EPO launches new online service for patent information
The European Patent Office has launched a 'one-stop-shop' for access to information on patents. Register Plus provides bibliographical, procedural, legal and file information on patents, and thus puts patent details in the public domain. The service is free of charge and open to anyone. Users are able, for example, to follow the patent application process for a particular submission, and to find information on other patent applications belonging to the same patent family.