Guidelines and Manuals of National/Regional Patent Offices

• 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)

• Guía de Usuario Patentes 3i: Inventor-investigador e innovador (User guide to inventor, researcher and innovator patents – Spanish only)
• Manual del inventor (Inventor’s manual – Spanish only)
• Aspectos a considerar al presentar una solicitud de patente (Points to be taken into account when filing a patent application – Spanish only)
• Guía del Usuario, Tratado de Cooperación en materia de Patentes (PCT), INAPI como Oficina Receptora (User guide, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), INAPI as receiving office – Spanish only)
• Guía para el examen de patentes: Suficiencia en la descripción (Patent examination guide: Sufficient disclosure – Spanish only)
• Guía para el examen de patentes: Novedad (Patent examination guide: Novelty – Spanish only)
• Guía para el examen de patentes: Nivel inventivo (Patent examination guide: Inventive step – Spanish only)
• Guía para el examen de patentes: Aplicación industrial (Patent examination guide: Industrial applicability – Spanish only)

Guia patentes (Guide for Applicants - Spanish only)

• Guidelines for Patent Search and Examination
• Guidelines for Patent Search and Examination (Croatian)

• General information - patents  
• General information - utility models  
• Guidelines  (Czech only)
  

• Guide for filling in the Patent Application form
• Guidelines for patents (Danish only)

• 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

• General information: Patent Protection
• 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)

• Guidelines on How to Acquire Patents, Patents of Addition (PoA) and Utility Model Certificates (UMC) (2001)
• Guidelines to applicants (2011 – Greek only)

• General information on patenting procedures  
• Guidelines for patent examination (Hungarian only)

• General information on patents
• Retningslinjer for saksbehandlere (Guidelines for Search and Examination – Norwegian only)

• The Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations for Patents, Utility Models And Industrial Designs (March 1, 2012)
• Examination Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Patent Applications Involving Known Substances (February 15, 2012)

• 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)

• Manual del solicitante (Applicant’s manual – Spanish only – February 2012)
• Directrices de examen de la solicitud de patentes (Patent application examination guidelines – Spanish only – October 2006)
• Modelo de Utilidad, Manual del solicitante (Utility Model Applicant’s manual – Spanish only)
• CCP´s, Instrucciones (Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) – Spanish only)
• Diseño Industrial Nacional, Manual del solicitante (National Industrial Design Applicant’s manual – Spanish only)
• Directrices Procedimiento Concesión de Diseños Industriales (Procedural Guidelines concerning the Grant of Industrial Designs – Spanish only)
• Patente Europea: Manual (European Patent Manual – Spanish only – July 2012)
• La protección internacional de las Invenciones (PCT), Manual (International protection of inventions (PCT) Manual – Spanish only – July 2012)

• 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

• Guide for Applicants / Guide du déposant
• Case Law and Appeals / Jurisprudence et recours