The National Industrial Property Institute (INPI, standing for ''Institut national de la propriété industrielle'' in French) is the national

intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...

office of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

, in charge of

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...

trademark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from othe ...

s and

industrial design rights An industrial design right is an intellectual property right that protects the visual design of objects that are purely utilitarian. An industrial design consists of the creation of a shape, configuration or composition of pattern or color, or co ...

. It is a department of France's Ministry of Economics and Finance. INPI's headquarters is in Courbevoie,

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Patent status database
at the ''Institut national de la propriété industrielle'' (the database provides legal information on French patent applications and European patent applications granted and designating France) Government agencies of France French intellectual property law Patent offices {{Europe-law-stub

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