Corporate Information

The world's most competitive businesses are built on protected innovations and brands.

As exclusive rights to ideas and innovations take up a growing share of company value, patent and trademark information are fast becoming the cornerstone of all corporate strategies: marketing, R&D, business development, finance, legal, human resources and information technology.
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Our Mission

Help our customers to be accurate and productive when facing the Intellectual Property challenges.
We are commited to provide the most comprehensive and current databases and to continually innovate to make our search, analysis, alert and management services more efficient.
Quality and customer service will always remain our first priorities.

Our Company

Questel has been focusing on its core business, Intellectual Property, for more than 30 years. Our worldwide recognized expertise is the result of privileged relationships with our customers and partners, and a constant integration of their needs in our offering.
Our company is the result of the merging 10 years ago of Questel, a European-based company, and Orbit, a US-based company. Both companies also had a solid basis in Asia and Oceania.
Lately, Questel has acquired DigiPat, Edital and DesignFinder.

DigiPat service provides patent copies, US and foreign file histories, and special PTO documents on request.
With one of the industry’s largest collections of File Histories, our experienced staff at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), and our international alliances, we are able to supply both US and foreign documents quickly to our clients.

Edital was established in Brussels, the heart of Europe, in 1982. For more than 20 years our sole purpose was, and still is, to create smart solutions for the Intellectual Property professional.
Our vision is to be an IP business solutions provider, widely recognised for innovative, high quality IP services and products, aiming to provide daily peace of mind and enhance your office workflow.
Our focus is establishing a long-term partnership with you, understanding your requirements and moulding a solution to match your way of conducting business.

DesignFinder is a subscription based system that collects Industrial Design information from around the world and presents this content in a unified platform that allows searching and a variety of other features.

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