The following is a detailed list of the Swiss intellectual property documentation held within the British Library IP collection.
Material on this list may only be available in a Swiss language. We cannot translate items for you.
Intellectual Property stock locations
IP Open Access: Always available in the Business & IP Centre
IP Reserve South: In secure storage, can be delivered to the Centre in typically 1-3 hours
IP Reserve North: In secure storage, can be delivered to the Centre in 48+ hours. If a nine-digit number is shown under "location", these can be ordered for use in the Centre by registered readers through Explore the British Library. Please type the number into the Explore search box to rapidly retrieve the record.
IP Reserve Material cannot be ordered for same-day delivery after 16:00. Sometimes the service may not be available all day on Saturday due to staffing. Some Reserve Material may not be available at times due to stock movements. Please contact us before your visit to check.
Authority
Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum
| Title | Holdings | Medium | Location |
Patent Specifications | |||
| Granted Specifications | 679197 -697657 | CD/DVD | IP Reserve North |
| 623442 – to date | Microform | IP Reserve North | |
| 1 - 623441 | Paper | IP Reserve North (015268651) | |
| Patents of Addition | 1 - 699 | Paper | IP Reserve North (015268652) |
Patent Databases | |||
| Swissreg | 1978 - to date | Online | |
Indexes and Abstracts | |||
| Patente Jahreskatalog (annual name index, classified index and statistics for patents and designs) | 1889 - 1995 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Translated Swiss Patents (claims in English, prepared by USA patent office) | 1962 - 1964 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Repertoire des Titulaires des Brevets Horlogers (index to clock & watch patents) | 1888 - 1960 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patente Funfjaringer-Katalog (five-yearly cumulated index) | 1888 - 1998 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Derwent World Patent Abstracts (Section P-X) | 1975 - 1998 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
Official Journals | |||
| Patentblatt | 2002 - 2004 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patent und Muster und Markenblatt II: Erfindungspatente | 1996 - 2008 | Online | |
| 1975 - 2002 | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| Patent und Muster und Markenblatt (also trade marks and designs) | 1996 - 2001 | CD/DVD | IP Reserve North |
| 1962 - 1974 | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| Patent Liste | 1890 - 1961 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Miscellaneous Patent Publications | |||
| Annual Report | 2000 – to date | Online | |
| 1978 - 2000 | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| Spezialhefte Europaische Patente (details of EPs valid in Switzerland) | Jan - June 1996 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patent und Muster und Markenblatt I :Allgemienes (announcements and administration) | 1975 - 1994 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patent und Muster und Markenblatt V :Plant Varieties | 1986 - 2001 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patent Classification | 1958 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| 1908 | Paper | IP Open Access | |
| Concordance of 1908 and 1958 Classifications | Paper | IP Open Access | |
| Concordance of Classification to IPC | 1966 | Paper | IP Open Access |
Trade Marks | |||
| Swissreg | 2006 (all in force) - to date | Online | |
| Marken Jahres Sammlung (name index) | 1995 - 1996 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patent und Muster und Markenblatt IV: Fabrik- und Handelsmarken (name index to 1996) | 1975 - 2001 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| 1997 - 1998 | Online | ||
| Marken (includes annual name index) | 1955 - 1973 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Marques de Fabrique Horlogerie (trade marks for clocks and watches) | 1894 - 1911 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Fabrik- Und Handelsmarken (includes name index, classified until 1897 but then simple alphabetical order of proprietors) | 1880 - 1954 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Ausländische Fabrik- und Handelsmarken (foreign marks registered in Switzerland) | 1880-1882 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Designs | |||
| Swissreg | 1981 - to date | Online | |
| Modelles Deposes | 2003 - 2004 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patent und Muster und Markenblatt III: Muster Und Modelle | 1996 - 2008 | Online | |
| 1975 - 2002 | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| Liste des Dessins | 1905 - 1961 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| (In main official journal 1962-1974) | |||
