CONTACT WEB SITE
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au
DESCRIPTION
A patent is a right granted for any device, substance, method or process which is new, inventive and useful.
There are two types of patents in Australia.
A standard patent gives long term protection and control over an invention for up to 20 years.
An innovation patent is a relatively fast, inexpensive protection option available from IP Australia, and is the most recent in a range of other intellectual property rights. Protection last for a maximum of 8 years.
DISSEMINATION:
IP Australia provides free access to databases over the internet.
Patents mainframe databases PatAdmin and PatIndex
Patent Specifications-AU-A, AU-B and AU-C information.
The patent databases do not include innovation Patent data or specifications. Innovation Patents are published in the Innovation Patent Supplement to the Australian Official Journal of Patents.
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/library/L_resrc1.htm
DATA DETAILS
- Provisional applications
- International applications designating Australia
- Total applications
- International applications received by Patent Office as a receiving office
- International search reports established by the Patent Office as an international searching authority - for Australian applicants, for other applicants
- Subject matter of patents sealed in year
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE:
Australia
FREQUENCY OF DATA AVAILABILITY:
Industrial Property statistics for; 99-2000, 98-99, 97-98, 96-97, 95-96, 94-95
For information on the Knowledge-based Economy and Society see Discussion Paper Measuring a Knowledge-based Economy and Society.
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