Belgian Office for Intellectual Property
The Belgian Office for Intellectual Property is a Belgian government office to manage patent filing and rights. OPRI is based in Brussels, and is part of the Federal Public Service Economy.
OPRI coordinates with the European Patent Office and helps offer the Benelux Patent Platform. Inventors choose whether to have their patent cover Belgium or internationally. As of April 1, 2018, however, OPRI no longer receives patent applications under the global Patent Cooperation Treaty.