Patents

Introduction to patents

About patents

What is a patent?

Basic patent guide

Advanced patent guide

FAQ about patents

Patents in 2 minutes

Prepare your application

Before applying

Write application

Fees

Submit application

Hire PRV's experts

Manage your patent

Maintain your patent

Update your information

Monitor your patent

Transfer, license or pledge

For you who are an IP professional

Online services

Patent databases

My deposit account

Make a patent application

Trademarks

Introduction to trademarks

About trademarks

Good to know about trademarks

Examples of trademarks

FAQ about trademarks

Trademark processing time

Prepare your application

Checklist for your application

Choose goods and services

Fees

Hire PRV's experts

Manage your trademark

Monitor your trademark

Update your information

Renew your trademark

Transfer your trademark

For you who are an IP professional

Online services

Trademark databases

My deposit account

Designs

Introduction to designs

About designs

Good to know about designs

Examples of registered design

FAQ about designs

Design in 2 minutes

Prepare your application

Before applying

Images

Fees

Submit application

Hire PRV's experts

Manage your registered design

Monitor your registered design

Change your registration

Renew your design registration

Transfer your design

For you who are an IP professional

Online services

Design databases

My deposit account

Introduction to copyrights

About copyright

Good to know about copyrights

FAQ about copyrights

What is protected?

What am I not allowed to do?

Training

The PRV School on copyright

Image, text and music

Streaming

What is streaming?

FAQ about streaming

Learn more

Explore training and support

Training programs

What are intangible assets?

The PRV School

AI and copyright

Guidance and support

Test your business

Strategy for intangible assets

Basic guidance

Services

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Novelty search with a fixed price

Search databases

PRV's services

About our services

Online services

Patents

Trademarks

Designs

Open public data

Forms

Patents

Trademarks

Designs

Help and guidance

About us

Our training programmes

Library

Hire PRV:s experts

For you who are an IP professional

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Databases

Patents
- Advanced Patent Guide
  - Before applying
    - Swedish patent application
    - Requirements for patents
    - Guidance on choosing an agent
    - Risks in the patent system
    - Earn money from patents
    - Costs
    - Financing
  - Write the application
    - Types of patent applications
    - Requirements for patent application
    - International Type Search (ITS)
  - Submit the application
    - Requirements for submitted documents
    - Electronic patent applications
    - Submission by post
    - Protein and nucleic acid sequences
    - Deposition of microorganisms
  - Examination of the application
    - Formal check
    - Technical notice
    - Reply to a notice
      - Deferral
    - Application becomes public
    - Quality assurance in the Patent process
    - Governance and support
    - Rejection
  - Patent granted
    - Final notice
    - Notification of intention to grant a patent
    - Patent grant
    - Opposition period
  - Apply in other countries
    - International application (PCT)
      - National phase
      - Application
      - Confidentiality on PCT applications
      - How your PCT application is processed
        
        Reception of an international application
        
        Examination phase – phase I
        
        Assessment phase – phase II
        
        Complete your application
    - European patent (EP)
      - Unitary Patent
      - Frequently asked questions about the unitary patent
      - Validate in Sweden
      - European filing
    - Foreign national patent application
  - Manage your patent interests
    - Maintain patent protection
      - Pay the annual fee – maintain the rights
      - Missed deadline
      - Dismissal
      - Give up exclusive rights
      - Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC)
    - Use your patent protection
      - Show that you have a patent
      - Licensing
      - Assignment
      - Pledging
      - Exceptions to exclusive rights
    - Oppose or defend yourself
      - Insurance and confidentiality
      - Appeal
      - Disputes over ownership
      - Objection
      - Patent infringement
      - Annulment
      - Monitor your and others' patent protection
    - Amendments
      - Change of agent
      - Change of applicant or owner
      - Change of the applicant's or owner's address
      - Registration of a licence in the patent register
      - Patent limitation
  - Fees and payment
    - Payment
  - Examples of what patents cost
    - Examples of patents
    - Examples of companies' costs for patents
      - Example – Sloo AB
      - Example – School Brain AB
      - Example – Electronics AB
      - Example – Warming AB
    - What cannot be patented?
    - Examples of applications
  - Frequently asked questions about patents
    - Questions about patents?
  - Patent databases
  - Patent online services
  - Patent forms
- Basic Patent Guide
  - How do I protect myself?
  - When am I able to talk about my patent?
  - When do I get a response to my application?
  - Important dates and time limits
  - Who can help me?
  - Why should I use a patent attorney?
  - What can result in an application being rejected?
  - The best investment is a good application
  - Can I afford to apply for a patent?
  - Earn money from a patent
  - What is a patent?
Trademarks
- Good to know about trademarks
  - Examples of various trademarks
    - Collective, guarantee and certification marks
  - Questions about trademarks
- Prepare for the trademark application
  - Choose the right goods and services for your trademark
  - Guidelines for your trademark
    - Distinctive character
      - Verify an acquired distinctive character
    - Artistic names and surnames
    - Official marks
  - Trademark databases
  - Processing of applications of trademarks
    - Dismissal of the trademark application
    - Refusal of the trademark application
    - Opposition to a registration of trademark
      - Proof of use
  - Fees - trademarks
    - Payment - trademarks
  - Protecting your trademark internationally
    - International trademark registration
  - Laws and regulations concerning trademarks
- When you have a registered trademark
  - Monitor your trademark
    - Swedish Trademark Gazette
      - Daily gazettes
      - Older editions
  - Renew your trademark registration
  - Change information about trademarks
  - Transfer the trademark
  - Licensing your trademark
  - Pledging your trademark
  - Deregister your trademark
  - Revocation of trademark registration
  - Fraudulent invoices and scams
- Trademark processing time
Designs
- Good to know about design
  - Example of design
  - Questions about designs
- Prepare for the design application
  - Guidelines for the design application
  - Images
  - Secrecy
  - Choose class for your design
  - Apply for design registration outside Sweden
  - Processing of design applications
  - Oppose a design registration
    - Respond to an opposition to a design
  - Fees for designs
    - This is how you pay your design
  - Laws and regulations concerning design protection
- When you have a registered design
  - Monitor your design registration
    - Swedish Design Registration Journal
  - Order a certificate for a design
  - Renew your design registration
  - Change information in your design registration
  - Transfer design
  - Licensing your design registration
- Design processing time
Copyright
- For users
  - Copyright on Images
  - Copyright on AI images
  - Copyright on music
  - Copyright for written works
- Stream legally
  - What is streaming?
  - FAQ: copyright and streaming
  - Professionals talk
    - With a focus on the author
    - The Swedish economy is built on innovation
    - A well-organised criminal enterprise
    - Specialising in intellectual property law
    - Local content creates engaged users
  - The media habits of the general public
    - The public aged 16-74, survey 2019
    - Young people aged 12-16, survey 2017
    - Adults aged 18-79, survey 2017
  - Current court cases
  - About streaming globally
  - The website Streamalagligt.se
Learn more
- What are intangible assets?
  - Get help and support with intangible assets
- Library
  - Literature about green technology
  - Databases at the library
  - Borrow and order
    - Personal data GDPR
    - Borrow an e-book
- PRV training programs
- Events
- PRV School online
  - About the PRV School
  - Step 1: Patents
  - Step 2: Trademarks
  - Step 3: Designs
  - Step 4: Copyright
  - Step 5: Business opportunities
  - Step 6: Other intellectual property rights
  - Step 7: Supplementary protection
  - Differences between the rights
    - Example: Mobile phones
- Search databases
  - Patents information
  - Trademarks information
  - Designs information
- Glossary
- Intellectual Property Day
  - Intellectual Property Day 2024
- Counterfeited products – regarding safety, rights and financial losses
  - How to recognise a counterfeited product
  - Facts about counterfeiting
  - The bad deal Store
PRV's services
IP Professional
- Trademarks
  - Trademark online services
  - Trademark forms
    - Help with the trademark application
    - Checklist for your application
  - Fees and payment
    - How to pay
  - Trademark web publications
  - Requirements for trademark documents
  - International registration – replacement or transformation
  - Representative before EUIPO
- Patents
  - Fees and payment
  - Forms
  - Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
  - Requirements on submitted documents for patents
- Designs
  - Design databases
  - Design online services
  - Design forms
  - Design web publications
  - Fees for design
    - This is how you pay your design
  - Order certificates about designs
  - Requirements on submitted documents for design
PRV Consulting
- About PRV Consulting
- Patent search services
  - Novelty search
  - Technical search
  - Validity search
  - Freedom to operate search - patents
  - Other search services
    - Citation search
    - Get started, meet a patent engineer
    - Monitoring services
    - Patent family search
    - Patent information and analysis
    - Patent portfolio
    - Patentability report
    - PCT commission
    - Prior art
    - Sequence searches
    - SIS – Supplementary International Search
- Trademark search services
  - Pre-file search
  - Monitoring services
- Design search services
  - Novelty search
  - Monitoring services
- Order searches
- Prices and payment
  - Prices - patents
  - Prices - trademark
  - Prices - design
  - About deposit account
  - Pay by credit card
- Delivery
- Contact
- Information sources
  - Patent databases, list
  - Chemistry, NPL-databases
  - Electronics and Physics, NPL-databases
  - Mechanics, NPL-databases
- Questions and answers about consultancy services

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Patents

Here you will find links to services online and databases within the patent field.

Patent online services

Patent databases

About patents

Prepare your application

Manage your patent

For you who are an IP professional

About trademarks

Prepare your application

Manage your trademark

For you who are an IP professional

About designs

Prepare your application

Manage your registered design

For you who are an IP professional

About copyright

Training

Image, text and music

Streaming

Training programs

Guidance and support

Services

Online services

Forms

Help and guidance

For you who are an IP professional

Patents

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