The Patent Attorneys Office supports the academic community of Gdańsk Tech in the field of industrial property rights by:
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conducting application proceedings with the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland for obtaining exclusive rights to hold: patents for inventions, rights to register industrial designs, rights to protect utility models, rights to protect trademarks,
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keeping central registers of patent applications for inventions and innovative solutions created at Gdańsk Tech,
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supervising exclusive rights granted to Gdańsk Tech,
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offering advice to academics, doctoral students and students of Gdańsk Tech on the protection of industrial property,
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organizing and holding trainings in the protection of industrial property,
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offering help in using patent databases,
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running the Patent Information Centre PATLIB and:
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collaborating with the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
(http://www.uprp.pl/strona-glowna/Menu01,9,0,index,pl/), -
collaborating with the European Patent Office
(http://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/helpful-resources/patlib.html), -
propagating knowledge of intellectual property,
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offering access to and assistance with using the library of patent information (patent databases, juridical acts, jurisdiction, publications of patent offices),
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researching the potential of industrial property rights (investigating technology and patent potential),
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holding trainings in patent information.