The following is a detailed list of the French intellectual property documentation held within the British Library IP collection.
Material on this list may only be available in French. 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
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Authority
Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle
Patent Specifications | |||
| Title | Holdings | Format | Location |
| 1969 - to date | |||
| Applications (A specs) | 2693078 - to date | CD/DVD | IP Open Access |
| 2000001 - 2817110 | Paper | IP Reserve North | |
| 2576251 - 2725400 | Microform | IP Reserve South | |
| Granted (deuxième) (B spec) | 2722602 - to date | CD/DVD | IP Open Access |
| 2000001 - 2781448 (gaps) | Microform | IP Reserve South | |
| (See blue ring binder at Reference Desk for patent number/ microfilm reel number cross-reference) | |||
| 1897 - 1969 | |||
| Specifications | 284609 - end of series | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| Publication In Extenso (additional copies) | 286778 - 302562 (gaps) | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Pharmaceutical Patent specifications (Médicaments, suffix M) | 1M - 8496M | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patents of Addition specifications (suffix E) | 1E - 96700E | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Pharmaceutical Patents of Addition (suffix Cam) | 1Cam - 357Cam | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Revue Générale des Matières Colorantes (full reproductions of all dye patents) | 1898 - 1901 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| (Specifications 262738 - 284609 and 302563 - 317502 were never published) | |||
| Pre-1897 Patents were published intermittently in subject-based collections (Tomes) | |||
| (Series 2 and Nouvelle Series patents were published in full only if they were renewed for at least two years. For number/year crossreference see the green ring binders kept at the BIPC desk, or spare copy in filing cabinet) | |||
| Nouvelle Série: Tomes 1-97 (1870 - 1897) | 91391 - 262737 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Série 2: Tomes 1-116 (1844 - 1870) | 1 - 91390 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Série 1: Tomes 1-93 (1791 - 1844) | 1 - 12543 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Brevets Francais XIV.2 (full text of patents on dyes and colorants) | 200401 - 302499 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Patent Databases | |||
| Base de données Statut des brevets (status) | 1978 - to date | Online | |
| Base brevets du 19e siècle | 1791 - 1844 | Online | |
Indexes and Abstracts | |||
| Brevets d'Invention Catalogue | 1791 - 1883 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| (Contains alphabetical annual name and subject indexes. Until 1827 [and 1840 in "Supplements"] give Tome and page references, patent application [not publication] numbers from 1843. From 1856 main body of work is a list in application number order with brief name and subject indexes.) | |||
| Descriptions des Brevets | 1791 - 1890 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| (Two volumes cover Series 1. First covers Tomes 1-40 - subject and name indexes to entire block. Second covers Tomes 41-93 - name index and classified list. Four volumes cover Series 2 - class list and name index for each block of 20 Tomes with page refs but not patent numbers. ) | |||
| Name Index (gives Tome page references, not numbers) | 1862 - 1895 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| USPTO Subject Matter Index in English | 1791 - 1876 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| Dictionnaire des Brevets (brief unofficial subject index) | 1900, 1903 - 1905 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| Brevets d'Invention Tables (annual classified list and name index) | 1904 - 2002 (missing 1983 - 1985) | Paper | IP Open Access |
| Brevets d'Invention Subject Index | 1927 - 1928 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| BOPI: Abrégés Descriptifs des Brevets d'Invention (abridgements) | 1963 - 1982 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| BOPI: Brevets d'Invention (abridgements) | 1958 - 1962 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| BOPI: Brevets d'Invention Abrégés et Listes (abridgements and name and number lists) | 2005 - to date | Online | |
| 1982 - 2006 | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| BOPI: Brevets Spéciaux des Médicaments Résumés (abridgements of M series pharma patents) | 1961 - 1973 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Derwent French Patent Abstracts (Chemistry only) | 1963 - 1995 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| Brevets d'Invention Horlogerie (index and brief abridgements of patents on clocks and watches) | 1792 - 1869 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Official Journals | |||
| Bulletin Officiel de la Propriété Industrielle (BOPI) (official journal) | 1884 - 1886 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| (Includes separate annual name indexes for patents and trade marks. From 1887 split into separate BOPI for patents (brevets d'invention) and trade marks (marques de fabrique). Further BOPI journals introduced later for other subjects) | |||
| BOPI: Brevets d'Invention | 1887 - 1962 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| (Includes annual name indexes and classified lists until 1943, abrigements from 1958) | |||
| BOPI: List des Demandes Brevets d'Invention (name and classified lists for each issue | 1969 - 1982 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Legal Decisions | |||
| Base de données Jurisprudence | Online | ||
| Coverage: patents since 1823, trade marks since 1904 (oppositions since 2004), designs since 1994 | |||
| BOPI: Legislation (laws, decisions, statistics) | 1908 - 1959 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| From 1968 published in "Propriete Industrielle - Bulletin Documentaire": shelfmark (P) BH00 - F(8) | |||
Miscellaneous Patent Publications | |||
| Annual report | Most recent issue | Online | |
| 1990 - 1994 | Paper | IP Open Access | |
| 1976 - 1989 | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| Min. de Commerce Office Nat. de la Propriété Industrielle Rapport (Annual report) | 1921 - 1937 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Conservatoire Nat. des Arts et Métiers: Office Nat. de la Propriété Industrielle Rapport (Annual report) | 1901 - 1920 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Index Destiné a Faculter les Recherches (index to 19th-century subject classification) | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| BOPI: Statistiques | 1983 - 1998 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| 1958 - 1982 | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| Table of Nat. Reg. Nos. aka BOPI: Concordance (annual application to publication number concordance) | 1969 - 1992 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| BOPI: Concordance (monthly lists) | 1989 - 1992 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| Tables of Second Publications (application numbers with publication numbers and grant dates for granted patents) | 1969 - 1992 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| Tables of Second Drafts of Novelty | 1977 - 1984 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| BOPI: Listes des Brevets d'Invention Presumés en Vigueur (lists of patents in force) | 1961 - 1963 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patents Endorsed Licence of Right | 1980 - 1988 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Protection des Inventions en France et à l'Etranger Statistiques (statistics) | 1958 - 1964 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Propriété Industrielle Traités & c. (international law agreements) | 1904 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| BOPI: Qualif. et Org. Prof. (attorney lists) | 1995 - to date | Paper | IP Open Access |
| "La Creation Saleriée" (conference proceedings) | 1988 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Trade Marks | |||
| Base de données Marques | in force | Online | |
| BOPI: Marques de Fabrique New Edition (new law trade mark journal) | 2006 - to date | Online | |
| Vol. 1 (applications) | 1992 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Vol.2 (registrations) | 1994 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| BOPI: Marques de Fabrique (trade mark journal) | 1887 - 1999 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| (Includes name and classed or alphabetical mark indexes bound in until 1952. From 1977-80 two separate series overlapped under different laws, with differing issue numerations) | |||
| BOPI: Marques de Fabrique: Tables (indices. NB: "names" on spine refers to trade mark text, not name of holder) | 1953 - 1994 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Liste Alphabetique des Depots de Marques Françaises (CompuMark name index) | 1984 - 1993 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Répertoire Alphabetique des Marques Françaises Enregistrées (CompuMark list of marks in force) | 1984 - 2001 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Tabulaire Revue (list of TM in force) | 1908 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Tabulaire-Revue (Business journal, no relevance to patents) | 1920 - 1922 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Designs | |||
| Base de données Dessins et modèles | 1910 - to date | Online | |
| BOPI: Dessins et Modèles (design journal) | 2006 - to date | Online | |
| 1910 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| (Contains annual name indexes to 1985) | |||
