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Information and explanations concerning internal procedures at the University of Ljubljana, patent procedures and forms for inventors and members are also available on the Intranet (accessible only to employees of the University of Ljubljana).
Useful links
Organisations and offices dealing with intellectual property
- Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
- European Patent Organisation
- EPO Academy
- European Union Intellectual Property Office
- EUIPO Academy
- World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO
- WIPO Academy
- IPR Helpdesk
Searching in patent databases
Before starting your research or before disclosing your invention and preparing a patent application at the latest, we recommend you check the state of the art in publicly accessible patent databases/registers.
Information databases/patent registers
- ESPACENET (an EPO database with links to national, European and international patent applications/patents)
- PATENTSCOPE (a WIPO database containing international patent applications or patents with links to related national and regional patent applications; provides access to patent documentation in PCT procedures)
- EP REGISTER (a database containing European patent applications and patents; provides access to all patent documentation)
- SIPO-DS (a database containing Slovenian patent applications/patents; provides access to published patent applications and translations of requests relating to validated European patents)
- Google Patents (U.S. patent applications with links to related PCTs, EPs and national patents)
- Patent Lens (a database containing patent applications; enables searching through patent families, nucleotide/amino acid sequences, inventors, authors quoted in patents (LifeScience))
Patent classifications
- International Patent Classification – IPC
- Cooperative Patent Classification – CPC
- Categorization Assistant in the International Patent Classification – IPCCAT
- Classification Search (via Espacenet)
Patent machine translation tool
- Patent Translate (EPO and Google) – via hits in Espacenet database
- WIPO translate – via Patentscope database
Legislation
Intellectual property
- Rules on the management of inventions and industrial property rights
- Rules on the management of industrial property rights at the University of Ljubljana – SI
- Employment Related Industrial Property Rights Act (ZPILDR)
- Industrial Property Act (ZIL-1)
- Copyright and Related Rights Act (ZASP)
- Protection of New Varieties of Plants Act (ZVNSR)
- Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits Act (ZVTPPV)
- Rules on the contents of the patent application and on the division of patents
- Decree on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions
- Legislation on intellectual property (Slovenian Intellectual Property Office)
The complete list of legislation governing intellectual property rights is available on the website of the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office.
R&D work
- Code of Ethics for Researchers at the University of Ljubljana – NEW
- Research and Development Activity Act (ZRRD)[1]
- Laws, regulations and normative acts relating to research and development activity (ARRS)
- Instructions on applying for and managing European projects, along with attachments thereto, are published on the University of Ljubljana’s Intranet.
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