The following is a detailed list of European Patent Office documentation held within the British Library's intellectual property collection.
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
- Patents: European Patent Office
- Trade marks and designs: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
Patent specifications | |||
Title | Holdings | Format | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applications (A specs): | 1 - 1492398 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| 1 - to date | CD | IP Open Access | |
| Granted (B specs): | 1 - to Dec. 2002 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| 1 - to date | CD | IP Open Access | |
| English translations (full specs post-grant): | 1 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| English translations (claims pre-grant): | 111394 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Indexes/abstracts | |||
| Classified Abstracts (Auszüge) A01-H05 | 1978 -1985 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| Classified Abstracts (Auszüge) Teil 1-3 | 1985 - 2001 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| Name Index of Published Applications | 1978 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| Name Index of Granted Patents | 1980 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| Derwent European Patents Reports/Abstracts | |||
| CH/A-M | 1979 – to date | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| PQ | 1981 – to date | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| EL/S-X | 1982 – to date | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| Complete Unexamined | 1980 – to date | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| Complete Granted | 1985 – 1999 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| Delayed Search Reports | 1988 - 1998 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
Patent databases | |||
| EPOline European Patent File Register (status for international phase, file wrappers) | 1978 – to date | Online | |
| European Patent Server (complete specifications) | 2004 – to date | Online | |
| Access (subject, name, etc) | 1978 - to date | CD | IP Open Access |
| Bulletin (status) | 1978 - to date | CD | IP Open Access |
Official journals | |||
| European Patent Bulletin (details of patents) | 1978 - 2004 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| 2002 - to date | CD/DVD | IP Open Access | |
| last two years | Online | ||
| Official Journal of the EPO (admin) | 1978 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| 1997 - to date | Online | ||
| Cross-Reference Index: | 1980 - 3/8/05 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| (cross-reference indexes between EP and WO numbers for EP patents derived from PCT applications) | |||
BL patent registers | |||
| Stages of Progress Registers (orange/yellow) | 1 - 1492398 | Paper | IP Open Access |
Legal decisions | |||
| EPO Decisions (Unpublished) | T01/80 - 1996 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| European Patent Office Reports | 1979 - to date | Paper | IP Open Access |
| EPO Decisions | 1979 - to date | Online | |
| European National Patent Reports | 2001 - to date | Paper | IP Open Access |
| Intellectual Property Decisions (abstracts) | 1978 - to date | Paper | IP Open Access |
Miscellaneous patent publications | |||
| EPO Annual Reports | 1981 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| 1997 - to date | Online | ||
| OHIM Annual Reports | 1999 – to date | Online | |
| Internal EPO Classification Sections | A-H & 1-124 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| EPO qualifying examination guidelines | Paper | IP Reserve North | |
| EPO qualifying examination past papers | 1979 - 1994 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| EPO professional representatives directory current year | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| List of Corrigenda | 1981 - 1984 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Trade marks | |||
| Trade Mark Bulletin | 1998 - 2003 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| 2003 - to date | Online | ||
| Official Journal of the OHIM (admin) | 1998 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| 1995 – to date | Online | ||
| National Law Relating to the Community Trade Mark (2nd Ed.) | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| CTM-Online database | 1998 - to date | Online | |
| European Trade Marks Reports | 1996 - to date | Paper | IP Open Access |
| Legal Decisions | 1998 - to date | Online | |
Designs | |||
| Community Designs Bulletin | 2003 – to date | Online | |
| European Copyright & Design Reports | 1999 - to date | Paper | IP Open Access |
| Legal Decisions | 2003 - to date | Online | |
| Community Designs Online Database | Current | Online | |
