• Berne Convention (1886)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty(1970)
• Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (1996)
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• European Patent Convention
• Budapest Treaty
  (International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure 1977)
• Regulations under the Budapest Treaty
  (International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure )
• Patent Act
  (Australian Patents Act 1952 - Table of Provisions)
• Patent Act
  (Australian Patents Act 1990 - Table of Provisions)
• Plant Breeders Rights Act
  (Australian Plant Variety Rights Act of 1987 - Table of Provisions)
• Plant Breeders Rights Act
  (Australian Plant Breeders Rights Act of 1994 - Table of Provisions)
• Circuit Layouts
  (Australian Circuit Layouts Act 1989 - Table of Provisions)

  Regulations
  (Australian Regulations & Amendments for the above Acts)

• Free Patent Auction
  
• Scirus - for scientific information
  
• Official list of country codes [ISO 3166-1]
  
• IP Australia - Patent Administrative Forms Codes
  
• IP Australia
  (Publications, Application Forms, Fees, Reports, Sample Specifications etc.)
• International Patent Classification (IPC, 8th Edition - WIPO Reformed IPC) - List of Sections
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) - Patent Forms
• PCT Applicant's Guide - Vol. I, International Phase
• PCT Applicant's Guide - Vol. II National Phase
• Comprehensive Index to the PCT Applicant's Guide Tables
• PCT Database - PCT Gazette in Electronic Form
  (Backfile data relating to international applications published since 1 January, 1998, has been added to the PCT database)
• Site Addresses of Industrial Property Offices
• Directory of National and Regional Industrial Property Offices
• Directory of National Copyright Administrations
• European Patent Office - Member States
• 'INID' Numbers on Australian Patent Documents
• The Australian Patent Application Number Range on Years (1904 - 1998)
• US Patent Number Ranges (1836 - 1998)
• Great Britain Patent Number Ranges (1916 - 1981)
• How to read the Japanese Years in Patent Databases
• Patent Kind Codes on Specifications
• Patent Hotlinks
• Patent Application Deposit Requirements - Checklist
• Glossary of terms related to invention, patents, and patent law
• Brief History of Patents
  (From Intellectual Property Creators)
• Web Search Engines
• Intellectual Property - Samples
• Official Fees for Patent Annuities/Renewals (worldwide)
• Other Useful Sites (as provided by SGA2)

Software to Download (Shareware Applications for Inventors)

• Download JET API 3270 (Size: 4.22 MB)
  (All JET family products are available for free evaluation. To be able to download an application, you have to select the product you are interested in, and fill in the following details about yourself.)
  You may need this application to access IP Australia Mainframe.
• PCT-EASY Electronic Application System
  (Registration needed before to download - FREE)
  PCT-EASY (Electronic Application SYstem) is software designed to facilitate the preparation of PCT international applications in electronic form and, ultimately, facilitate the transfer of such applications by electronic means.
• MochaSoft Telnet TN3270
  (Software application you may use to access the IP Australia Databases)

  Windows 3.11	Windows 95/NT
  Mocha W16 TN3270	Mocha W32 TN3270
  Power Macintosh	Java
  Mocha TN3270	Mocha TN3270

  When you do the settings, type:

  Host Name:    Pericles.aipo.gov.au
  Port No.:         23 (default Telnet port)
  Terminal Type: 3279 or 3279 model 2 or 3

• Click one of the links below to download the latest version of AlternaTIFF that is a free Netscape-style browser plug-in that displays most of the common types of TIFF image files (also the US patent documents in images format).
  (From The AlternaTIFF Home Page)

  AlternaTIFF v1.5.3 (download for IE 4.x and higher) - 17 Dec 2002; 175KB
  or AlternaTIFF v1.5.3 (download for Netscape, Opera, and most other web browsers) - (17 Dec 2002; 225KB)

• PatentIn vesion 2.0 for Windows (r)
  (For filing an Europan Patent Application)
• MapOut 2.2 (6.2MB)
  (You can't use MapOut 2.2 if you haven't got a database created in MapOut Pro and an installation password!)
• Check it out for PatentOrder Desktop or Intranet Version
  

Note: The above software packages links are provided for your convenience. Licensing arrangements, if any, are the responsibility of the user.

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