Here you can find a list of online services for patents. The services are presented in alphabetical order.
Cited documents
Here you can download documents in PDF format which have been cited in your PCT/ITS report or your technical notice. You will find your username and password on a separate sheet enclosed with the notice or the report.
Cited documents
PRV's Library Catalogue
In the library catalogue, you can search for books, periodicals, articles, conference material, reports and patent office publications which are accessible via PRV's library.
PRV's Library Catalogue
Epoline
Using EPO's web-based service, you can, for example, search in the European patent register, access public information in patent files and read documents online. Login is required.
Epoline
espacenet
With the help of espacenet, you can, for example, carry out your own preliminary investigation before filing a patent application. The database contains over 60 million national and international patents/patent applications. All bibliographic data can be searched and by combining this data you can do relatively advanced searches.
espacenet
File Inspection
File Inspection is PRV's public archive for patent applications. Here you can view original documents and certain bibliographic data in all the public patent applications from 2004 onwards. The documents can be opened directly in the archive or downloaded as PDF files.
File Inspection
INNOVA
Innova is an intellectual property bibliography produced by our library. Innova contains references to literature in the areas of patents, trademarks, designs and personal names, as well as copyright. Innova is freely accessible via the Web.
INNOVA
Online filing
Online Filing (eOLF, PCT-SAFE)
You can file PCT, EP and SE applications, as well as EP validations, electronically. To do this, you need to install special software which is used together with either a smart card or a soft certificate. For more information about SE applications, see our online service Swedish Patent Application.
Online Filing
Swedish Patent Application
You can file Swedish national patent applications (SE applications) quickly and easily using our online service Swedish Patent Application. No special software is needed, only electronic identification. For filing of other types of applications see our service Online Filing.
Swedish Patent Application
PatentScope
PatentScope is WIPO's web portal for patent information. Using PatentScope, you can search through over one million published PCT applications, access public information from the files and study the documents online. PatentScope also contains general information about patents, statistics, news items and much more.
PatentScope
Electronic payment
Here you can pay fees for applications and granted patents electronically.
Pay online
Swedish Patent Database
PRV's new online service Swedish Patent Database is a completely free search service with a user-friendly interface. No login is required.
The Swedish Patent Database covers:
- Swedish patents
- Swedish public patent applications
- European patents (EP patents) validated in Sweden
- EP applications published under §88 of the Patents Act
- Granted EP patents where Sweden is designated, meaning the applicant has clearly requested that the patent be made valid in Sweden. (Searchable in the database for six months from EPO’s grant date.)
- Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and extensions to SPCs for patents
The patent database includes all the information and documents which are in PRV's archives, spanning from 1885 until the present day. For older patent material, the information may be limited.
Swedish Patent Database
Swedish Patent Gazette - Svensk Patenttidning
The Swedish Patent Gazette is the newspaper for public notification about patent applications and patents relating to Sweden, including European ones. The online edition can be read in PDF format and is also searchable with the help of bibliographic data or words in titles. Here you can monitor your competitors' Swedish patent activities, familiarize yourself with patent applications in a particular technical area, read Swedish patent specifications in PDF format and much more. The Swedish Patent Gazette is also available in paper form in PRV's library.
Swedish Patent Gazette - Svensk Patenttidning (only in Swedish)
The European Patent Bulletin
The European Patent Bulletin provides information about European patents and is published weekly.
The European Patent Bulletin
The German Patent Classification (DPK)
Links to DPK classification schemes.
The German Patent Classification
PRV Deposit Account
PRV offers the option of opening a deposit account to manage your fees.
PRV Deposit Account
