The following is a detailed list of World Intellectual Property Organisation 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.
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Patent specifications | |||
Title | Holdings | Format | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 to date | |||
| Applications: (A specs) | 1978- to date | CD/DVD | IP Reserve North |
| 1999-2003 | Paper | IP Reserve North | |
| 1978-1998 | Paper | IP Reserve North | |
| 1978- 1992 | Microfilm | IP Reserve South | |
| (WIPO applications are granted as national patents in individual countries, and so no WO granted specifications exist) | |||
Patent databases | |||
| PatentScope | 1978- to date | Online | |
Indexes/abstracts | |||
| Derwent World Patent Abstracts: | |||
| A-X Complete | 1979- to date | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| Delayed Search Reports | 1993-1998 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
Official journals | |||
| PCT Gazette | 1978- 2006 | Paper | IP Reserve North |
| 1978-2002 | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| PCT Newsletter | 1994- to date | Paper | IP Reserve North |
BL patent registers | |||
| Stages of Progress Registers (blue) | 1978-2003 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Miscellaneous patent publications | |||
| Annual Reports | 1995- to date | Online | |
| PCT Guidelines | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| Handbook of Industrial Property information and Documentation | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| PCT Applicant's Guide | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| World Directory of Sources of Patent Information | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
| Consultative and Conference Papers | 1979-1999 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
CD/DVD databases | |||
| Espace First | 1988- to date | CD/DVD | IP Reserve North |
| PCT Index | 2003 | CD/DVD | IP Reserve North |
| Access PCT | CD/DVD | IP Reserve North | |
Trade marks (Madrid agreement) | |||
| Global Brand Database (combined Madrid marks, reserved phrases and logos, Lisbon appellations) | Current | Online | |
| Gazette of International Marks | 1996- 2008 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| 1997 - to date | Online | ||
| 1997- 2006 | CD/DVD | IP Reserve North | |
| Madrid Express Trademark Database | all in force or pending | Online | |
| Marques Internationales | 1893-1995 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Les Appelations D'Origine | 1968-1997 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Lisbon AO Database | all in force | Online | |
| Repertoire Alphabetique et Phonetique des Marques Internationales | 1970, 1989, 1992-4 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Repertoire Alphabetique des Marques Internationales | 1925-1952 | Paper | IP Open Access |
| Romarin Trade Mark Search | 1976- to date | CD/DVD | IP Open Access |
| 1976- to date | Online | ||
Designs | |||
| Bulletin des Dessins et Modeles Internationaux | 1999- 2010 | CD/DVD | IP Reserve North |
| 1928-2001 | Paper | IP Open Access | |
| Hague Express Design Database | 1999- to date | Online | |
