Belgian Office for Intellectual Property

The Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (in French, Office de la Propriété intellectuelle, or OPRI) is a Belgian government office to manage patent filing and rights. OPRI is based in Brussels.[1]

OPRI coordinates with the European Patent Office and helps offer the Benelux Patent Platform.[2] Inventors choose whether to have their patent cover Belgium or internationally.[3] As of April 1, 2018, however, OPRI no longer receives patent applications under the global Patent Cooperation Treaty.

History and archives

Historic Belgian patent information was published in semi-annual volumes of the Recueil des Brevets d'Invention. Many of the original patent documents are in the Belgian National Archives 2 - Joseph Cuvelier Repository.

References
  1. BE Belgian Office for Intellectual Property at European Patent Office
  2. Benelux Patent Platform at fgov.be
  3. Patents at fgov.be
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