Services provided by the Spanish Patents and Trade Mark Office

Free services

• Dissemination and communication services

  The Spanish Patents and Trade Mark Office (OEPM) is a modern office that is visible, user-focused and close to citizens. To achieve this, it uses different communication and dissemination channels to reach its target audience, communicating the importance and the benefits of industrial property, which include the following:

  • The institutional website of the OEPM , with 42 million visits per year.
  • The InfoPI e-bulletin : free monthly bulletin produced since 2009, in Spanish and English, containing the most relevant news on IP.
  • Social media platforms: Twitter , Facebook and LinkedIn .
  • The OEPM’s YouTube channel .
  • The OEPM’s blog on patents and trade marks , located on madri+d.
  • The 4-monthly internal communications magazine: MARCHAMOS.
  • The OEPM’s publications : monographs, books, studies, articles, technology watch bulletins, information leaflets, sectoral guidelines, etc.

• Information and registration services

  Top-level customer service, by telephone (+34 910780780) and by email (informacion@oepm.es).

  There are regional industrial property information centres in the Autonomous Communities that belong to the autonomous governments, but that have jurisdiction to provide assistance and information to users in matters of industrial property.

• Business and SME support service

  Second-level service giving priority to assisting SMEs and entrepreneurs in registering and processing trade marks and industrial designs, internationalisation pathways, grants and assistance, and various aspects of innovation.

  This service is managed by telephone (+34 913495449 / +34 913495550) and by email (pyme@oepm.es).

• On-duty trade mark examiner service

  Second-level service to assist users who have a trade mark or trade name file that is being processed or who have specific queries about aspects of submitting an application for such rights.

  By telephone via the information line (+34 910780780) and by email via the information email address (informacion@oepm.es).

• On-duty patent examiner service

  Second-level service to assist users who have a patent or utility model file that is being processed or who have specific queries about aspects of submitting an application for such rights.

  By telephone via the information line (+34 910780780) and by email via the information email address (informacion@oepm.es).

• Spanish Patents and Trade Mark Office (OEPM) Historical Archive Service

  The OEPM has more than 200 years of history and keeps a Historical Archive for the cultural heritage of all Spanish people.

  Privileges of invention have been listed since 1826, trade marks since 1865, patents since 1878 and the ‘Historical industrial property official gazette’ (BOPI) since 1886.

  All files that we have gathered since that date are stored physically at Calle Panamá, 1, the former head office of the OEPM. Following the digitisation processes, many of these files can be viewed on the intellectual property history website .

  Where can I consult the files or request a copy?

  By sending an email to Historico@oepm.es for files from 1826 to 1939.

  By sending an email to Archivo@oepm.es for files from 1940 to the present day, for a charge payable by the public.

  In addition, there is a Historical Archive Shop , which sells objects, prints and publications created with images from this wonderful archive.

• OEPM Statistics and Studies Service

  The statistics service is responsible for making applications processed at the OEPM visible at the national and international levels.

  Monthly and annual statistics are produced .

  Information about statistics can be requested by sending an email to estadisticas@oepm.es, or ad hoc statistics can be produced against a charge payable by the public.

  The service is also responsible for preparing and updating the following studies.

  • Statistical study on technology in the automotive sector.
  • Statistical study on technologies to mitigate climate change.
  • Statistical study on universities and CSIC.

• OEPM Quality Service

  This is offered by implementing a quality management and technology monitoring system and publishing service charters with commitments to users through the Quality and Certification portal of the OEPM.

• Technology Information Services

  What purposes / needs can the Technology Information Services fulfil?

  • To be aware of the legal status of any file.
  • To determine the state of the art of a specific technical sector.
  • To monitor the competitive environment in relation to technological and commercial development activities.
  • To enable technological developments to be monitored.
  • To identify trade marks and signs used on the market and assess the possibility of obtaining new signs.
  • To have a source of ideas to stimulate innovation and technological development.

  It has publications for these purposes.

  • The Industrial property official gazette ( BOPI ). It is published daily and can be consulted free of charge.
  • International classifications. International Patent Classification (IPC), International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks ( Nice Agreement), International Classification for Industrial Designs ( Locarno Agreement).
  • Other publications: technical, historical, statistical, advisory booklets, etc.
  • Boletines de Vigilancia Tecnológica ( BVT ) [Technology watch bulletins]: free quarterly electronic publications.
  • In addition, several technology alerts have been created to provide up-to-date information about the most recent patents being published all over the world in relation to a specific technical subject.

  Databases that can be consulted free of charge.

  • Trade Mark and Trade Name databases.
  • Database of inventions.
  • Industrial design databases.

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Paid services

There are some value-added services within the technological information services that are subject to a charge payable by the public. These are as follows.

• Technological patent reports (ITP)
  • In-depth analysis of patent documents and scientific literature published worldwide and their connection with the information provided by the applicant (possible patent or utility model application, research and/or development project, specific technical matter, etc.).
• Informes de Vigilancia Tecnológica a Medida [Tailor-made Technology Watch Reports].
  • These reports provide, with the desired frequency, bibliographic references for the patents and utility models published within and/or outside Spain in relation to the subject defined by the applicant.
• Retrospective searches.
  • These include the bibliographic references for the patents and utility models published within and/or outside Spain in relation to the subject defined by the applicant.
• Searches for previous registrations based on other criteria.

The Spanish Patents and Trade Mark Office (OEPM) is an office based on excellence. During the modernisation process undertaken by the OEPM in recent years in a bid to become a ‘paperless office’, it is worth highlighting the effort made in relation to investing resources in developing the website , from which all OEPM procedures can be accessed. In addition, since December 2013, it has been possible to pay for certain procedures by credit or debit card in order to facilitate the process for users.

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