Patent information services of the Swiss Federal Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)

The patent information services offered by the Swiss Federal Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) are discussed. These services comprise: information from the SIPO computer about patent applications or patents relating to Switzerland and Liechtenstein; patent document collections available in the reading room of SIPO; access to databases made available by the European Patent Office (EPO); access to external scientific, technical and patent databases via the Technical Information Service Patents (TIPAT); patent and other document delivery services.