• The registration date for trademarks and designs now appears in the results list. Your browser remembers your column selection, so you may need to show the column again by choosing “More” and then “Columns”.
• You can now search for an exact text string in the list of goods and services.
• You can expand the document list to display all documents.
• You can sort by the text of the mark. This is useful when you want to distinguish between purely figurative marks and combined marks.

NIPO will discontinue the Alert and Saved Searches feature from 2 February 2026. These functions are based on outdated technology which is both difficult and costly to maintain.

You do not need to take any action if you no longer need saved searches or alerts. All alerts will automatically end after 2 February 2026.

Alternatives to Alert and Saved Searches:

• If you have used “Follow case” to remind you of renewals or annual fees in your own cases: NIPO still sends notifications in Altinn or by regular mail before the deadline.
• If you have used alerts to monitor other people's cases: Perform regular searches in the Search Service. Each case has its own web address which you can save and check periodically.
• If you have used the service to track competitors: You can monitor announcements in The Norwegian Gazette, where you can filter by name, or search by date interval in the Search Service.
• Professional users are welcome to use NIPO’s open data to create similar solutions.

You can find these services collected under My Page

Starting from week 40, 2025, you can filter on previous agent under “Changes in party” in the Gazette.

Many agents have requested the ability to see when a client has changed representative. NIPO no longer sends notifications of such changes, but you can now find this information in the Gazette.

How to do it:

• Open the Gazette for patents, trademarks, or designs each week.

• Go to section "Changes in party".

• Use the “Previous agent” filter and search for the name of your firm.

• Cases where you are listed as the previous agent will appear.

• Compare these cases to your own system.

We have replaced the detailed case view for patents and designs with a new version. 

What's new?

• NIPO's new design profile has been implemented.
• Case details now update automatically several times every day – no need for an "Update" button.
• The document list includes documents from the case itself and related processes. For example, filter by "Opposition" to only see what interests you.
• Status is more prominent thanks to colour coding and icons.
• Case details open in the same tab as the hit list. To open a new tab, right-click on the case number.

Missign something? Comments are welcome by e-mail to mig@patentstyret.no. We are still working on some improvements.

We are planning to replace the detailed case view for patents and designs with a new version by the end of April 2025. This new version is already accessible via "Try new version" at case level. Explore it before we make it the default. Comments are welcome by e-mail to mig@patentstyret.no. We are still working on some improvements.

What's new?

• NIPO's new design profile has been implemented.
• Case details now update automatically several times every day – no need for an "Update" button.
• The document list includes documents from the case itself and related processes. For example, filter by "Opposition" to only see what interests you.
• Status is more prominent thanks to colour coding and icons.

Many thanks for your feedback!

We have launched a new version of the trademark case details! The updated solution features a modern design and improved functionality. The old version is still available via "Switch to old version". Got feedback? Send it to mig@patentstyret.no. We are still working on some improvements.

What's New?

• Case details now update automatically several times every day – no need for an "Update" button.
• NIPO’s new design profile has been implemented.
• Documents in related processes are now combined into one list. Use filters, such as "Opposition," to find what you need.
• Renewal certificates are now available among the documents – useful for those renewing trademarks without being the attorney on record.
• Status is now more visible with colors and icons.

We are planning to replace the detailed case view for trademarks with a new version by the end of January 2025. This new version is already accessible via "Try new version" at case level. Explore it before we make it the default. Much of the same will be implemented for patents and designs later, so check it out, even if you work exclusively with patents. Comments are welcome by e-mail to mig@patentstyret.no. We are still working on some improvements.

What's new?

• NIPO's new design profile has been implemented.
• The document list includes documents from the case itself and related processes. For example, filter by "Opposition" to only see what interests you.
• Renewal certificates are available among the documents. Useful for those of you who pay renewals without being the agent.
• Status is more prominent thanks to colour coding and icons.

Many thanks to those of you who took your time to help us design the solution.

One more self-service solution is available under "My cases". Now you can:

• Change your reference in patent, trademark and design cases (NEW);
• Delete classes in registered Norwegian trademarks, typically to reduce renewal fees;
• Trigger extensions of terms and get immediate confirmation;
• Read documents in your own non-publicly available cases.

Can you use these? Such actions require secure access, so you need to:

• Log inn using ID-porten;
• Be the address for correspondence, typically an agent or an applicant/owner without an agent;
• Hold the role "Patent, trademark and design" for the firm you represent in Altinn.

The Norwegian Patent Office (NIPO) will hold an information meeting (physical and webinar) on June 11, 2024 at 09.00 - 10.00 CET. The target audience are suppliers of case management systems for IP attorneys and law firms as well as renewal and annuity companies.

The aim is to inform about new opportunities in two areas:

• Open data: possibilities of machine to machine download of case data from NIPO for the purposes of e.g. data comparison, import of new portfolios, groundwork for due diligence etc.

• Integration with new Altinn: how to adapt your IP management system to exchange information with new Altinn3 when Altinn2 is phased out.

The meeting is primarily for decision makers and does not require prior technical knowledge. System owners are also welcome.

Register at Open Data and Altinn Integration event - NIPO (patentstyret.no)

On April 8, 2024, NIPO launched a new correspondence form in Altinn. We prefill the form with data from our register and allow for bigger attachment files.

In Detailed view, you can see and download documents concerning change of goods, agent, applicant or owner, as long as these do not involve cases that are not publicly available.

The transition from Detailed view to Payment has been stabilized to make sure your case always ends up in the shopping cart.

You will also notice links from Detailed view to the Digital Gazette, where you can see historical changes on the case timeline.

Digital Client services will be unavailable between 16:00 CET  15 March and 17 March, 2024. If urgent, please conduct your searches, extensions of term, cancellations of classes and payments of annuities and renewals before the weekend. 

The following services are affected: 

• Search and alert
• Payment
• Application Guide (filing applications)
• Product selector
• My cases
• My messages
• Statistics
• Name search (only domain and company names will be searched)

What can I do in urgent matters? 

• Altinn is working; send your applications and correspondence via Altinn. 
• If you did not manage to pay a fee with the last deadline on 15 March, please pay directly to IBAN: NO8282760100192. BIC/SWIFT: DNBANOKKXXX with a reference to the case.

The reason for downtime are substantial changes to our IT infrastructure. Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

NIPO's payment service has been re-opened. The shopping cart has been updated with new prices from 01.03.2024.

Read more https://www.patentstyret.no/en/about-us/how-we-work/prices-trademark-patent-design#fees-price-list-for-trademarks

Have you noticed that NIPO has undergone a rebranding? Digital client services are also changing logos and colours, a process we are implementing gradually to preserve existing functionality. The old profile will remain on a few services for a little longer.

"My account" has been renamed to "My cases." The new name describes the service better and distinguishes it form a user account. The url remains unchanged: https://account.patentstyret.no/

We continue to add useful shortcuts to our Services, with the latest addition being the self-service cancellation of trademark classes.

You can now search and filter on oppositions, requests and appeals

• involving a third party (observations, oppositions, administrative reviews)
• important changes initiated by the owner (e.g. limitation of patent claims after grant) 
• changes made by NIPO (e.g. administrative annulment of a trademark)
• appeals against NIPO decisions filed with the Board of Appeals 

Read more about this for Patents, Trademarks or Designs

See (i) for search tips.

We have placed third party observations under the title “Opposition/Third party observation.” The events are now arranged in a chronological order:

1. Opposition/third party observation
2. Administrative review (the type of review shows, too)
3. Board of Appeal cases

Screen tips are updated with links to information resources.

Product selector: minor improvements.

Partial renewal of trademarks: have you seen our self-service solution yet? If not, read more https://services.patentstyret.no/#/news/03102023

Cases in My account are now accessible via case-specific urls (provided that you are authorised and logged in). The pattern is as follows:

https://account.patentstyret.no/#/cases?domain=Varemerke&caseID=201412217

https://account.patentstyret.no/#/cases?domain=Patent&caseID=20150217

https://account.patentstyret.no/#/cases?domain=Design&caseID=20170067

Partial renewal of trademarks has become more relevant with the new Trademarks Act, requiring extra fees for classes exceeding one. NIPO has developed a self-service solution for cancellation of classes. You can cancel selected classes in “My account” and proceed to Payment, where correct fees are re-calculated immediately.

Restrictions: Because cancellation of classes has an impact on the IP right, we have placed this functionality in “My account,” which requires authentication with Bank-ID or similar. Companies who only handle renewals will therefore need to co-operate with the agent of record, who has the authorization to cancel classes. We do not allow self-service for cancellation of individual terms, classes in pending applications or registrations under administrative review either. Cancellations in international marks must still be handled via WIPO.

How does it work? Log into “My account” with ID-porten. Choose the party you will represent. Open the filter on the left. Find the trademark registration. Select classes to delete and confirm your choice. A confirmation will pop up. Proceed to Payment and pay the new fees. A letter to confirm the partial cancellation will be sent via Altinn. Watch this video for a demo.

Cannot see the case in “My account?” Make sure that you have the role “Patent, trademark and design” for the selected company in Altinn.

You may also cancel classes in national trademark registrations for other purposes, not only renewal.

Many thanks to our customers for their time, valuable input and help during testing. If you have any comments or would like to engage in user testing next time, please contact kundesenter@patentstyret.no

More columns in the hit list: upon request from several customers, we are now showing more columns in the hit list in the Search Service by default (all available columns for trademarks and designs). Self-service solutions: we are happy to see that the use of due-date-extensions has resurged after the rebuild. More self-service solutions are coming in “My Account.” Make sure you have the role “Patent, Trademark and Design” in Altinn to access content in “My Account”.

EP validation: If your case management system does not already do so, please feel free to use the search service as a diagnostic tool before attempting to validate an EP patent to see if the deadline has not expired and if Norway is designated. You can get a pre-filled EP validation form directly from the detailed case view. We also offer a payment option for upcoming annual fees in the shopping cart at the same time.
For your convenience we have collected several smart solutions and shortcuts under this “Digital Services overview”.

• Product terms in the database are continuously updated (ongoing quality assurance)
• Many minor improvements in functionality and texts (June 24)
  

• This page has been updated with the first version of a new header with improvements, especially for mobile. An update for all services will follow. A new Altinn logo was added.

• Several minor updates for adaptation to universal design and better user experience
• Corrections of minor errors
• Several cosmetic improvements
• Upgrades for increased security

Digital customer services are constantly being improved and released. The news collects updates completed in the period 07 May to 30 September 2022.

You will find improved login flow, statistics with the design profile similar to the other services, the database for trademark products has been updated, and many minor improvements.

Search Service

• Improved "share" function, e.g. "Copy URL to clipboard"
• When you select "follow case" or "save search", you will receive confirmation of the action performed and a shortcut from the overview page to the hit list in Search.
• Export of hit list to Excel has been fixed
• Several minor errors have been fixed, such as date selector and mobile view

• Design of “pdf download” has been improved. For example, figurative marks have been resized more appropriately, logos at the top of the page are back in place, and blank pages at the end have been removed.
• Better image scaling when saving the page to PDF
• Errors have been corrected in "Go to the next case"

Product Selector

• Several minor updates for adaptation to universal design (UU) and better user experience
• Corrections of minor errors
• Several cosmetic improvements
• Upgrades for increased security
• Icons on the website are no longer linked to Google
• Several services now have version management ensuring that you get fewer problems when new versions are launched
• Automatic updates in the information about opening hours in the website footer for summer and winter.

Digital customer services are constantly being improved and released. The news collects updates completed in the period 06 January to 06 May.

• You will now easily find opportunities to save searches with and without notification, and to set up notification on / follow case, in the Search service.
• Note that you will now find all previous and new alerts / saved searches in the Search Service.
• Many of the features that were previously scattered across the hit list have now been moved to the right.
• We are in the process of phasing out the Alert page itself and have also removed links that have pointed to the old search service.

• The Clear Filters button has been changed to Reset, and now the top search field is also cleared.
• The date selector has been improved.
• The hit list can be displayed as a table, list or as tiles. You can also select the cases you want in all views.
• Filters that previously did not close automatically when unchecked, do so now.
• In the hit list for patents, sorting by clicking on the column «publicly available» now works in the same way as for the other columns.
• Slow loading time for the detailed display of a case in the Search Service has now been resolved.
• Improved version control will ensure that you do not have to clear browser history in order to make the Search Service work.
• Several minor improvements, i.e. the calendar is now in Norwegian when that is set language.

• When you select a search which you have saved in the Search Service, this is highlighted in the list of your saved searches.
• It is no longer possible to save new notifications with names you have already used.

• Mobile view for news items has been improved.
• Easier navigation using the Tab key (Universal Design). 

• You can close operating messages from the NIPO after reading them to get more space on your screen. 
• Filling in priority is simplified.
• Several minor bug fixes and improvements.

• Cookies are handled better
• News items and operations reports are presented more clearly
• Several services have been upgraded to make them easier to use. 
• Improved functionality to ensure universal design.

• Try the new 'Save Search' feature:
• You can save your searches for later use
• You may set up notifications for one or more cases, e.g. if you want to follow competitors
• The function is in BETA
• Minor bug fixes and more improvements

• Information about the Application Guide can now be found under «ABOUT» at the top right.
• Under «ABOUT» you will also find that we have added more information in Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ); among other things about mobile viewing.
• When selecting a role in the Application Guide, we have separated sub-units from the list to reduce the number of choices.
• We have reduced the possibility of entering the wrong e-mail address by notifying you if you enter a common spelling mistake.
• Display on mobile and tablets is improved by making better use of the width of the screen.

• Bank cards and BankAxess now work properly
• Several small improvements, e.g. in file upload

• Changes for better universal design, such as better info in tab titles
• Improved top menu on the pages, for example by clicking on the logged in user you will see more clearly what roles and rights you have, and also main and sub-units.
• Some minor bug fixes and many minor improvements

• You can now choose from over 60,000 HDB terms when you apply for a trademark with the Norwegian Industrial Property Office. This is especially relevant for you who want to register the trademark in several countries. This means that you can be assured that the EUIPO and trademark authorities in all EU countries agree on the classification and accept the same lists of goods and services. This also applies to 13 other trademark authorities outside the EU.
  You will also find all globally approved NICE terms and many Madrid Goods and Services terms (MGS)
  
• The total number of terms available is approximately 70,000
• New button for quick translation is available for the field "Selected terms"
• New button to choose which language you wish to use when searching for terms
  
  

• The Application Guide gives you easy access to all the terms for goods and services mentioned above
• Alternatively, if you want more advanced features when creating your list of goods and services, you can start in the Product Selector. From there, you can send the finished list straight into the Application Guide (as before)

• Improved security
• Several improvements regarding Web Content Accessibility, especially regarding the adaptation of text on mobile devices.
• More links on page for International databases 
• Better support for analysis tools, which is used to improve the services
• Several minor bug fixes
• Improvements in the design of the top menu and footer 

These updates have taken place between 20-29 January.

Published January 29, 2021

• See improvements under 'Login' below
• Better quality assurance of postal addresses based on postcodes, both from Norway and other countries
• New page with frequently asked questions (FAQ page)

• Changes to uploaded lists can now be saved

• Missing trademark figures are back
• Improved data quality and search engine for searching full-text documents for patents
• New solution for exporting the result list to Excel, now with images, clickable links, better formatting and options for sorting

• The shopping cart icon was in some cases not displayed, now it is displayed properly
• All pledgees associated with a patent are displayed

• We have added information and information buttons to make it easier for you to understand how to best use the service
• Remember: under advanced tools you have access to, check of and translation of almost all EUIPO's Harmonized Database terms

• Better timeout management, you get a warning and can choose whether to log out or continue the session
• Increased stability to avoid situations where you end up in a loop
• Problems related to change of roles from Altinn have been resolved
  

• More minor adjustments (see 'For all services')

• Header and footer bug have been fixed
• Further implementation of universal design
• Improved mobile viewing
• If you use Internet Explorer as your browser, you will be informed that we, like Microsoft, do not recommend using Internet Explorer. This is because of both safety and functionality issues.
• We are changing to Google Tag Manager for optimized decision support for development and reporting
• This list is not complete, in addition there are minor adjustments and bug fixes

New versions still target stability, security and improved customer experience. You now have the possibility to search in full text documents for patents, and the handling of roles in Altinn is also improved. Like Microsoft, we do not recommend using Internet Explorer. This is both for security and functionality

Nipo.no

• Login directly from nipo.no
• Quick and easy access to all interactive digital customer services (new button on the front page is coming soon)

Log in

• Improved handling of roles in Altinn

• You may now pay annual fees and late fees separately
• Improved worklist for payments

• New functionality: Search full text documents (description and claims) for Norwegian patents (launched in BETA, and we are grateful for feedback on improvements or errors in data)
• Better presentation of figures in the hit list  - and more figures available for patents
• Wrong status for split applications is corrected
• More flexible search field (you adjust the size yourself)
• More filtering options under priority

• Bug when downloading all documents is fixed
• Presentation of description and claims for patents (BETA)

• Error in link to account settings is fixed

• More information about functions (eg mouseover in classes)
• Updated 'Advanced tools' with almost complete list of HDB terms, from September 18th

• Better and more visible information regarding browsers that do not work optimally
• Interactive information about required fields when filing a trademark application
• Better handling of timeout for login, gives fewer steps and takes the user back to the Application guide after a new login
• More automatic saving during filing provides better protection against data loss
• When you start a new trademark application, a small box with a video about distinctiveness is now displayed: https://youtu.be/UbVSqeQLVLs
• When logging in and selecting a role, you can now choose whether you want to represent a company's main unit or subunit

• Better user experience with universal design (UU), such as reading of html, improved focus marking and tab titles
• Shortcut to forms in Altinn, foreign databases and Namesearch from the 'Services' menu
  
• New design profile on the page for 'searching international databases'
• Improved display on Apple devices and other mobile devices
• For security reasons, we do not recommend using Internet Explorer
• Upgraded servers and other technical solutions for increased security
• Minor bugs are fixed

You encounter a brand new login solution as we aim to provide a better user experience when you move between services.

Log in

• Your user account has been moved to the new solution
  
• Better user experience when using multiple services
• Increased security, i.e. two-factor authentication
• Better control over your user account
  
• Several ways to log on to your account
• EIDAS for customers without Norwegian ID-number is available in beta
  
• New digital profile is implemented
  

Payment

• If you have a case where you for example must pay a late fee or want to pay for a class less, please contact the NIPO for assistance. We aim to reduce the number of manual payments to NIPO's account
  
• Greater flexibility in paying orders and late fees separately
• We no longer send out receipts automatically after payment (easy to print from service)
• Downloading large orders is faster
  

My account

• Validated European Patents (EP) are available (and have been for some time)
• Users who do not have cases or need to change Altinn role are attended
  
• A description of the service and its utility can be found in the menu under 'About My Account'
• Improved mobile display
• Improved sorting of cases (newest first)
  

Search

• Phonetic search (BETA)
  
• Improved display on tablets
  
• Further improvements for EP-patent validation
  
• The calendar for filters has been improved
  

Product selector

• Advanced tools
  • If you use incorrect punctuation, you no longer risk losing product description
    
  • There are now 60000 pre-approved terms from the EU harmonized database (HDB) to choose from (increased from 52000)
    

Altinn

• An electronic form for supplementary protection certificate (SPC) in Norwegian and English version is now available in Altinn.

Application Guide

• Trademark: If you are filing several, almost identical applications, you can now  copy an applications that has already been filed or started, from https://guide.patentstyret.no
  
• Mobile view improved
• Some minor upgrades and language enhancements
  

• In Search you will find EP cases before they are validated in Norway, and you can start the validation process from here (e.g.: EP3550678):
  • We have made several minor improvements when beginning filling from Search. There is less data to add in Altinn. Often all you will need to do is  choose how you wish to pay, run the control function and then pay.
  • In Altinn we have removed the requirement for an address for the applicant
  • When you start filling in data in Search, the Altinn form will now be pre-filled with the following data:
    • title (the text is now displayed correct)
    • address for correspondence / agent
    • applicant's name
    • your reference
    • EP number
• Error when downloading all documents under case history has been fixed
• Several minor improvements and bug fixes

• The "select confirmed terms" button is back
• Better guidance in several of the i-buttons
• Several minor improvements and bug fixes

• Incorrect time for downloading files (received letters) has been corrected
• Information in the header has been improved to identify cases and times
• When you use the filter button to download letters from NIPO, you will experience improvements
• For communication with the NIPO, our solution offers additional functionality compared to Altinn's solution

• Several customers have reported that the product list does not appear correctly in the Altinn form. This has occurred when pasting in texts or via integration, e.g. when the product list is sent to the Altinn form directly from the Product selector - this is now fixed.

Update May 4, 2020:

• Minor adjustments for the Product Selector and My Messages
• Security update when viewing images in Search

We are working to get all the terms from the EU countries' harmonized database (HDB) into the Product Selector. You now have far more pre-approved products to choose from when searching for a trademark (52,000 terms versus about 27,000 previously). The change is initially aimed at professional customers and is only available in the Product Selector's 'Advanced Tools'. Translation is available both when you start with a list in English and when you start with a list in Norwegian.

In the previous release we improved the search engine for Search, and now we have improved the fuzzy search so that it complements the standard search better. We have also improved the guidance texts as well as some functionality. Noise when using operator search has been reduced. You get slightly fewer, but more accurate hits. In particular will this be visible when using? and *.

In addition we have fixed bugs and minor errors on all services.

Published April 3, 2020

• Trademarks: Those who claim priority can now attach a document stating which classes the priority applies to
• Shared view: Everyone in a company that has been granted delegated rights can now see all cases started and filed for that company
• Bug that prevents customers from entering the Application guide is solved
  
• Minor fixes, upgrades and security improvements

• Trademark search engine is improved
• The filter for search on 'Text in mark' has been rebuilt with an improved hit list (i.e. identical hits are displayed at the top)
• The filter for text search for 'Product/Service' (products) has been moved - it is now placed together with the field for searching by class number. This makes it easier to combine searches on text and searches on class numbers for products.
• When viewing and exporting the hit list for a patent, you can now add the 'Granted' and 'Publicly available' columns
• You get hits on EP cases before they are validated in Norway. You can start the validation process from the link on the first page of Search (example: EP3550678)
• Several minor improvements and bug fixes

• EP patents: before validation in Norway you can start filling out the validation form - when you enter Altinn the form is pre-filled (example: EP3550678)
• Previous blank pages have been removed when downloading individual cases to PDF
• Several minor improvements and bug fixes

• Advanced tools:
  • When you check a Norwegian product list you may, with new functionality, transfer the product list to a new application in Altinn with the click of a button
  • When translating a list from English to Norwegian the copy button failed - this is now corrected
  • In the field 'input and workspace' it is now easier to read the list with each class starting on a new line
• The box for the Search hit list now has more space, and you can change the size yourself as needed
• Several improvements and bug fixes

My account

• Customers will get more cases available during this week (available 21/03).

In addition, we have made several improvements, i.e. for our new profile, and bug fixes for the other services.
In the list of digital customer services we have made information about each service more easily accessible in the 'About' menu.
We have also improved the view of Search and Detailed view on mobile.


Published Mars 16, 2020

We have improved Search. The new graphic profile have been implemented for more of our services. We have improved the Application guide, payment information in Detailed view, Alert, and several other services.

Search

• Improved hit list - identical hits are displayed first
• Minor improvements and bug fixes
  

Search detailed view

• EP-patents: Before validation in Norway you will now get the link to the payment of the annual fee, the information in the case is obtained directly from the EPO (later we will introduce the opportunity pre completed validation forms in Altinn). Example: https://search.patentstyret.no/patent/EP3493527
• Improved display of payments for better customer self-service
  
• Several minor improvements and bug fixes

Application guide

• Trademark: Product selection information has a new design, and we have improved the experience for adding your own products
• Design: it is easier to edit information about the design
• All Mac users are informed of payment issues
• Some inaccuracies and minor errors have been corrected

Payment

• Clearer information on where to find your receipts
• Several minor improvements and bug fixes
  

Product selector

• Advanced tools:
  • Transfer translated list from advanced tools to new application in Altinn
  • Copy translated list with no formatting for use in your own systems
  • Share your translation with NIPO for faster case processing
• Several minor improvements and bug fixes
  

My messages

• Users have previously experienced an empty page when login in Altinn have expired - this is fixed
• Information regarding the service is available
• Various improvements and bug fixes

Log in

• Improved user experience when switching between services when logging in or out
  

Several improvements for increased security is completed

Published November 20, 2019

Application guide

• Texts and the design are improved
• It is possible to edit information about non-Norwegian customers, and it is easier to notice when an action affects price and / or case processing time
• Several minor errors are corrected and the trademark product-list is highlighted

Payment

• Problems with receipts and orders to PDF has been solved
• Engine for calculating renewal fee updated (v. 7.6.1)
• Minor bug fixes

• The main principle is that you start by showing all cases. Use filters (now displayed by default) to refine your search.
• Improved search, e.g. when searching for words with apostrophes, uppercase and lowercase letters, and æ/ø/å (especially in Internet Explorer)
• Links from hit list also works from short or list view (especially important for user using mobile phone)
• Minor improvements and bug fixes
• The service goes from Beta version (a more basic version under development) to regular operation
• The previous version is still available until further notice (see bottom of Search service front page)

• New visual profile has been applied
• Full width used on large screens
• Patents: Summary translation works again after being linked to a new EPO service
• EP patents: Where summary is missing in NIPO's base it is retrieved and displayed via new EPO service
• EP-patents: Before validation in Norway you will now get the link to the payment of the annual fee, the information in the case is obtained directly from the EPO (later we will introduce the opportunity pre completed validation forms in Altinn). Example: https://search.patentstyret.no/patent/EP3493527
• Date and time now on downloaded pdf copy of page (as requested)
• Several minor improvements and bug fixes

• New visual profile has been applied
• Larger work surface by utilizing the full width on large screens
• "Advanced tools", where you get help translating, have received some improvements to process a product list. Note that you can check your list of English terms up against EUIPO's Harmonised Database, and get more suggestions for translation. When you have finished the translation, we hope you are willing to share the translated list with NIPO (see button). The goal is that proposals for translations are quickly evaluated and possibly added to NIPO's list of approved terms. The goal is also to get all HDB terms into the classification database and contribute to faster application processing.
• Minor bug fixes on tools with advanced functionality

• Foreigners and others who do not have or wish to use Norwegian personal or organizational numbers can now create a user and log in without this. Read more here.
• Because we offer digital forms that anyone can use, we will remove the pdf forms from our website. New electronic forms replacing pdf: Application form for trademark, design, patent, EP and responsibility mark as well as form for correspondence and other changes.

• Minor improvements, e.g. in the visual profile, quality assurance of input, design numbering is fixed and becomes correct with multiple designs, better user interface making it easier for the user to choose the correct role(s) in the application.

• New visual profile has been applied
• More functionality
• Improvements and bug fixes
• The service goes from Beta version to regular operation

• Minor bug fixes and small visual profile adjustments

• Search has gained a powerful boost in terms of functionality, a new digital profile and a user-friendly interface
• The service has been given a new front page that tells a little about what the services offers
• Now the main principle is that you start with all cases available and use "filters" to refine your search
• New search engine functionality and more options that gives hits that are far more relevant
• More display options of hits
• Better sorting of searches
• Better display of help function
• A number of improvements and bug fixes
• The older version is available until further notice (see bottom of search page)

• Daily updates of data in the service now include all changes regarding for example names and transfers (previously during weekends)
• When you update a case yourself (update button) daily changes are included, eg. change of agent

• Alerts are now updated daily also for changes in e.g. names and transfers

• Professional customers who use "advanced tools" now get an improved tool for processing the list of products. Your list of English terms is now also checked against EUIPO's Harmonized Database (appears as light green). When you use the "translate" button, you get help with translation into English. When you are done with the translation, we hope the professional representatives share the translated list with the Norwegian Patent Office (see button). The goal is that the preselection for translations is quickly assessed and added to the Norwegian Industrial Property Office's list of approved terms.
• Very long product lists can now be sent directly to the Application Wizard
• When you select the class header in the class list, the text [Class header] appears in the Product selector list, but not in the application
• Bug fixes on tools with advanced functionality
• We hope all these changes will make it easier to find approved terms, and when we get more HDB terms into the classification database, it will contribute to faster application processing

• This summer, some customers without a Norwegian national identification number is given access to our electronic forms in Altinn

• You will find a new digital profile, and some minor updates

• In my account you will find both your public and non-public cases
• You can extend the deadlines related to letters from the Norwegian Industrial Property Office that require answers
• You will find all cases, both patent, trademark and design
• Multiple filters allow you to easily decide which issues you want to see

Updates:

• June 21: various adjustments on My Account, the Application guide and New search
• June 25: when logging out from Alert, the user arrives at our new overview page of our digital customer services
• June 26: hotfix in search fields for IPC and CPC classification in New search
• July  1: several improvements in Product selector's advanced tools and Detailed view in Search

You will now find hundreds of thousands of new documents in the Search Service. These show, for example, changes in the name of the owner or agent or in the list of products. There are also other improvements.The Norwegian Industrial Property Office hopes this will contribute to more efficient processes for our customers.

Search

• Information in each case will now include, for example, changes in owner's name or address, change of agent and changes in the list of products (trademark). You can see an example of this for patent number 342168, where you will find a button for "History" under both owner and agent.
• Update button has been improved.

• If you have set up an alert in a case where there has been a change as described above, you will now receive an email with case history.

• Advanced tools:
  • you can now start without being logged on and keeping your list through the login process.
  • if the list was very long or if it contained special characters, errors have previously occurred when uploading products from an application or a registered case. This has now been improved.
  • Faster in certain scenarios.
• Minor bug fixes.

Published April 30th 2019 

The Product selector, especially advanced tools for professional customers, is improved. There are also other improvements.

Product selector

• Starting from the Product selector to file an application through Altinn or the Application guide, the selected order of terms in your product list is maintained. Punctuation in the list is also adjusted.
• Advanced tools: When you load an XML-file, the file will be validated (ie. it is easier to detect mistakes in the file)
• Advanced tools:
  • You will get visual help to identify mistakes when you use «edit»
  • The «edit» process has been simplified and hopefully more intuitive
  • The input and work area is now more dynamic regarding sizing
  • Improvements when you paste in text from, for instance, an PDF-file
  • You get an error message if the translation does not work
  • Help texts are improved
• You will get a notification when the session to Altinn has expired
• Minor bug fixes

My messages

• Correct presentation when several applicants

Application guide

• Bug fix in punctuation in the product list for trademark applications (hot-fix 13 March)
• The product list is kept in the same order as chosen by the customer (hot-fix 13 March)
• Bug fix when the customer breaks the session and a duplicate is made (together with the problem regarding the amounts on patent and design) (hot-fix 25 March)

Search

• The update-button in the detailed view is improved (becomes active one hour after it's used) 
  
• Removed dead links on the page for search in international databases
• More information when the session to Altinn has expired

Published April 12th 2019

• Improved display of status
  
• New functionality for exporting search results
  
• Share search result
• Filter to search for patent cases with pledge
  
• Easier user interface
• Various improvements and bug fixes

• Logon issues are expected to be resolved
  
• Language in automatically sent e-mails are improved

• Bug related to image viewing is corrected
• Corrected display of citations (increased data quality)
  

• Correction on date on receipts

• Changed text content in the notifications

• The customer's selected order in list for export to pdf or word is retained
• It is easier to display all products or services in chosen class
  
• Minor bug fixes on tools with advanced functionality, e.g. duplicate identification

• Front page language improvements

• Correct date on downloaded files
• Display of information have been adjusted
  
• Minor bug fixes
  
  

• Improved sorting options
• Improved archiving
• Enhanced download capabilities

• Advanced tools to paste or upload (xml) lists of product descriptions. This makes it easier to select approved products
  

• Improved search sorting
  
• More search options
• Better display of help function
  
• Improved layout
  

• Various bug fixes

• Updating case in detailed view now also for patent and design

• Improved search engine functionality that provides far more relevant hits
• Also includes design
• You may search for an organization number
• A number of improvements in user experience and bug fixes 

• Improved sorting options
• You may download messages
• Receipt available when the customer has applied using the application guide
• Improved display of messages
  

• Sort the list according to categories, for example Nice or Madrid
  

• Link created for news
• Login from result list and detailed view when creating alert
  

• Various improvements and bug fixes
  

My account

• Various minor improvements and errors in case searches have been corrected
• Early version (ALFA) is only available to invited agents, so that they can test and provide input for further development
• Updates will take place on a regular basis

Published October 31, 2018

The Patent Office offers a new digital way to apply for a design registration. The Application guide makes it possible to write an application, send, pay and receive a receipt in one operation. The tool guides you through the application step by step, with useful tips along the way. The Application guide requires you to pay online upon filing (BankAxess, Visa and Mastercard).
The tool will be released in beta version. It offers a safe way to apply, but changes and bug fixes can occur. The beta version is not adapted for mobile phones. Feel free to contact the Customer Service Centre, 22387300 or post@patentstyret.no, if you experience errors or have suggestions for improvement.
The Application guide for patent and trademark was launched earlier this year, and now comes in an improved version.
Start your application here for all subject areas.


Application guide

• Better access to receipts

My messages

• Includes application number instantly from the Applicattion guide 

Product selector

• Improved solution to start a new trademark application from the Product selector
• Improved responsive design
• Improvements in user interface

The search service

• Improved list of results for design and appurtenant images
• Better terms for type of mark in English
• Minor bug fixes

Your user account

• Enhanced user experience when changing roles (logged in with ID-porten)

My account

• New service in early version (ALFA) is available for invited agents for testing
  

Published September 13, 2018 

Update September 19: New versions of Application Wizards have been published. This to eliminate payment and submission issues, as well as better support for different browsers.

• In detailed view (trademark), you may now update any given case yourself to see any recent changes
• reCaptcha is introduced when downloading all documents in one case, to reduce the possibility for hacker attacks
• Improved info on links to publications not yet available (detailed display patents)
• Some minor bug fixes

• New graphical presentation of search results
• You can now start a new application from the Product selector
• Improvements in user interface

• User interface improvements, for example when registering new users and for account information
• Preparations for updated terms of service
• Some minor bug fixes

• Calculation logic for annual fees and renewals is updated with the new version. There is no change for you as a user. If you find any fee calculation errors please contact us as soon as possible

• History in e-mail now displayes 6 instead of 4 months

• The Application guide for trademark is published in new version June 20. This contains several minor improvements and some bug fixes
• From June 25, the Patent Office offers a completely new application guide for anyone who wishes to patent an invention. The service guides you through the application with useful tips along the way. When using the application guide, you can fill in an application, send, pay and receive a receipt in one operation

The guide will be published in a BETA version. That means they are safe and fully functional, but also that changes and bug fixes may occur. It also means that the Norwegian Patent Office can reduce access at short notice. You start the application guide on the front page of Patentstyret.no and "I want to apply". A shortcut is also found on the front page of the Search Service (see "Application guide").

Published June 26, 2018

• Improved layout in detailed presentation
• Updated reCaptcha for downloading documents
• Improved sorting when downloading documents

• Improved user experience when registering new users through ID-porten

• Improved information about the service
• Measures to stop false alerts

• Improved print option for receipts
• Improved billing information for cases with provisional protection
• Improved validation for clients calculated fees
• Correction of due dates for EP cases
• Security updates

• Improved search field functionality
• New sorting options for results
• Improved information for the Business Register search

• Graphs for processing time improved

• UI improvements
• Minor improvements and bug fixes

Federated Register is a new feature of the European Patent Office (EPO) database. It provides information on the legal status of European patents in the national phase. With a single click, customers in Norway and abroad get an overview of the registers in all the designated countries for an EP patent. EP patents made in Norway are now included in this overview, and information is obtained via our APIs.

Read more about how to use the registry here.

Published 15. December 2017

• Uploaded XML-files now displays document name specified by customer
  
• New filter displays all cases containing warnings
  
• More alternatives for hits per side added 
• Downloaded orders now contain sufficient information for accounting purposes 
• Faster download of receipts, including error fix 
• Next page option at bottom of page (helpful for large orders) 
• Several minor improvements

• Improved Excel export, including higher number of maximum cases allowed
• Minor improvements

• Improved login for mobile devices (responsive design)
• Minor improvements

Published 17. November 2017: New version of Search and E-payment. Minor fixes reported by customers.

The Classification assistant is a useful tool when you are in the process of selecting products (goods and services) for your trademark application. The tool has serveal improvements and is now called the Product selector!

The improvements in the Product selector are:

• Useful hints about whart you should consider when selecting products
• Easier to distinguish goods and services
• Better explanation on how to use goods vs. services
• Improvements in the pdf or Word documents generated from the save/translate button

Login:

• Easier process to restore password
• Name and e-mail is automatically updated when you log in with Facebook or Google
• Other minor improvements

My messages:

• Improved sorting options
• Changed layout for better user experience
• Better viewing of reply due date
• New icons to illustrate status
• Minor error fixing
  

Search:

• Minor improvements
• Design images are fixed
• Login from the hit list is fixed
  

E-payment:

• Easier to change payment method during the process
• Easier to print out payment information when you have selected bank payment as payment method
• Minor improvements in buttons etc.
• Better error logging internally that makes it easier for us to assist you if an error occurs
  

Published 27. June 2017

New versions of Alert and login

Sign up in Alert to be notified by e-mail when your case is due for renewal, or if a change has occured in your case. We have now modified the content in the e-mails to clearify what is changed. You will see all changes within the last four months with date for each change. All changes has a link to the case where you can find more details, and link to E-payment in cases that are due for renewal.

Did you know that you also can use Alert to monitor new cases? Set up a search in advanced search for patent, trademark or design, and save your search from the result list. You will then get an e-mail when new cases are registered in our database.

Login is launched in a new version. The presentation from mobile devices is better, and we have we have improved the functionality for registration of new users, forgotten password and login via ID-porten.  

Published 14. June 2017 

Improved Version of My messages, validation of expected fee in E-payment and other improvements

My messages

You may read your messages from NIPO directly in NIPO's search service. Choose ID-porten as login option to get access to all your Altinn correspondence with NIPO. This option is so far only available for Norwegian customers. 

Improvements in this version:

• Search for document title
• Several improvements regarding filtering and sorting
• Link to file application/send correspondence via Altinn
• Message if the user is logged in with other login than ID-porten

Improvements in other services:

E-payment

• Is is now possible to validate your expected fee towards NIPO's calculated fee when you upload your list of cases.
• Template for Excel upload is adjusted to include a column for expected fee. Note: old template will still work, but you may experience deviance if column D is used for other purposes than expected fee.
• It is also possible to filter by cases with deviance in expected fee. 
• Minor improvements and error fixes.

Search

• Error in the classification assistant from advanced search trademark is fixed
• Precauions taken to avoid unintended downtime
• Improved data quality in older cases
• Minor improvements and error fixes

Classification assistant

• improved layout
  

Statistics

• Minor improvements

Login

• Improved presentation on mobile devices
• Services that demand ID-porten login is in now automatically forwarded to ID-porten

Published 23. May 2017

My Messages, Namesearch and other improvements

My Messages

You may now read your messages from NIPO directly in NIPO's search services. When logging in via IP-porten you will get access to all your Altinn correspondence with NIPO. This option is so far only available for Norwegian users.

Namesearch - a new service

NIPO, Norid (register for the .no domain) and the Brønnøysund Register Centre launched Namesearch 16. March 2017. The service makes it easy to check wether a name is occupied or in conflict with names already registered, being either domain names, company names or trademarks. Namesearch is intended for entrepreneurs with little knowledge of trademarks.

Other improvements in the various services:

Search:

• My messages. When logging in via ID-porten you may read you Altinn messages directly in NIPO's Interface
• AR-number (number given when sending correspondence via Altinn) is now searchable as free text
• Improvements in default language settings
• Specific cases containing error are fixed
• Data quality improvement for example alternation of mark in older trademarks

E-payment

• It is now possible to edit payment method in an order thta has been registered with us
• Correct payment date is visible when card payment is delayed

Statistics

• Report from NIPO's customer satifaction survey is included
• Improvements and error fix for more accurate figures regarding patent and design

Login

• Error regarding Facebook and Google login is fixed
• User is sent to Search when logging out
• Other minor improvements

Published  6. April 2017

A new version of Search with minor improvements was published 10. April. This included a fix regarding login.

Try our new patent search and login with ID-porten

We have launched a completely new version of patent search, where the hit list and advanced search are merged. The new patent search is quicker and easier to use. You start with a hit list including all patent cases, and navigate with a combination of drill-down and searching. We are eager to have your feedback, so that we can make adjustments before we move on to trademarks and design. Please use the feedback-button to tell us what you think.

New patent search is launched in beta. That means that not all functionality and adjustments are finished. The data content, however, is equal to what you will find in the existing service. 

Other changes in the various services:

Login:

• Improved e-mail by registration
• Secure login via ID-porten for Norwegian users with Electronic ID. i.e. MinID, BankID, Buypass or Commfides
• Better user experience when registering as a new user
• Error regarding change of language is fixed

We recommend that you are always logged in when using our services. This will give you access to information connected to you, such as alerts, and you may see cases registered by your company (new functionality). If you log in with IP-porten you will get access to more advanced functionality in the future.

Search, case details:

• Click on shopping cart icon to proceed to payment (from the payment chapter). This is now working in all browsers
• Adjustments in the payment chapter for improved viewing of payment history
• Other minor adjustments

Alert

• Drag-and-drop function is fixed
• Click on shopping cart icon to proceed to payment is now working in all browsers
• Correct date for alert for renewal is now visible in e-mails and in the service

E-payment

• Functionality to remember card details in implemented
• Actions taken to avoid double withdrawal from payment card when there is a delay in the process
• Retry-button to start payment again from "My orders"
• Minor adjustments to ensure smooth payment process for mobile phones
• Warning ahead of scheduled maintenance visible on the first page

App

• The app, Navnesjekk, where you can check whether a name is available as a trademark, company name and domain, no longer shows a dummy image when no image is a part of the mark. Image is only displayed when the mark actually has an image.
  

Published 2. February 2017

Terms from Nice 11 included in the classification assistant

The classification assistant is now updated with Nice 11 terms that are valid from 1. January 2017. The classification assistant contains more than 26.000 terms that you can use to create the list of goods and services for your trademark application in Norway and abroad.

This update also includes the following in Search:

• Fix of minor error in the payment chapter
• Fix of some cases that failed in Search

Published 5. January 2017

Login with ID-porten

In a few days you may get access to our services with secure login via ID-porten. i.e. MinID, BankID, Buypass or Commfides if you have an Electronic ID. Do not use ID-porten if you share Your account with other users (e.g. for payments).

We recommend that you are always logged in when using our services. This will give you access to information connected to you, like alerts, and you may see cases registered with your company (new functionality).

Other improvements:

Search

• more intuitive data presentation in the economy chapter. Paid fees are visible under payment history as soon as they are paid
• new function to view cases where your company is applicant, owner or representative. To see this you need to register your (Norwegian) company number in account settings
• minor improvements in the user interface
• error connected to pdf and Excel download is fixed
• new version of advanced search is launched in BETA

E-payment

• error regarding calculation of due date of some EP cases is fixed
• adjustments for better viewing on mobile devices
• error regarding viewing of card type in interrupted card payments
• adjusted text for better description of the different payment options

Classification assistant

• minor error regarding translation is fixed

Alert

• minor errors are fixed

App

• new version of the app Navnesjekk, where you can check whether a name is available as trademark, company name and domain, is launched for Android and Windows Phones. IOS will follow shortly.
  

All services

• error message is provided if Javascript is not activated in your browser. (Javascript must be activated to use our services).
• login via ID-porten (MinID, BankID, Buypass eller Commfides) for users with Electronic ID (e-ID)

Published 15. December 2016
Fix of login error from browsers with language other that Norwegian and English published 21. December 2016

New Versions of Search, Alert, E-payment and Classification assistant

If you are registrered as a user of Alert, we recommend that you are always logged in when using Search. This makes it easier to discover the latest changes in your cases, and makes it easier to set up new alerts.

Search

• Minor adjustments on the front page
• Minor improvements to fullfill Web Content Accessibility guidelines
• Fix of links to the Norwegian Gazette
• Fix regarding presentation of pledge for patent cases
• Better presentation of special characters (system is upgraded to Unicode)

Classification Assistant

• New option to download to Word makes pasting and cutting of text into the list of goods and services easier
• More than 17.000 new terms that are pre-approved in Norway and several other countries are added. The classification asistant now contains more than 26.000 terms that are pre-approved in Norway.
• Several improvements in the user interface and information texts for improved usability

Alert and Statistics

• minor improvements
  

Login (all services)

• Error regarding registration of new user is fixed
• Error regarding user confirmation is fixed

E-payment

• Language error in receipts is fixed
• Adjustments to the user interface for better presentation on mobile devices

Published  24 October 2016

You may now pay fees to NIPO online

When filing patent, trademark or design applications via Altinn, you may no pay the application fee online at the same time.

In NIPO's New service for e-payment you may now easily renew your trademarks, designs and patents in Norway online.
The service has been in production for pilot customers for several months already, and is now finally open for alle customers.

Benefits:

• Quicker, easier and more effective renewal process
• Easy to see due amount and due date
• Easy to see if a case is paid or is about to be paid
• Reduced risk of paying incorrect amount
• Reduced risk of paying too late
  
• Payment information is available immediately to others
• Reduced risk of double payment
• History of your previous payments
• Possible to downlaod receipts
• Payment by credit card, BankAxess or bank transaction
• Simple system integration if desired

You need to create an account to use the service. If you already have an account for Alert you may use this one.

Other changes

E-payment:

• Order download to Excel og pdf
  

Search:

• Document downlaod is fixed
• Links to E-payment from the payment chapter
• Possible to export one or several cases to E-payment
• Easier to see case status under key information
• Viewing of IPC classification in an extrenal WIPO service (patent)
• Adjustment for better display on mobile devices
• Correction of info-button in European patents
• Improved functionality for changing interface Language (all services)

Alert:

• Possible to export cases to e-payment
• Link to E-payment from e-mails
  

Statistics:

• Link to a new report by Statistics Norway, see patent, trademark or design -other statistics

Published 5 September 2016

16. September 2016: Fix of Search. Missing adress line and pledge is now back into Place.

The Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries have made amendments to the Regulation relating to payments etc. to the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and the Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights. The changes will come into force 1^st of August 2016, and will be valid for all payments made from this date.

Until 17. August Search and E-payment displayed the old fee (20%). Any incorrect payments that were done due to this fact will be corrected afterwards, and any excess funds will be reimbursed to your account, regardless of amount.

Published 29. July 2016, updated 22. August 2016

If you are registrered as a user of Alert, we recommend that you are always logged in when using Search. This makes it easier to discover the latest changes in your cases, and makes it easier to set up new alerts.

Search

• New and quicker solution for Zip download of case documents
• Error regarding search for certain combination of letters is fixed
• Search for CPC classification (patent)
• Viewing of CPC classification (patent) with search in Espacenet for classification code
  

Alert

• Minor error fix regarding case status
  

Login (all services)

• Error regarding registration of new user is fixed
• Error regarding user confirmation is fixed

E-payment

• Cases with due date on saturday/sunday are viewed correctly
• Card payment

For the time being, E-payment is only available for pilot customers. The service will be available for all customers during fall 2016.

Published 3 June 2016

21. June 2016: New Version of Search (minor improvements), classification assistant (error fix) and E-payment (download of receipt is fixed, total amount now includes card fee)

07. July 2016: New Version of E-payment with improved functionality for Excel and XML upload (and minor error fixes)

10. August 2016: New Version of E-payment with credit card payment (and BankAxess for Norwegian customers) a progress bar when downloading receipts and minor error fixes.
    

If you are registrered as a user of Alert, we recommend that you are always logged in when using Search. This makes it easier to discover the latest changes in your cases, and makes it easier to set up new alerts.

Search and Alert have several improvements:

• Better linking between Search and Alert: Indication of which cases you have set up for alert from the hit list and from the detailed view, and information about the latest changes for these cases. You need to be logged in to see this.
• Improved layout for cases with several complaints
• Improved error messages
• More image formats are allowed
• Error regarding search and alert for Locarno classification (design) is fixed
• Error regarding patent publications is fixed
• Error regarding update of username is fixed
• Minor improvements
• Minor errors are fixed

E-payment

• Payment with BankAxess for Norwegian customers (new functionality)
• Download or printout of receipts for all cases in an order, grouped or individually (new functionality)
  
• Text in mark/product/patent is visible on the order and receipt
• Error regarding cases with due date on Sunday/holiday is fixed
• Payment of cases with status Shelved are now included
  

For the time being, E-payment is only available for pilot customers. Does your Company wish to become a pilot customer? Please contact Freddy Strømmen or Hege Langlo at post@patentstyret.no.

Statistics

• Minor errors are fixed

Published 20 April 2016

28 April 2016: New version of E-payment with minor error fix regarding receipts, and preparation for card payment.

Several improvements in Search:

• Organization number for Norwegian companies are visible if it is reported to NIPO. In detailed view you may compare data directly with the official Norwegian company register. It is not mandatory to report organization number to NIPO, but by doing so you contribute to higher data quality and prepare for future self service solutions.
  
• It is now possible to search for organization number. Please use simple search
  
• More than 2000 images have been uploaded to the patent database
  
• Error with screen printouts in Mozilla Firefox is fixed
• Improved error messages for example when using non accepted characters or searching for a case that is not included in the database
• Connection to old user interface is removed in several scenarios
• Minor improvements for detailed view on mobile phone
  

E-payment

• New possibility to pay with BankAxess for Norwegian customers (will be activated within few days)
  
• Payment of non published divided patent applications is now available
  
• Payment of cases where reinstatement is under consideration is now available
  
• Better information about details in an order, including correct applicant and title
  
• information about next payment date for EP-cases before they may be paid
  

For the time being, E-payment is only available for pilot customers. Does your company execute many renewals and do you wish to become a pilot customer? Please contact Freddy Strømmen or Hege Langlo at post@patentstyret.no

Alert

• Error in updating name is fixed
• Minor error fixes and improvements

Statistics

• Error with prosecution time is fixed

Several actions to improve safety are taken. This list is not exhaustive.

Published February 10. 2016

New PCT-Applications included in E-payment, improved text in e-mails from Alert published March 2. 2016

E-mails from Alert fixed

An error caused that no e-mails were sent to alert about changes in some cases. 
Missing e-mails are now send and the service works as earlier. 

There are also minor improvements.

Published January 22nd, 2016

Published January 7. 2016

New version of login published January 8. 2015

• significantly quicker upload of large files and creation of orders
• more and better feedback if the user experiences problems regarding file upload
• possibility to delete orders that were created unintendedly
• better download/prints of orders
• saving of worklists 
• several other improvements

E-payment is for the time only available for pilot customers. Does your company execute many renewals and do you wish to become a pilot customer?
Please contact Freddy Strømmenor Hege Langlo at post@patentstyret.no.

Published: November 19. 2015

New versions with more updated payment information

Single sign-on is improved based on feedback from customers and is now more user friendly.

Many improvemments are done in E-payment which is open for pilot customers. Payment and orders that are created via E-payment are visible under the payment chapter in Search for all users. Information about payments are visible uptil one week earlier than before.

Other changes:

• Error in the classification assistant is fixed
• The startpage for Search is changed
• Document download is improved
• Minor errors in Alert are fixed
• Export to pdf from detailed view (case) is improved

New versions with single sign-on and improved payment information

Sign-on is new. You may logon with Facebook account, Google account, or with a local user at NIPO. In near future we will also open up for Twitter accounts. The sign-on solution will also be used for future services at NIPO, such as online payment which will be available soon. 

All registered user accounts are migrated into a new database 10th of September 2015.

Other changes:

• New versions of Search, Alert, Statistics and Classification assistant
• Payment information regarding renewals is available up to 1 week earlier than before
  
• New field in advanced search Patent: Pleadge agreement (No cases for the time beeing)
• Fix of smaller defects

Published September 10th, 2015

New version of login: error with Forgot password and new Facebook-login, September 29th, 2015

Welcome to the new version of Search and Classification assistant

News in this version are:

• Facelift of the homepage
• Improved feedback, also available from specific cases
• Links to registration in international databases 
• Improvements in the chapter for payments
• Missing datafields in detailed view are added
• Bug fix for spesific cases
• New version of the classification assistant
• Defects reported by customers are fixed

Hotfix July 6th: error connected to design images fixed, better language handling, improvements connected to responsiv design.

• New version of the search service (4.6)
• Functionality for translation of patent summaries English-Norwegian/Norwegian-English
• European patent abstracts are now presented in detailed view
• Error in export functionality in hit list fixed
• Improvements in the publications chapter
• Payment information in English
• Improvements regarding language choice
• Technical instability fixed
• Error in viewing of Vienna classification fixed
• Error regarding divided trademarks fixed
• Several minor improvements
• New version of Alert (1.6)
  • Minor defects are fixed
• New version of Statistics (1.4)
  • Minor defects are fixed
    

About the Search Service

The search service shows publicly available information on trademarks, patents and designs. From a single search field you can quickly get an overview of a company's IP-rights, illustrations and images associated with a registered right, status, procedures, payment of fees and more. Alert informes you when a fee is due, when status changes or new correspondence is registered in a case. Alert also helps you to stay up to date within your area of interest. Statistics is a compilation of information from our database that is suitable for analysis.

If you have ideas for improvement, find errors or defects, please use the form "Give feedback".

Published 4th February 2015

Search and Alert now give you even more information about each case, and better opportunity to stay up to date on your cases. Now you may check out which cases that can be renewed and how much should be paid. If you sign up for Alert you can be notified by e-mail when a fee is due.
Soon you will also be able to pay your fees online with our new payment solution.
New version av of the search service (4.5)

• New version of the search service (4.5)
  • New design in detailed view
  • Each case has a unique url
  • Possibility to browse between cases in a hit list
  • Overview of coming and previous payments in a case
  • Searching for cases that can be renewed within a certain time periode
  • Service more suited for all types of screens, including mobile phones
  • Better solution for viewing pictures
  • Links between connected cases
  • Defect regarding links to/from Espacenet is fixed
  • New solutions for the classification assistant that solves problem in certains browsers
• New version of Alert (1.5)
  • Alerts for cases that can be renewed (payed)
  • Changed criteria for what is alerted to avoid alerts that are not real
  • Minor defects are fixed
• New version of Statistics (1.3)
• Better readability for colour blinds
• Minor defects are fixed
  

The search service shows publicly available information on trademarks, patents and designs. From a single search field you can quickly get an overview of a company's IP-rights, illustrations and images associated with a registered right, status, procedures, payment of fees and more. Alert informes you when a fee is due, when status changes or new correspondence is registered in a case. Alert also helps you to stay up to date within your area of interest. Statistics is a compilation of information from our database that is suitable for analysis.

If you have ideas for improvement, find errors or defects, please use the form "Give feedback".

Published 26th November 2014, updated, see below

• December 5th 2014. Minor fix regarding search functionality (terms with tr and pt), and highlighting of search terms
• December 15th 2014. New version of Search, Alert and Statistics. You will find improvements regarding; language management, logging when users experiences errors, minor defects and services should scale better (that is manage high traffic better)

• Bug related to user registration fixed

• New version of the search service (4.4)
  • Search international databases is fixed
  • Minor improvements in search engine
• New version of Alert (1.4)
• More user-friendly "Alert criteria"
• Defect in "Alert criteria" is fixed
• New user manual and demo-film
• New version of Statistics (1.2)
• Minor defects are fixed

About the Search Service

The search service shows publicly available information on trademarks, patents and designs. From a single search field you can quickly get an overview of a company's IP-rights, illustrations and images associated with a registered right, status, procedures, payment of fees and more. Alerts gives you the opportunity to be informed of changes and new activities within your area of interest. Statistics is a compilation of information that is suitable for analysis.
If you have ideas for improvement, find errors or defects, please use the form "Give feedback".

Published 6th June 2014, updated 30th June 2014

• New version of the search service (4.3)
  • New url: search.patentstyret.no (dbsearch2.patentstyret.no be active as an alias)
  • Quicker and easier viewing of documents
  • EP-owner is visible in the hit list (if there is no Norwegian owner)
  • Defect with trademark images is fixed
  • More precise search results
  • Now possible to search main class for design
• New version of Alert (1.3)
  • Password rules are more harmonized with similar services
  • Possible to delete cases from your alerts
  • Possible to create alert on case by «drag-and-drop» into file
  • Minor defects regarding navigation are fixed
• New version of Statistics (1.1)
  • Minor defects are fixed

About the Search Service

Rights, illustrations and images associated with a registered right, status, procedures, payment of fees and more. Alerts gives you the opportunity to be informed of changes and new activities within your area of interest. Statistics is a compilation of information that is suitable for analysis.

If you have ideas for improvement, find errors or defects, please use the form "Give feedback".

What do Norwegians most often want patent protection for, and where in Norway do the most innovative Norwegians live?

The Statistics Self-Service will be a useful tool for anyone interested in innovation, such as research institutions, public authorities, universities and colleges, private patent agencies and the media.
The Statistics Self-Service is updated on a daily basis. It contains graphs, key figures and trends. The Service also includes cases that are not yet publicly available.
The Statistics Service has been designed with responsive design, giving easy reading and navigation across a wide range of devices, from mobile phones to desktop computers.

Improvements in the Search Service and Alert Self-Service

New visual identity
Both the Search Service and Alert Self-Service have been given a new visual identity, which we will continue to improve on in later versions.

Alert Self-Service
improved navigation and user experience, for example new tools such as Criteria for alert.
Read more about Alert Self-Service

• faster and easier viewing of documents
• better display of images with print/save functionality in the detailed viewing for trademarks and designs
• deadlines for trademark and patent cases are now available under key information
• more information available on hallmarks

If you have ideas for improvement, find errors or defects, please use the form "Give feedback" which you will find in the top menu.

This release include minor improvements and errors reported are fixed (for example links to the search service from received alert e-mails and problems regarding documents that would not open).

Read more in the previous news dated 13th of May.

The Alert Self-Service helps you track your applications and registered rights (portfolio), and watch your competitors. The service covers industrial property rights (patent, design and trademark). In addition, there are many other improvements in the search service.

What's new or improved?

• A new, free, Alert Self-Service (Beta) Examples of different types of alerts you can set up yourself:
  • Track a particular case and receive notification:
    • for procedural changes (e.g. granted or refused)
    • when a letter is received or sent
  • Watch your competitors more effectively
    • receive notifications about new applications filed by a particular company
    • identify possible threats facing your own products as early as possible
    • detect new trends or competitors

NB 1:  start by carrying out a search in the database . You can then set up an alert in the hit list.

NB 2:  remember to enable pop-ups.

• related information in the online search service: In the detailed view of a particular case, a list of records and related documents is displayed. It is now also possible to find more information on appeals to the Appeals Board, requests for administrative review, protests, and changes in trademark rights etc. This includes trademarks, designs and patents.
• Some bibliographic information is available in design cases that are not yet available to the public. However images and documents are not displayed.
• Several improvements have been made in functionality, navigation and overall user experience.
• You will now find a few more key figures on the front page of the search service (statistics).
• Errors reported by our customers have been fixed (e.g. for EP cases), and changes have been made to improve data quality (e.g. status information ).

The search service shows publicly available information on trademarks, patents and designs. From a single search field you can quickly get an overview of a company¿s IP-rights, illustrations and images associated with a registered right, status, procedures, payment of fees and more. The tool also provides some functionality for sorting and analysis.

We now offer access to correspondence and associated documents in case proceedings for trademarks, designs and patents. In addition, there are many other improvements.
 
What's new or improved?

• When looking at a case in the detailed view, you now have access to an overview of correspondence (journal) and associated documents. The journal shows events from 2004 until today. It will be possible to open documents dated from 1 April 2012. Please note that it may take a few days before a new letter to the Industrial Property Office is available. Documents are mostly in Norwegian only.
• We have made many changes to improve navigation and user experience in general. For example, the hit list screen and the detailed view screen have more space (tabs at the bottom of the pages are now hidden and can be controlled via preferences). Illustrated info about how the search engine works is available near the quick search field. Further, all help texts in advanced search are now available on "mouse-over"
• For trademarks, you can search for trademarks with acquired distinctiveness
• For patents, information about due date for next annual fee
• For patents (SPC), better search and presentation of information
• For patents, more information is available via links to other data sources (e.g. patent family)
• "The timeline"
  • In the detailed view of a patent, you can get an overview of various events along a timeline. We hope this is especially useful for those who are not specialists. We are considering implementing a corresponding solution for trademark and design.
• In addition minor defects reported by customers are fixed and some changes have been implemented to ensure good data quality (e.g. measures to fix failing links).

The search service, which is free and open to all, shows public information about trademarks, patents and designs. From one search field you can quickly get an overview of a company's IP-rights, illustrations and images associated with a registered right, status, procedures, payment of fees and more. The tool also provides some functionality for sorting and analysis.

Published date: 29 May 2012

Changes to improve navigation and user experience are the main focus in this version. Important new functionality in the hit list are some new data options and the ability to export the list to PDF.
 
What's new or improved?

• New: the ability to export the hit list to PDF. Use options under "Columns" in combination with "Export result" to create the type of analysis and report you need.
• New: in the hit list, in all domains, you will find that new data options are available (see "Columns").
• Many minor changes to improve navigation and user experience in general are the main focus in this version (in all major browsers). We recommend that you use the navigation options provided in the service (do not use native browser navigation in the upper left corner).
• Minor changes have been made in the advanced classification assistant which provides help to prepare your list of goods and services before filing a new trademark application. You will find this tool under the tab "e-filing" at the bottom of all pages in the search service.
• In addition minor defects reported by customers are fixed and some changes have been implemented to ensure good data quality (e.g. better presentation and more information about classification of designs).

• New: international registrations designating Norway are now available in the service. These can be identified for example by using the "Case type" filter in advanced search for design.
• New: the detailed view now provides more information in cases where an opposition has been filed against a registration. This applies to all domains. See examples in these application numbers: design 20070349, trademark 200600631 and patent 20063101.
• In addition minor improvements and defects reported by customers are fixed.

• New: several hundred thousand published patent documents have been made available in the service. This applies to old patents as well as to recently published patent applications. Publications are found in the detailed view.
• New: European patents that are validated in Norway are now available in the service.
• New: search options to check activity / cases based on geographic location (such as how many applications were submitted by inventors in the Norwegian county Østfold). See available search fields at the bottom of all advanced search pages.
• A new classification assistant for trademarks provides help to choose the right goods or service class(es) to search in. To access it, use the button to the right of the search field in advanced search.
• Fast track your trademark application process? A new advanced classification assistant provides help to prepare the list of goods and services before filing a new trademark application. Currently you will find this only under the tab "e-filing" at the bottom of all pages in the search service.
• Increased user friendliness, e.g. you will normally no longer experience ¿time out¿ and Help-files now have active links. All other search fields concerning classification (for all domains) have a new search button available to the right of the search field. This button gives you an easy access to classification tools provided by the EPO or WIPO.
• In addition minor defects reported by customers are fixed.

• Advanced search for trademarks now supports a few more special characters in the field "Text in mark", which will give fewer and more precise hits
• Advanced search for patents now has an improved search for technical areas (IPC). The IPC class search field now has its own index and you can use wildcards on many levels (e.g. A01K% or A%).
• Easier to share hits with friends or colleagues (see SHARE options in the detailed view and in the top menu bar). E.g. when viewing a hit in the detailed view, you can now create a pdf-document.
• Increased user friendliness, e.g. new navigation menus on the following pages ¿About the service¿ and ¿Help¿. The navigation menu in the detailed view page has been improved accordingly.
• In addition minor defects reported by customers are fixed.

• Significant improvements in the search engine in general and in particular better support for special characters in advanced search for trademarks, which will give fewer and more precise hits
• New fields or filtering options are available for international registrations, see advanced search for trademarks. Further, in the detailed view we provide more information about these cases (under key information).
• You can now place the search field on your web site or blog
• Easier to share hits with friends or colleagues (see SHARE options in detailed view)
• Increased use of highlighting
• Increased user friendliness, e.g. less clicks to view images in the hit list, a tiny improvement in order to support iPads and more
• In addition minor defects reported by customers are fixed.

• A more powerful advanced search for trademarks (you can now use both left and right truncation in the search field "text in mark")
• Easier to share hits
  When looking at details for a specific case, you can generate a unique url which includes your language preference. Use the option "show in a new window". This window now also has better branding of the source.
• In the English user interface you now find critical information about status in English (that is English terms in: advanced search, see status information in the hit list and finally have English status information available in detailed view under "key information" as well as "legal status history")
• Complete address information for Norwegian as well as foreign customers (where data is available).
• Better user information when timeout occurs or when the service is down due to data loading or maintenance
• Better security via encrypted communication
• Increased use of highlighting and a few other minor improvements.
   
  

Successful innovation depends on several important questions: is the invention new? is the name taken? who are the competitors and what do they do? This week NIPO launches a new, online search service. It makes it easier to turn ideas into value.

Key information about the service (version 2.0) and how to use it:

• Daily updated information on trademarks, patents and designs in Norway
• Broader range and more detailed data
• New user interface
• Quick search covering all three subject areas, useful for anyone who does not have a thorough knowledge of industrial property rights (but could also be useful for all audiences)
• A wide selection of search fields and search capabilities that we hope meets the needs of different groups of advanced users
• The search result list includes tools for sorting and analysis (tasks you previously had to do in a spreadsheet)
• Links from an individual case to relevant publications (from early 2000 and onwards)
• Function for printing, saving or downloading the search result and the detailed view
• Bilingual user interface
• Links to other search services covering international markets outside Norway
• Links to information on; how to deliver your application, ask for a preliminary search, or find professional advice
• Availability virtually 24 / 7
• Available free of charge

Date published: 8th September 2010