The following is a detailed list of the South African intellectual property documentation held within the British Library IP collection.
Some material on this list may only be available in Afrikaans. 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
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
| Title | Holdings | Medium | Location |
Patent specifications | |||
| Specifications | 1/1917 - 200/1940 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Subsequent specifications were not routinely published and copies are often available on paper or online only to individuals who are registered "clients" of CIPRO | |||
Patent databases | |||
| Public Patent Search | 1917 - to date (bibliographic details) | Online | |
| (full documents available 1984 - 2005) | |||
Abstracts and indexes | |||
| Official Journal of Patents, Trade Marks, Designs and Copyright (abstracts from 1955) | Nov 2006 - to date | Online | |
| Nov 2010 - to date | Online | ||
| 1948 - to date | Paper | IP Reserve South | |
Official Journals | |||
| Union of South Africa Gazette (IP extracts) | 1910 - 1944 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Miscellaneous patent publications | |||
| Annual Report | 1917 - 1939 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Index of Specifications | 1981 - 1982 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patents Lists | 1917 - 1941 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Trade marks and designs | |||
| See general official journal | |||
Older pre-Union IP material | |||
Cape Of Good Hope | |||
| Patent specifications | 1860 - 1916 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Government Gazette | 1893 - 1916 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Trade Mark Name Index | 1893 - 1898 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Classified Index | 1893 - 1898 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patent List | 1868 - 1898 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Natal | |||
| Patent Specifications (annual numeration) | 1870 - 1915 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Government Gazette Patents | 1901 - 1911 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Patent Lists | 1870 - 1891 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Trade Marks | 1904 - 1916 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Orange Free State | |||
| Government Gazette | 1903 - 1911 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
South African Republic | |||
| Patent Lists | 1896 - 1898 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Trade Mark Lists | 1892 - 1899 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
Transvaal | |||
| Patent Lists | 1887 - 1919 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Trade Mark Lists | 1900 - 1903 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Government Gazette | 1902 - 1909 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
| Administration Reports | 1904 - 1906, 1909 | Paper | IP Reserve South |
