Visegrad Patent Institute

The Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI) is an international organization for cooperation in the field of patents, created by the national patent offices of the four Visegrad countries, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.[1][2] The Agreement on the Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI Agreement) was signed in Bratislava on February 26, 2015.[3][4][5] The Institute acts as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).[6]

The VPI fills a territorial gap within the global system of the PCT, acting as an International Authority for Central and Eastern Europe and makes up for the missing link in the network of European PCT authorities.

The VPI is governed by the Administrative Board whose representatives are appointed by the Contracting States. The work related to the services of the VPI are carried out by the experts of the VPI branch offices, while the Secretariat of the VPI is responsible for the management of the VPI’s work.

Services of the Visegrad Patent Institute

The VPI offers PCT services (International Search, Supplementary International Search, International-type Search and International Preliminary Examination) under the PCT for applicants who are nationals or residents of one of the Visegrad Countries, or Serbia and Lithuania.

The VPI offers Global Patent Search Services (Novelty Search Service and Novelty Search with Preliminary Patentability Report) to any interested party worldwide.

See also

References
  1. "Assembly of the PCT Union" (PDF). PCT Newsletter 10/2015. WIPO. October 14, 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. "The Visegrad Group (V4) Countries Establish a Joint Patent Institute". Visegrád Group. 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. "APPOINTMENT OF THE VISEGRAD PATENT INSTITUTE AS AN INTERNATIONAL SEARCHING AND PRELIMINARY EXAMINING AUTHORITY UNDER THE PCT – UPDATE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS" (PDF). WIPO. September 15, 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. "Visegrad countries sign agreement on joint patent institute". Budapest Business Journal. February 27, 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. Foy, Henry (June 5, 2015). "Central and eastern Europe innovators hungry for action". The Financial Times. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  6. "AGREEMENT between the Visegrad Patent Institute and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in relation to the functioning of the Visegrad Patent Institute as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (as in force from April 1, 2018)*" (PDF). Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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