THE ACCESS TO THE NET esp@cenet

The national offices of the member states act as service providers and offer users access via Internet home pages hosted by them. In this way the pages can be customised to meet national requirements vis-a-vis language, links to other pages and help functions. 

Once users are connected to the patent office of their country via the Internet they can then access the servers of other national offices as well as the EPO: http://ep.espacenet.com

Searches are based on the bibliographic data in patent documents, using an easy-to-operate search mask which is not, however, suitable for more complex searches.

The access to the esp@cenet though the patent offices on the member states