SR&ED Useful Links

I) Intellectual Property

Some of the most popular, public, patent search portals include:

•  World Intellectual Property Organization - www.wipo.int

•  Canadian Intellectual Property Office - www.cipo.ca

•  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - www.uspto.gov

•  European Patent Office - www.european-patent-office.org

•  Japan Patent Office - www.jpo.go.jp

II) Canada - Tax cretids and Grants for research

a) Tax credits

•  CRA SR&ED website - www.cra-arc.gc.ca/taxcredit/sred

•  Provincial SR&ED incentives - http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/taxcredit/sred/prov-e.html

b) Grants & other government assistance

•  National Research Council Canada

•  Canadian Technology Network - find research specialists - http://ctn-rct.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/

•  Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) - source of grants - http://irap-pari.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

•  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada - source of government researcher specialist s - looking for co-funding - www.nserc.ca

III) United States

•  IRS SR&ED website - www.irs.gov

IV) International SR&ED tax credits

•  Coming soon