Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI)

Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation is the only legally qualified institution for the protection of inventions, industrial designs and trademarks. In addition, it provides technological information from worldwide patent databases, and • It protects inventions in Hellas by granting Patents, Utility model certificates (UMC) and other protection titles • It protects the topographies of integrated circuits • It registers Industrial Designs and models by granting relevant certificates • It operates as a receiving office for applications for the European Patent, the PCT certificate, the International registration of industrial designs and the Community designs and models • It has developed a technological information service for providing technical and other data regarding patents at a European and International level via electronic systems and via OBI’s databases/archives for National Industrial Property Titles • It registers Technology Transfer Contracts in a special register • It provides advice and information on the legal system applicable to its field of competence and informs the public about protecting inventions and the correct protection policy • It publishes printed material related to the fields of its competence • It has a non-lending technical and legal library for the public • It participates in exhibitions and organises events to inform the public at large about its competences • It is active internationally by cooperating with similar Organisations at international level and by representing Hellas in these Organisations, and by preparing and inspecting the implementation of international treaties on matters of protection of inventions, technology transfer and industrial designs and models • It participates in projects (European, Community, etc.) for promoting Innovation in Hellas. One Stop Shop Service: Daily 08:00-14:00, for the procedures of filing an application for a Patent, an Industrial Design, a trademark & any industrial protection title.