Raw patent data

On this page, the IPI provides publicly available information from the patent register free of charge in the form of raw data.


The information is available as CSV files and may be used to analyse patent developments and geographical classifications.

 

Data basis

The data is based on all publications with a filing date from 1 January 1978 onwards that can be viewed on Swissreg as of the effective date. IP rights can only be clearly identified by the IP right number (ID). The kind code (type of document) is not shown in this data.
The collection contains bibliographic data on the time of publication as well as information on the effective date such as the

 

  • Grant date
  • Location of the inventor / owner
  • Classification
  • Payment of renewal fees

 

The data includes patents which are currently in force as well as cancelled patents. For further information on the contents of the database, please see Swissreg.
 

 
Publications Availability of the data Remarks and additional Information     

Swiss patent

applications

Up until 30 June 2008 – unavailable

From 1 July 2008 – available in full               

Swiss patent applications were first published from 1 July 2008              

Swiss patents

From 1 January 1978 – available in full

  

European patent applications

Unavailable

European patent applications with effect in Switzerland are not included before the patent has been granted

European patents

Up until 12 December 2007 – all patents for which Switzerland was named as a contracting state

From 13 December – all patents granted with effect in Switzerland

For further details, see

European Patent Convention (EPC 1973), Art. 79, Designation of contracting States

EPC Law Practice Legal Texts 2016

 

The database is updated every six months. Status per (effective date): 17.03.2025.

 

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Contents

 

Location of owner

 

Includes the country, city and, in some cases, the postcode of all the owners of a patent, as well as information on the publication/grant and the start of the protection period (per effective date).

  • IP right number (ID)
  • Authority (receiving office)
  • Publication number
  • Start of protection period (filing date)
  • Grant date
  • Publication date (date of publication of the application)
  • Postcode and town/city of all owners as per the effective date
  • Country of all owners as per the effective date

 

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Location of inventor

 

Includes the country, town/city and, in some cases, the postcode of all the inventors named in the publication/patent, as well as information on the publication/grant and the start of the protection period.

  • IP right number (ID)
  • Authority (receiving office)
  • Publication number
  • Start of protection period (filing date)
  • Grant date
  • Publication date (date of publication of the application)
  • Postcode and town/city
  • Country

 

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Last paid renewal fee

 

Includes the last paid renewal fee (annual fee) and the date by which the renewal fee was paid (per effective date).

  • IP right number (ID)
  • Authority (receiving office)
  • Publication number
  • Latest renewal fee paid by
  • Last paid renewal fee

 

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IPC main class

 

Includes the main IPC class assigned by the office at the lowest level, e.g. "A61B000518", as well as the valid IPC version as per the date of assignment. Only one main class is assigned to each IP right. You can find more information on the IPC at https://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en/.

  • IP right number (ID)
  • Authority (receiving office)
  • Publication number
  • Main IPC class
  • IPC version 

 

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You can find graphics based on this data here.

 

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