Provider Reference
IPKit connects to 11 providers — 10 intellectual property offices plus the Lens.org cross-jurisdiction patent aggregator. All provider credentials are pre-configured on the hosted server.
Capabilities Matrix
Section titled “Capabilities Matrix”| Feature | US | EU | AU | NZ | WIPO | GB | CA | JP | CN | EP | LENS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trademark search | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Number only | Number only | Number only | Number only | — | — |
| Design search | — | Full | Full | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patent search | — | — | Full | — | — | — | — | — | — | Full | Full |
| Name search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Owner search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Number search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Fuzzy search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Status details | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Basic | Basic | Basic | Basic | Full | Full |
| Nice class filtering | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| G&S validation | — | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend:
- Full — complete search and detail retrieval
- Number only — lookup by application or registration number only (no name/owner search)
- Basic — limited status information compared to full providers
USPTO (United States)
Section titled “USPTO (United States)”United States Patent and Trademark Office — uspto.gov
- Full trademark search by name, owner, number, and fuzzy similarity
- Detailed trademark records including prosecution history, goods and services, and owner information
- Nice class filtering on search queries
EUIPO (European Union)
Section titled “EUIPO (European Union)”European Union Intellectual Property Office — euipo.europa.eu
- Full trademark search with name, owner, number, and fuzzy matching
- EU design search with Locarno classification filtering
- Goods and Services validation and translation via the EUIPO Harmonised Database
- Person lookup for applicants and representatives
- Applicant portfolio search across trademarks and designs
IP Australia
Section titled “IP Australia”IP Australia — ipaustralia.gov.au
- Full trademark search with name, owner, number, and fuzzy matching
- AU design search with Locarno classification
- AU patent search with IPC classification
- Detailed records including prosecution history, owners, and representatives
IPONZ (New Zealand)
Section titled “IPONZ (New Zealand)”Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand — iponz.govt.nz
- Full trademark search by name, owner, number, and fuzzy similarity
- Detailed trademark records with status history
- Nice class filtering
World Intellectual Property Organization — Global Brand Database — branddb.wipo.int
- Full trademark search by name and owner across Madrid System international registrations
- Number lookup for international registration numbers
- Nice class filtering
UKIPO (United Kingdom)
Section titled “UKIPO (United Kingdom)”UK Intellectual Property Office — gov.uk/ipo
- Trademark lookup by application or registration number
- Basic status information
- No name, owner, or fuzzy search
CIPO (Canada)
Section titled “CIPO (Canada)”Canadian Intellectual Property Office — canada.ca/cipo
- Trademark lookup by application or registration number
- Basic status information
- No name, owner, or fuzzy search
JPO (Japan)
Section titled “JPO (Japan)”Japan Patent Office — jpo.go.jp
- Trademark lookup by application or registration number
- Basic status information
- No name, owner, or fuzzy search
CNIPA (China)
Section titled “CNIPA (China)”China National Intellectual Property Administration — cnipa.gov.cn
- Trademark lookup by application or registration number
- Basic status information
- No name, owner, or fuzzy search
EPO (European Patent Office)
Section titled “EPO (European Patent Office)”European Patent Office — Open Patent Services — epo.org
- Patent search across 130M+ documents worldwide
- Full patent details including abstract, claims, description, and drawings
- INPADOC patent family search across jurisdictions
- IPC and CPC classification
- Patent bibliographic data, publication events, and legal status
- Patent-only provider (no trademark or design search)
Lens.org
Section titled “Lens.org”Lens.org — Patent & Scholarly Search — lens.org
- Patent search across 130M+ documents covering 100+ jurisdictions
- Full patent details including bibliographic data, classification, and legal status
- IPC and CPC classification
- Scholarly-patent citation linkage via the
lens_prior_arttool — connects patent documents to the scholarly articles that cite them or are cited by them. No other IPKit provider offers this. - Patent-only provider (no trademark or design search)