Patent office

A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organisation which controls the issue of patents.

List of patent offices

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
• European Patent Office (EPO)
• German Patent Office (DPMA)
• IP Australia
• Japanese Patent Office (JPO)
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• United Kingdom Patent Office

List of past patent offices or the like

• Confederate Patent Office
• International Patent Institute

See also

• Patent clerk
• Patent attorney
• Intellectual property organisation
• Trilateral Offices

See also: Patent office, Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Confederate Patent Office, Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, European Patent Organisation, Intellectual property organisation, International Patent Institute, Law, Patent