An invention must receive a separate patent in each country in which the inventor wishes to exercise his or her property rights. There are several multi-national organizations designed to facilitate obtaining patents in multiple countries.
This page provides links to the multinational organizations and national patent offices which have websites, organized by continent. Some countries which span two continents are listed under both headings.
For contact information for patent offices not listed below, see the WIPO Directory of Intellectual Property Offices (http://www.wipo.int/directory/en/urls.jsp)
Algeria - Institut National Algeriéns de la Propriété Industrielle (http://www.inapi.org/) -- In French
Botswana - Ministry of Trade and Industry (http://www.mti.gov.bw/intellectualproperty) - in English
Côte d'Ivoire - Office of Intellectual Property (http://www.oipi.ci/) - in French
Egypt - Egyptian Patent Office (http://www.egypo.gov.eg/default.aspx) -- In Arabic and English
Gabon - Gabon Intellectual Property Center (http://www.mines.gouv.ga/2-ministere/394-organisme-sous-tutelle/395-le-centre-de-propriete-industrielle-du-gabon-cepig/) -- In French
Kenya - Kenya Industrial Property Institute (http://www.kipi.go.ke/) - In English
Madagascar - Office Malgache de la Propriété Industrielle (http://www.omapi.mg/) -- In French
Mauritius - Intellectual Property Office (http://foreign.gov.mu/English/Pages/Regional-Integration.aspx) -- In English
Morocco - Moroccan Industrial and Commerical Property Office (http://www.ompic.org.ma/index.php?lang=3) -- In English, French, Spanish and Arabic
Mozambique - Instituto de Propriedade Industrial http://www.ipi.gov.mz/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=39) -- In English, Portuguese and French
Rwanda - Office of the Registrar General (http://org.rdb.rw/?page_id=21) In English
Sao Tome and Principe - Industrial Property (http://senapi-stp.net/spip.php?rubrique11) In Portuguese and French
Senegal - Office of Industrial Property and Technological Innoivation (http://www.aspit.sn/) In French
South Africa - Companies and Intellectual Property Commission http://www.cipc.co.za/) - In English
Sudan - Registrar General of Intellectual Property (http://www.ipsudan.gov.sd/) - In Arabic
Swaziland - Intellectual Property Office (http://www.gov.sz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=521&Itemid=254) In English
Tanzania - Business Registration and Licensing Office (http://www.brela-tz.org/?section=patent) In English
Tunisia - Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle (http://www.innorpi.tn/Fra/accueil_46_4) - In French.
Zambia - Patents and Companies Registration Office (http://www.pacra.org.zm/) -- In English
Zimbabwe - Department of Deeds, Companies, and Intellectual Property (http://www.dcip.gov.zw/) - In English
Afghanistan - Afghanistan Central Business Registry (http://acbr.gov.af/) In English; page is under development.
Armenia - Intellectual Property Agency (http://www.aipa.am/en/) - In English, Armenian, and Russian
Azerbaijan - State Agency on Standardization, Metrology and Patent (http://www.azstand.gov.az/index.php?lang=en) - In English, Azerbaijani and Russian
Bahrain - Industrial Property Directorate (http://www.moic.gov.bh/En/Commerce/ForeignTrade/IndustrialPropertyDirectorate/Pages/index.aspx) - In English and Arabic
Bangladesh - Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (http://www.dpdt.gov.bd/) In English
Bhutan - Intellectual Property, Ministry of Economic Affairs (http://www.ipbhutan.gov.bt/) - In English
Brunei Darussalam - Intellectual Property Office (http://www.bruipo.com.bn/) In English
Cambodia - Department of Intellectual Property (http://www.cambodiaip.gov.kh/default.aspx?lang=en) - In Khmer and English
China - Intellectual Property Office (http://english.sipo.gov.cn/) - In English and Chinese
Hong Kong - Intellectual Property Department (http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/home.htm) - In English and Chinese
Macau - Intellectual Property (http://www.economia.gov.mo/en_US/web/public/pg_ip?_refresh=true) - In English, CHinese and Portuguese
Georgia - National Intellectual Property Center (http://www.sakpatenti.org.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=16&lang_id=ENG) - In English and Georgian
India -Intellectual Property India (http://www.ipindia.nic.in/) -- In English
Indonesia - Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights (http://www.dgip.go.id/) - In EIndonesian
Iran - Industrial Property General Office (http://iripo.ssaa.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=3974) In nEnglish and Farsi
Israel - Patent Office (http://index.justice.gov.il/En/Units/ILPO/Pages/default.aspx) - In English, Hebrew, Arabic and Russian.
Japan - Japan Patent Office (http://www.jpo.go.jp/) - In English and Japanese
Jordan - Industrial Property Protection Directorate (http://www.mit.gov.jo/Default.aspx?tabid=384) - In English and Arabic
Kazakhstan - National Institute of Intellectual Property (http://www.kazpatent.kz/index.php/en/) - In English, Kazakh and Russian
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) - Korea Intellectual Property Organization (http://www.kipo.go.kr/eng/main/main.html) - In English and Korean
Kyrgyzstan - Intellectual Property Office of Kyrgyzstan (http://patent.kg/) - In English, Kyrgyz and Russian
Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) - Department of Intellectual Property, Standards and Metrology (http://www.stea.la.wipo.net/index.html) - In English
Lebanon - Ministry of Economy and Trade (http://www.economy.gov.lb/index.php/serviceSubCat/2/7/2) In English and Arabic
Malaysia - Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (http://www.myipo.gov.my/) - In English
Mongolia - Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia (http://www.ipom.mn/) - In Mongolian (English not yet available)
Nepal - Industrial Property Office (http://www.ip.np.wipo.net/patent.htm) - In English
Oman - Ministry of Commerce and Industry Patent FAQ (http://www.mocioman.gov.om/IPD-1.aspx) In English and Arabic
Pakistan - Intellectual Propery Organization of Pakistan (http://www.ipo.gov.pk/) - In English
Papua New Guinea - Intellectual Property Office (http://www.ipopng.gov.pg/) - in English
Philippines - Intellectual Property Philippines (http://ipophil.gov.ph/) - In English
Russian Federation (Russia) - Rospatent (http://www1.fips.ru/wps/wcm/connect/content_en/en) - In English and Russian
Saudi Arabia KACST General Directorate of Industrial Property (http://www.kacst.edu.sa/en/about/directorates/Pages/ip.aspx) In English and Arabic
Singapore - Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (http://www.ipos.gov.sg/topNav/hom/) - In English
Sri Lanka - National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka (http://www.nipo.gov.lk/) - In English
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) - Syrian Patent Office (http://www.spo.gov.sy/) - In Arabic
Taiwan (Republic of China) - Intellectual Property Office (http://www.tipo.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=2) - In English and Chinese
Tajikistan - National Center for Patents and Information (http://www.tjpat.org/) - In Tajik
Thailand - IP Thailand () - http://www.ipthailand.org/) In Thai
Turkey - Turkish Patent Institute (http://www.tpe.gov.tr/portal/default_en.jsp) - In English and Turkish
United Arab Emirates - Industrial Property, Ministry of Economy (http://www.economy.ae/English/IndustrialProperty/Pages/default.aspx) - In English and Arabic
Uzbekistan - State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan http://ima.uz/en/) - In English, Uzbek and Russian
Vietnam - National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam http://www.noip.gov.vn/web/noip/home/en) - In English and Vietnamese
Yemen - Yemen Intellectual Property Office (http://www.yipo.gov.ye/) - In Arabic (English not yet available)
Australia - IP Australia (http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/) - In English
Fiji - Intellectual Property Office (http://www.ag.gov.fj/default.aspx?Page=FijiIntellectual) In English
New Zealand - Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (http://www.iponz.govt.nz/cms) - In English
Tonga - Registry and Intellectual Property Office (http://www.mlci.gov.to/?page_id=1042) In English
Albania - Albanian Patents and TradeMarks Office (http://www.alpto.gov.al/) - In English and Albanian
Andorra - Oficina de Marques del Principat d'Andorra (http://www.ompa.ad/en/) - In English and Catalan
Armenia - Intellectual Property Agency (http://www.aipa.am/en/) - In English, Armenian, and Russian
Austria - Österreichisches Patentamt (http://www.patentamt.at/Home/index1.html) - In English and German
Azerbaijan - State Agency on Standardization, Metrology and Patent (http://www.azstand.gov.az/index.php?lang=en) - In English, Azerbaijani and Russian
Belarus - National Center of Intellectual Property (http://www.belgospatent.org.by/eng/) - In English and Russian
Belgium - Belgian Intellectual Property Office (http://economie.fgov.be/en/entreprises/Intellectual_property/Aspects_institutionnels_et_pratiques/OPRI/#.U_fLnRCweXo) - In English, Dutch, French and German
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Institute for Intellectual Property (http://www.ipr.gov.ba/en/) - In English, Bosnian, Croatian and Russian..
Bulgaria - Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (http://www.bpo.bg/) - In English and Bulgarian
Croatia - State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (http://www.dziv.hr/en/default.aspx?pArtID=6&selection=0) - In English and Croatian
Cyprus - Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver (http://www.mcit.gov.cy/mcit/drcor/drcor.nsf/index_en/index_en?OpenDocument) - In English, Greek and Turkish
Czech Republic - Industrial Property Office (http://www.upv.cz/en.html) - In English, Czech, French and German
Denmark - Danish Patent and Trademark Office (http://www.dkpto.org/) - In English and Danish
Estonia - Estonian Patent Office (http://www.epa.ee/en) - In English and Estonian
Finland - National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (http://www.prh.fi/en.html) - In English, Finnish and Swedish
France - Institut Nationale de la Propriété Industrielle (http://www.inpi.fr/) - In French
Georgia - National Intellectual Property Center (http://www.sakpatenti.org.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=16&lang_id=ENG) -- In English and Georgian
Germany - Deutches Patent- und Markeamt (http://www.dpma.de/english/index.html) - In English and German
Greece - Industrial Property Organization (http://www.obi.gr/obi/Default.aspx?tabid=71&) - In English and Greek
Hungary - Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (http://www.hipo.gov.hu/English/) - In English, Hungarian, French and German
Iceland - Icelandic Patent Office (http://www.els.is/en) - In English and Icelandic
Ireland - Irish Patent Office (http://www.patentsoffice.ie/) - In English and Gaelic
Italy - Uffizio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi (http://www.uibm.gov.it/index.php/la-proprieta-industriale) - In Italian (English page under construction)
Latvia - Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia (http://www.lrpv.gov.lv/en) - In English and Latvian
Liechtenstein - Office of Economics (http://www.llv.li/#/1691) In German
Lithuania - State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (http://www.vpb.gov.lt/index.php?l=EN) - In English and Lithuanian
Luxembourg -Direction de la Propriété Intellectuelle (http://www.eco.public.lu/attributions/dg7/d_propriete_intellectuelle/index.html) - In French
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of - State Office of Industrial Property (http://www.ippo.gov.mk/MK/Index_mk.aspxf) - In Macedonian
Malta - Industrial Property Registrations Directorate (http://www.commerce.gov.mt/ipr.asp) - In English
Moldova - State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova (http://agepi.gov.md/en/index.php) - In English, Moldovan, and Russian
Monaco - Public Services of the Princely Government of Monaco: Intellectual Property (http://en.service-public-entreprises.gouv.mc/Intellectual-property/Patents) In English and French
Montenegro - Intellectual Property Office of Montenegro (http://www.ziscg.me/index.php/en) In English and Montenegrin
Netherlands - Netherlands Enterprise Agency (http://english.rvo.nl/topics/innovation/patents-other-ip-rights/) - In English and Dutch
Norway - Norwegian Industrial Property Office (http://www.patentstyret.no/en/english/) - In English and Norwegian
Poland - Polish Patent Office (http://www.uprp.pl/strona-glowna/Menu01,9,0,index,pl/) - In English and Polish
Portugal - Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (http://www.marcasepatentes.pt/) - In English and Portuguese.
Romania - State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (http://www.osim.ro/index3.html) - In English and Romanian
Russian Federation (Russia) - Rospatent (http://www1.fips.ru/wps/wcm/connect/content_en/en) - In English and Russian
San Marino - Patents and Trademarks Office (http://www.usbm.sm/on-line/en/home.html) In English and Italian
Serbia - Intellectual Property Office (hhttp://www.zis.gov.rs/home.59.html) -- In English and Serbian
Slovakia -Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic (http://www.upv.sk/?introduction) - In English and Slovak
Slovenia - Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (http://www.uil-sipo.si/sipo/office/tools/home/) - In English and Slovenian
Spain - Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas (http://www.oepm.es/en/index.html) - In English, Basque, Catalan, Galician and Spanish (Castilian)
Sweden -Swedish Patent and Registration Office (http://www.prv.se/en/) - In English and Swedish
Switzerland - Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (https://www.ige.ch/en.html) - In English, French, German and Italian
Turkey - Turkish Patent Institute (http://www.tpe.gov.tr/portal/default_en.jsp) - In English and Turkish
Ukraine - Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property (http://www.ukrpatent.org/en) - In English and Ukrainian
United Kingdom - Intellectual Property Office (http://www.ipo.gov.uk/) - In English
Barbados - Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (http://www.caipo.gov.bb/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&Itemid=87) - In English
Belize - Belize Intellectual Property Office (http://www.belipo.bz/) - In English
Canada - Canadian Intellectual Property Office (http://www.opic.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/home) - In English and French
Costa Rica - Registro Nacional (http://www.registronacional.go.cr/propiedad_industrial/index.htm) - In Spanish
Cuba - Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial (http://www.ocpi.cu/) - In Spanish
Dominica - Companies and Intellectual Property Office (http://www.cipo.gov.dm) In English
Dominican Republic - Oficina Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial (http://www.onapi.gov.do/) - In Spanish
El Salvador - Centro Nacional de Registros (http://www.cnr.gob.sv/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=83&Itemid=119) - In Spanish
Guatemala - Registro de Propiedad Intelectual (http://www.rpi.gob.gt/) - In Spanish
Honduras - Dirección General de la Propiedad Intelectual (http://www.digepih.webs.com/) - In Spanish
Jamaica - Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (http://www.jipo.gov.jm/) - In English
Mexico - Instituto Mexicono de la Propiedad Industrail (http://www.impi.gob.mx/) - In Spanish
Nicaragua - Registro Propiedad Intelectual (http://rpi.mific.gob.ni/) - In Spanish
Panama - Sistem en línea de Propiedad Industrial (http://www.digerpi.gob.pa/) - In Spanish
Saint Lucia - Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property (http://www.rocip.gov.lc/stlucia/default.aspx) In English
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Commerce & Intellectual Property Office http://www.cipo.gov.vc/) - In English
Trinidad and Tobago - Intellectual Property Office http://www.ipo.gov.tt/) - In English
United States of America - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (http://www.uspto.gov/) - In English
Argentina - Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial (http://www.inpi.gov.ar/) - In Spanish
Bolivia - Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (http://www.senapi.gob.bo/) - In Spanish (English page is under construction)
Brazil - Instituto Nacional de la Propriedade Industrial (http://www.inpi.gov.br/portal/) - In Portuguese
Chile - Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial http://www.inapi.cl/portal/institucional/600/w3-channel.html) - In Spanish
Colombia - Superintendencia Industria y Comercio (http://www.sic.gov.co/) - In Spanish
Ecuador - Instituto Ecuadoriana de Propiedad Intelectual (http://www.propiedadintelectual.gob.ec/) - In Spanish
Guyana - Registry of Deeds, Ministry of Legal Affairs (http://legalaffairs.gov.gy/deeds-registry/registry-overview) In English
Paraguay - Direccion General dePropiedad Intelectual (http://www.mic.gov.py/v1/node/43) In Spanish
Peru - Instituto Nacional de la Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (http://www.indecopi.gob.pe/) - In Spanish
Suriname - Bureau Intellectuele Eigendom (http://www.gov.sr/sr/ministerie-van-juspol/over-justitie-en-politie/departementen/departements-leiding/bureau-intellectuele-eigendom.aspx) In Dutch
Uruguay - Dirección Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial (http://www.miem.gub.uy/web/marcas-y-patentes) - In Spanish
Venezuela - Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Intelectual (http://www.sapi.gob.ve/) - In Spanish