Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 11:03:56 -0500 From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: PATNEWS: List of patent repositories in the United Kingdom !110794 Patent repositories in England Similar to the United States, the United Kingdom Patent Office supplies a variety of UK libraries with patent information and searching materials while having a central public access facility in London. The central London facility is at: Science Refernce and Information Service Holborn Reading Room 25 Southhampton Buildings London WC2A 1AW which amongst other things has a complete set of the ESPACE CDROMs, which contains the full images to EPO applications (which can be printed) and CDROMs with abstracts to the EPO applications. These facilities also have paper holdings of issued patents from most patents around the world (which I will list in a separate posting). The other facilities are at: ABERDEEN Central Library, Rosemount Viaduct, AB9 1GU Tel: 01224 634622 BELFAST Central Library, Royal Avenue, BT1 1EA Tel: 01232 243233 BIRMINGHAM Central Library, Patents Department, Paradise Circus, B3 3HQ Tel: 0121-235 4537 BRISTOL Central Library, Commerce & Industry Department, College Green, BS1 5Tl Tel: 0117 9276121 COVENTRY Library, Coventry Polytechnic, Much Park Street, CV1 2HF Tel: 01203 838448 GLASGOW Science and Technology Department, Mitchell Library, North Street, G3 7DN Tel: 0141-221 7030 LEEDS Patents Information Unit, 32 York Road, LS9 8TD Tel: 0113 2488747 LIVERPOOL City Library, Patent Library, William Brown Street, L3 8EW Tel: 0151-225 5442 LONDON Science Museum Library, South Kensington, SW7 5NH Tel: 0171-589 3456 MANCHESTER Central Library, St. Peter's Square, M2 5PD Tel: 0161-234 1987 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Patents Advice Centre, Central Library, Princess Square, NE99 1DX Tel: 0191-232 4601 PLYMOUTH Central Library, Reference Department, Drake Circus, PL4 8AL Tel: 01752 385906 PORTSMOUTH Central Library, Guildhall Square, PO1 2DX Tel: 01705 819311 SHEFFIELD Commerce and Technology Library, Central Library, Surrey Street, S1 1XZ Tel: 0114 2734742 UK Patent Office publications can be purchased from: Sales Branch Patent Office Room 3.Y31 Concept House Cardiff Road Newport, Gwent NP9 1RH Tel: 01633 814420 Fax: 01633 814850 ==================== Greg Aharonian Internet Patent News Service (for subscription info, send 'help' to patents@world.std.com ) (for prior art search services info, send 'prior' to patents@world.std.com ) (for WWW patent searching, try http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/intropat.html )