AusPat User Guide - IP Australia

Introduction
IP Australia is the Australian Government agency that administers intellectual property (IP)
rights and legislation relating to patents, trade marks, designs and plant breeder's rights.
IP Australia has a wealth of patent data dating back to the inception of the patent office
in 1904. In 2008 we consolidated this information into one search system for Australian
patent data - AusPat.
Within AusPat you can:
• search for applications via a range of options
• view, sort and print the results of your search
• customise the search results page
• save searches and applications for easy reference later
• view up to 165 discrete data elements for each application
• access correspondence via eDossier
• subscribe to cases of interest
• submit s27 and s28 material to IP Australia
This user guide provides an introduction to using the features available on AusPat. The
"Overview" section provides a pictorial overview of the major features of each screen in the
system. The remaining sections contain useful information on how you can use AusPat to
search our data and presents a number of technical considerations to keep in mind when
using the system.
If you require any further information please visit our website at www.ipaustralia.gov.au or
email assist@ipaustralia.gov.au.