The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office ( tr, Türk Patent ve Marka Kurumu or TÜRKPATENT) (TURKPATENT) is an

intellectual property organization Intellectual property organizations are organizations that are focused on copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other intellectual property law concepts. This includes international intergovernmental organizations that foster governmental cooperatio ...

with a special budget being attached to the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey. Established on June 24, 1994, in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

as an independent legal entity, it is liable under special judiciary provisions with the objective of supporting the technological development in Turkey and of establishing and protecting of industrial

property right The right to property, or the right to own property (cf. ownership) is often classified as a human right for natural persons regarding their possessions. A general recognition of a right to private property is found more rarely and is typically ...

s, as well as providing the public with the worldwide information on industrial property rights. In October 2016, the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has been appointed as International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority under the

Patent Cooperation Treaty The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed und ...

(PCT). As of October 2016, the appointment was not effective yet.

Organs and administrative units

#Managing Board #Advisory Board #Presidency #Re-examination and Evaluation Board #Main Administrative Units #Auxiliary Service Units #Consultancy Units

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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 ...

International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities Intellectual property organizations Patent offices Turkish intellectual property law Organizations based in Ankara Government agencies established in 1994