Table 1.

Resources for patent offices/organizations/procedural guidelines for selected countries, world bodies, and interest groups.

Country/Entity	Web site resources
US	How to get a Patent in US http://www.tutorial-reports.com/innovation/patent/howtogetus.php
India	How to get a Patent in India http://www.tutorial-reports.com/innovation/patent/howtogetindia.php
Europe	european-patent-office.org
Japan	http://www.jpo.go.jp/
Korea	www.kipo.go.kr
Italy	http://www.info-brevetti.org/
Canada	http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/
Australia	http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/
African Region	http://www.aripo.wipo.net/
New Zealand	http://www.iponz.govt.nz/
Singapore	http://www.ipos.gov.sg/
UK	www.ukpats.org.uk
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) World Trade Organization (WTO)	http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm http://www.pctlearningcenter.org/
The Public Patent Foundation PUBPAT	http://www.pubpat.org/index.html
Intellectual Property Owners Association	http://www.ipo.org/