Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Organisation
Alternative name PRH
Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) registers, examines and supervises – works to ensure the success of Finnish society.
PRH registers companies, foundations, associations, religious communities, and LEI codes. PRH examines and grants patents, and registers utility models, trademarks and designs. PRH oversees and approves auditors. PRH also monitors that the organisations for collective management of copyright comply with the Finnish Act on Collective Management of Copyright.
PRH offers a wide range of advisory and information services, and courses.
PRH's office is an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for international PCT patent applications.
What services can I get?
- Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Applying for a patentFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceA patent granted by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office gives you an exclusive right to your invention that forbids others from exploiting it. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Applying for a trademarkFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceTo obtain exclusive trademark rights, apply for its registration. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Applying for a utility modelFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceA utility model is an exclusive right to professionally use an invention, similar to the patent. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Business and entity Information System’s (YTJ) information servicesFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic servicePRH and Tax administration maintain YTJ register that provides basic details of businesses, foundations and entities. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Buying register extracts and certificatesFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceYou can order extracts and certificates from the registers maintained by PRH. All products can be delivered by post. Some can be bought online. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Consent to being a responsible personFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceYou must give your consent for registration if you have filed a prohibition of registration and you are notified as a responsible person. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Design rightFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceA design right gives you exclusive rights to the products you have designed. Register your design at the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH). - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Details on beneficial owners from the Finnish Trade RegisterFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceThe PRH provides details on beneficial owners entered in the Trade Register. The details are not public in the same way as other company details. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
End of approval and restoration of approval of an auditorFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceAn auditor can request the Finnish Patent and Registration Office to end or to restore his or her approval. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Floating charge information servicesFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceInformation on floating charge, such as a stress certificate, can be obtained from the floating charge register maintained by the PRH. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Information on design rightsFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceThe PRH Design Database provides information on pending design applications and valid design registrations in Finland. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Information on patents and utility modelsFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceThe PRH’s patent information services provide information on patents, utility models and supplementary protection certificates. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Information on trademarksFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceSearch for data on pending trademark applications and valid registrations in Finland, and the List of Trademarks with a Reputation in Finland. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Prohibition of registrationFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceYou can prohibit the PRH from entering you in the Finnish Trade Register, the Finnish Register of Associations or the Finnish Register of Foundations - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Register data on associationsFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic servicePRH provides register data on associations. You can search for information, extracts or rules on the electronic data services or order a document. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Search services for trademarks, patents and design rightsFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceYou can commission PRH to run a search on patents, trademarks and design rights. - Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Trade Register information servicesFinnish Patent and Registration Office
ServiceNationwidePublic serviceTrade Register provides information on business representatives, final accounts and rules, such as articles of association. The information is public.
Information on all services is not available in your chosen language. Change the language of the site to receive information on services in other languages.
See more service channels by this organization
Design Information Service
E-serviceNationwideThe Design Information Service includes registrations made in Finland and applications filed in Finland for design registration.Open 24 hours a day.Espacenet patent searh
E-serviceNationwideEspacenet provides you with patent and utility model documents from all over the world.Open 24 hours a day.Information Service of the Finnish Register of Associations
E-serviceNationwideThe information service offers basic details of Finnish associations. You can buy electronic register extracts or rules for immediate use.Open 24 hours a day.List of Trademarks with a Reputation
E-serviceNationwideThe List of Trademarks with a Reputation in FinlandOpen 24 hours a day.Name checking service for companies
E-serviceNationwideCheck if the name you are considering for a new company qualifies for registration.Online filing service to the Register of Associations - Electronic notice
E-serviceNationwideUse our online filing service in Finnish or in Swedish to file your start-up notification or to file changes to the details of the association.Open 24 hours a day.Online form for prohibition of registration
E-serviceNationwideUse our online form to file your prohibition of registration. Log in to the online form. Fill in and send the form.Online patent application
E-serviceNationwideOnline patent application for a national patent in Finland.Open 24 hours a day.Patent information service
E-serviceNationwideBasic information and documents related to Finnish patent applications and registrations and European patents valid in Finland.Open 24 hours a day.The Business Information System BIS (YTJ)
E-serviceNationwideThe Business Information System BIS (YTJ in Finnish), notifications to Finnish Patent and Registration Office and to the Finnish Tax Administration.Trademark Information Service
E-serviceNationwideTrademark Information Service provides details of pending national and international (WIPO) trademark applications and valid registrations in Finland.Open 24 hours a day.Virre Information Service
E-serviceNationwideVirre Information Service provides easy access to official register information about companies, businesses, foundations and enterprise mortgages.Open 24 hours a day.
Forms for religious communities
FormNationwideReligious communities' notifications are made using forms.Utility model application
FormNationwideApplication to register a utility model
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PRH Client Service, Telephone Service
Telephone serviceNationwidePRH Client Service, general adviceMonday-Friday 9.00–15.00Telephone:PRH Client Service, general advice+358 292095050(local/mobile network fee)PRH customer service for beneficiary notification
Telephone serviceNationwidePRH customer service, notification of beneficiariesMonday-Friday 9.00–15.00Telephone:+358 295095030(local/mobile network fee)PRH customer service for matters related to patents and utility models
Telephone serviceNationwidePRH customer service, patents and utility modelsMonday-Friday 9.00–15.00Telephone:+358 295095030(local/mobile network fee)PRH customer service for matters related to the trade register or enterprise mortgage
Telephone serviceNationwidePRH customer service, the trade register and enterprise mortgageMonday-Friday 9.00–15.00Telephone:+358 295095030(local/mobile network fee)PRH telephone exchange
Telephone serviceNationwidePRH telephone exchange, Mon - Fri 8.00 - 16.15Monday-Friday 8.00–16.15Telephone:PRH telephone exchange+358 29209500(local/mobile network fee)
Instructions at prh.fi: Prohibition of registration and giving consent to being responsible person
WebsiteNationwideInstructions and links to online forms on prohibition of registration, consent to being a responsible person and canceling the prohibitionthe prh.fi website
WebsiteNationwidethe prh.fi website: trade register, associations, foundations, enterprise mortgages, LEI codes auditor oversight, trademarks, designs, patentsYtj.fi website
WebsiteNationwideYTJ is a joint service of PRH and the Tax Administration where you can send a notification to both authorities at the same time.
Information on all service channels is not available in your chosen language. Change the language of the site to receive information on service channels in other languages.
Registry
kirjaamo@prh.fi
Address
Client service, street address
Sörnäisten rantatie 13 C
00530 Helsinki
Organisation identification data
Business ID: 0244683-1
Telephone number
Telephone exchange
+358 292095000 (local/mobile network fee)
Website
Postal address
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00091 Prh