of Moldova |
Information on patents |
| Romania |
The Patent Applicant’s Guide |
| Slovakia |
Instruction of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic |
| South Africa |
General information |
| Spain |
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| Sweden |
Lagar och regler (Swedish regulations – Swedish only) |
| 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) |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
Protection Procedure for Patents |
| United Kingdom |
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| United States of America |
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) |
| EAPO |
How to Get a Eurasian Patent |
| EPO |
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| OAPI |
Guide du déposant (Guide for Applicants – French only) |