PATLIB European network of IP centers
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March 09 2026, Patent workshops for AGH students, Second year of engineering studies WILGiZ AGH as part of the course:: Cleaner production - Environmental management - AGH University Main Library
The Main Library of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków Inventions of AGH University employees
patents, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks
We provide free access to patent information to all interested parties.
Information queries concerning patents, trademarks and other intellectual property protection items.
We provide preliminary information on procedures before the Polish Patent Office and basic information on industrial property rights protection.
We participate in numerous professional training courses related to IP and cooperate with patent attorneys.
We conduct educational activities for AGH students in the field of searching for patent literature searches in databases and organize classes for other interested user groups.
Seminars, conferences, workshops, meetings related to IP:
We are running a series of posts on FB promoting AGH inventions:
We present posters related to intellectual property.
Articles, presentations related to IP:
Legal acts of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education concerning, among other things, patents:
Examples of footnotes for patent and application descriptions from which quotations or information used in the text are derived. The footnotes presented are only our suggestions for preparing footnotes in scientific works;
- according to the PN-ISO 690:2012 standard:
- according to ISO 690:2021 standard:
You can create footnotes yourself or with the help of bibliography managers.
These are our primary sources of information
PatSeer Explorer contains an international collection of patents (approximately 130 million full texts) from over 100 patent offices worldwide.
A tool for searching patent literature, covering documentation from over 70 of the most important patent offices around the world.
A tool for conducting research in the global patent literature, covering documentation from over 70 of the most important patent offices from around the world.
InPro Badania is a tool supporting the research process in the field of Polish inventions, utility models, industrial designs, and trademarks.
International database of patent documents and utility models maintained by the EPO - European Patent Office.
System of Polish inventions, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies.
Source of information on trademarks, designs, owners, representatives, and bulletins.
Form for registering word or figurative trademarks for SMEs and individuals within the European Economic Area.
Enter the name of the database you are interested in, e.g. DPMAregister or e.g. patents, trademarks.
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| Arbitration and Mediation Center - list of trademark databases available on the Internet https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/trademark/ trademarks, logos, trademarks |
| article 6ter https://6ter.wipo.int/struct-search state emblems and emblems, names, abbreviations of international and intergovernmental organizations. |
| AusPat - patent applications filed and granted in Australia. https://ipsearch.ipaustralia.gov.au/ patents |
| BaDAP - The AGH Authors and Publications Database (BaDAP) presents bibliographic descriptions of publications by employees, doctoral students and students of the AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow. https://badap.agh.edu.pl/ patents |
| BLAST - (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) The database of US National Center for Biotechnology Information is used to search for similarities between biological sequences. https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi biological sequences |
| DEPATISnet - The German Patent Office database provides access to German patent documentation (patents and utility models), international documentation, and national collections, including Polish one. Keyword searches should be conducted in the original language of the documents. https://depatisnet.dpma.de/DepatisNet/ patents, utility models |
| DESIGNview - designs registered in Austria, Bulgaria, Benelux countries, Canada, China..., Poland..., EUIPO, WIPO.. https://www.tmdn.org/tmdsview-web/#/dsview industrial designs |
| DesignClass - a tool assisting users classifying industrial designs. https://euipo.europa.eu/designclass/ industrial designs |
| DPMAregister - database of German registered trademarks. https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/ trademarks |
| eAmbrosia - database of agricultural and food products registered and awaiting registration with the European Commission, as Protected geographical indications (PGI), Protected Designations of Origin (PDoO) and Guaranteed Traditional Specialties (GTS). https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eambrosia/ geographical indications, protected designations of origin, traditional specialties guaranteed |
| eSearch plus - a source of information on trademarks, designs, owners, representatives and bulletins. https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/ trademarks, industrial designs |
| Espacenet - international patent document database maintained by the EPO. https://worldwide.espacenet.com/ patents, utility models |
| FREE PATENTS ONLINE - search engine for US patents and applications, EP and WIPO (PCT) documentation and abstracts JP. https://www.freepatentsonline.com/ patents |
| Global Brand Database - trademarks, appellations of origin, emblems and non-registered international names. https://branddb.wipo.int/ trademarks, appellations of origin, emblems, international names |
| Google Patents - international patent document database maintained by Google. https://patents.google.com/advanced patents, utility models | Hague-Express - international registrations of industrial designs. https://designdb.wipo.int/designdb/hague/en/ industrial designs |
| IPONZ - search engine for patents registered in New Zealand. https://app.iponz.govt.nz/ patents/td> |
| Israel Patents Online - search engine for patents and applications from Israel (IL). https://israelpatents.justice.gov.il/ patents |
| LENS - a set of tools for searching, analyzing and sharing biological DNA, RNA and protein sequences disclosed in patents. Cambia portal (non-profit organization). Patent analysis and data visualization. Searching for cientific publication(NPL). https://www.lens.org/lens/ patents |
| Madrid System Goods & Services Manager - a tool for compiling a list of goods and services to be attached to an international application in the Madrid system for the international registration of trademarks. https://webaccess.wipo.int/mgs/ trademarks |
| PATENTSCOPE - access to the full texts of patent applications filed under the PCT (WO) procedure, including those from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). WIPO platform. https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/ patenty |
| Similarity - a tool for assessing whether participating industrial property offices treat the goods and services in question as similar (and to what extent) or dissimilar. https://euipo.europa.eu/sim/ trademarks |
| SIS - Ukrainian search engine for information on industrial property. https://sis.nipo.gov.ua/en/search/simple/ patents, utility models |
| TMclass - a tool assisting users in classifying goods and services. http://tmclass.tmdn.org/ec2/ trademarks, Nice Classification |
| TMview -trademarks of all trademark offices involved. https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview trademarks |
| WIPO Madrid Monitor - international trademarks, all trademark registrations under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol. https://www3.wipo.int/madrid/monitor/en/ trademarks |
| Institution, description, address |
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| International Patent Classification - IPC - The organization responsible for the International Patent Classification (IPC) system is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), based in Geneva. The IPC is used by patent offices around the world to precisely classify technical solutions described in patent documents using appropriate combinations of letters and numbers - classification symbols (e.g., E21B 43/00). Currently, at least one IPC symbol is provided on the first page of all patent documents. For more information on this topic, visit the following websites WIPO and EPO. http://mkp.uprp.pl/ |
| European Classification - ECLA - internal classification system of the European Patent Office - ECLA is an extended version of MKP based on the same philosophy—relationships within classes, groups, and subgroups. https://www.epo.org |
| Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - Common Patent Classification of the EPO and USPTO. It is an extension of the ECLA classification used by the EPO to date. It is based on the MKP scheme and contains approximately 250,000 entries, compared to 77,000 entries in the MKP and 160,000 in the ECLA. CPC symbols are used in databases, but are not included in the patent documents themselves.. https://www.cooperativepatentclassification.org |
| United States Patent Classification (USPC) - United States Patent Classification https://www.uspto.gov/ |
| FI (Classification) - Japanese Patent Classification https://www.jpo.go.jp/ |
| Nice Classification -The International Classification of Goods and Services is used to select the appropriate classes for applying for trademark and geographical indication protection. The Nice Classification can be searched using the search engine TMclass, available in all official languages of the European Union (UE). https://euipo.europa.eu/ |
| Vienna classification - International Classification of Figurative Elements of Marks. The Vienna Classification can be searched on the WIPO portal. https://nivilo.wipo.int/vienna.htm. | Locarno classification - International classification of industrial designs used for the purposes of registering industrial designs. The Locarno Classification can be searched using the search engine. EuroLocarno, available in all official languages of the European Union (UE). https://www.euipo.europa.eu/ |
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| Directory of Intellectual Property Offices -List of national and regional intellectual property offices https://www.wipo.int/directory/en/urls.jsp |
| European Patent Office - The European Patent Office (EPO) examines European patent applications, enabling inventors, researchers, and companies from around the world to obtain protection for their inventions in up to 45 countries through a centralized and uniform procedure that requires only a single application. https://www.epo.org/en |
| European Union Intellectual Property Office - EUIPO - The European Union Intellectual Property Office is an agency of the European Union (EU) responsible for managing the EU trademark and registered Community design, European and international cooperation in the field of intellectual property (IP), as well as European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights. https://www.euipo.europa.eu/ |
| Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development - The OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, is an intergovernmental organization. Currently, the OECD comprises 36 countries. These are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Canada, the Republic of Korea, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Germany, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United States, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Hungary, the United Kingdom, and Italy. https://www.gov.pl/ |
| United States Patent and Trademark Office - The USPTO, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, is a federal agency responsible for granting patents and registering trademarks. https://www.uspto.gov/ |
| Patent Office of the Republic of Poland - The UPRP is a central government administration body whose primary task is to grant exclusive rights to objects of industrial property protection (for more information, see the Industrial Property Law Act in Legal Acts). https://uprp.gov.pl/pl |
| World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization. https://www.wipo.int/ |
| Visegrad Patent Institute - The Visegrad Patent Institute is an intergovernmental organization whose main objective is to offer users of the patent system in Central and Eastern Europe an advantageous and effective opportunity to obtain patent protection abroad and to facilitate their access to the PCT system. https://vpi.int/pl/ |
| Polish Chamber of Regional and Local Products - An organization bringing together producers of traditional regional and local products. https://www.produktyregionalne.pl/ |
| Association of Polish Inventors and Innovators - An organization bringing together technology developers and individuals working to promote innovation. https://www.polskiewynalazki.pl/ |
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| European Patent Office - The website contains an up-to-date list of European patent attorneys. The database is updated twice a month. https://www.epo.org/en |
| Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys - The website of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys contains, among other things, the addresses of patent attorney offices in individual districts, including the Małopolska District. https://www.rzecznikpatentowy.org.pl/ |
| Patent Office of the Republic of Poland - The current list of patent attorneys and trainees is available on the UPRP website. https://grab.uprp.pl/RzecznicyPatentowi/ |
| Technology Transfer Centers |
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| AGH Center for Cooperation and Technology Transfer - CWiTT AGH manages the University's intellectual property and introduces research results to the market, supports and shapes the culture of entrepreneurship among the academic community. |
| Center of Technology Transfer CITTRU UJ - CTT CITTRU is a unit of the Jagiellonian University responsible for comprehensive cooperation between science and the business environment. |
| PK Technology Transfer Center - The Technology Transfer Center at the Krakow University of Technology is a unit of the Krakow University of Technology. Since its inception in 1997, it has been supporting innovation in the Małopolska region by connecting business with science. It implements national and international projects aimed at developing science and increasing the competitiveness of regional enterprises. |
| Sources of financing |
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| Industrial Development Agency JSC - It supports the development of an innovative economy and strives to increase the competitiveness and development of Polish industry. |
| European Funds Portal - Portal co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund under the Technical Assistance Program. |
| National Chamber of Commerce - NCC is the largest independent business organization in Poland. It was established in 1990. It represents the largest number of entrepreneurs, bringing together 160 business organizations. |
| National Center for Research and Development - The NCRD is a key center for supporting and creating innovative technological and social solutions, creating an ecosystem of knowledge and information about them. It initiates and implements projects that contribute to the country's civilizational development. |
| Polish Agency for Enterprise Development - The Agency's objective is to implement economic development programs that support innovation and research activities of small and medium-sized enterprises, regional development, and export growth. |
| Polish Development Fund - A group of financial and advisory institutions for entrepreneurs, local governments, and private individuals investing in the sustainable social and economic development of the country. |
The history of our Center dates back to the 1950s. It was then that an agreement was concluded between the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland and the Main Library regarding the free transfer of Polish patent descriptions to the AGH Main Library. In 1992, a new agreement was signed with the UPRP, under which the Patent Information Center was formally established, operating within the structures of the AGH Main Library. Thanks to closer cooperation with the Office, the Library's capabilities in providing patent information services have been significantly expanded. In addition to the Polish patent descriptions, official bulletins, and other publications provided free of charge by the UPRP, the Patent Information Center gained access to the first full-text databases of the ESPACE series with international documentation, published at that time on CD/DVD media. The Library was obliged to provide patent information not only to AGH students and employees, but also to anyone outside the University community interested in industrial property protection.
With Poland's accession to the European Patent Convention, the status of existing patent information centers in the country has changed. They have become part of the PATLIB network, supported by the European Patent Organization (EPO), which includes the national patent offices of member countries and patent information centers operating in those countries. There are approximately 300 such centers throughout Europe, providing local access to patent information. The OIP at BG AGH is one of 25 centers operating in Poland. The primary task of PATLB centers is to provide all interested parties with access to patent information and to raise awareness of the benefits of legal protection of industrial and intellectual property. In connection with these changes, a new cooperation agreement was concluded between the UPRP and AGH in 2005. In addition to the existing rules, the centers were given the opportunity to take advantage of EPO support programs, such as access to patent databases, training for employees, and the opportunity to participate in the annual PATLIB conference..
At the PATLIB Summit in 2019, representatives of patent information centers from across Europe adopted a set of recommendations — in a document called the Porto Paper — aimed at increasing EPO support for the PATLIB network. In 2021, the PATLIB 2.0 program was announced, designed to give impetus to expanding the range of services provided by patent information centers in all countries belonging to the European Patent Organization. The PATLIB center at BG AGH is actively participating in the PATLIB 2.0 initiative. The licensed patent information sources available at BG AGH, such as Derwent Innovation and Orbit Intelligence, as well as the services provided, have allowed the Center to qualify at the Advanced level.
Seminars, conferences, training courses, lectures organized in cooperation with our Center
March 09 2026, Patent workshops for AGH students, Second year of engineering studies WILGiZ AGH as part of the course:: Cleaner production - Environmental management - AGH University Main Library
January 30, 2025, Patent workshops for AGH students, Second year of engineering studies WEiP AGH as part of the course: Design and operation of machinery and equipment - AGH University Main Library
March 12, 2025, Patent workshops for AGH students, Second year of engineering studies WILGiZ AGH as part of the course: Cleaner production - Environmental management - AGH University Main Library
March 19, 2025, Expert lecture by the Director of the KOMAG Institute "The role of corporate literature in communist Poland and today. The importance of innovation and patent strategy at the KOMAG Institute" - AGH University Main Library
April 28, 2025, IP DAY 2025 at Main Library AGH under the slogan “IP and music: Feel the beat of IP” - “Let yourself be carried away by the rhythms of IP in music!” Program
June 06, 2025, Workshops on cooperation between patent attorneys and clients in the field of trademarks Brand management and value building Program
October 14, 2024, Patent workshops for AGH students, First year of engineering studies WGGiOŚ AGH - Building A0
October 20 - November 24, 2025, Train the trainer course: Espacenet (for PATLIB centres), staff of European Patent Information Centres PATLIB - online
November 05, 2025, Conducting searches in patent databases, First year of engineering studies WGGiOŚ AGH - Building A0
November 14, 2025, Patent workshops for AGH students, Second year of engineering studies WGGiOŚ AGH - Building A0
December 02, 2025, Patent workshops for AGH students, First year of engineering studies WMN AGH - AGH University Main Library
March 20, 2024, Patent workshops for AGH students, Second year of engineering studies WILGiZ AGH w part of the course: Cleaner production - AGH University Main Library
March 27, 2024, Patent workshops for AGH students, Second year of engineering studies WILGiZ AGH w part of the course: Cleaner production - AGH University Main Library
April 25, 2024, IP DAY 2024 at AGH University under the slogan: AGH tools supporting innovation in the context of sustainable development.
October 16-18, 2024, Training Searching patent databases. Lecture and patent workshops for students WGGiOŚ AGH - Building A0, AGH University Main Library
November 9, 2024, European Inventor's Day. Innovation leaders from AGH 2024
December 5, 2024, Patent workshops for AGH students, First year of engineering studies WGGiOŚ AGH - AGH University Main Library
December 10, 2024, Patent workshops for AGH students, Third year of engineering studies WGGiOŚ AGH - AGH University Main Library
March 24, 2023, Training in patent protection and standardization policy Second year of engineering studies WILGiZ AGH as part of the course cleaner production and environmental law - AGH University Main Library
March 29, 2023, Training for the AGH community
Unitary patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC), Dr. Piotr Godlewski (JWP Patent Attorneys law firm)
April 26, 2023, IP DAY 2023 at AGH University Main Library
May 11-12, 2023, Conference PATLIB 2023- online.
October 11, 2023, Patent workshops for AGH students, First year of engineering studies WGGiOŚ AGH as part of the courseLaw and intellectual property - AGH University Main Library
November 9, 2023, Award ceremony for the best film promoting an invention from AGH University of Science and Technology, “Inventor with Passion”
November 15, 2023, Patent workshops for AGH students, First year of engineering studies WGGiOŚ AGH as part of the course Law and intellectual property - AGH University Main Library
November 30, 2023, Patent workshops for AGH students, First year of engineering studies WGGiOŚ AGH as part of the course Law and intellectual property - AGH University Main Library
December 13, 2023, Honorable mention in the Competition for media coverage of intellectual property protection, including industrial property (document in Polish), organized by the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, for a series of articles entitled New ideas from AGH, inventors from AGH published on Facebook.
Photo from the award ceremony.
December 13, 2023, Historical conference – 105 years of the Patent Office, presentation on cooperation between BG AGH and UPRP.
April 26-28, 2022, World IP Day at AGH
May 12-13, 2021, Conference PATLIB 2022- online.
November 9, 2022, Award ceremony for the best film promoting an invention from AGH University of Science and Technology, “Inventor with Passion”
December 8, 2022, Distinction in the Competition for media coverage on intellectual property protection, including industrial property, organized by the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, for a series of articles entitled Innovative ideas with AGH, published on Facebook
May 18-19, 2021, Conference PATLIB 2021- online.
June 17, 2021, European Inventor of the Year European Inventor Award 2021- online.
March 29, 2019, Lecture EU trademarks. Selected procedural issues before the EUIPO when filing applications for revocation - AGH University Main Library.
April 26, 2019, IP DAY Reach for gold. World Intellectual Property Day - AGH University Main Library.
September 30, 2019, Legal aspects of using artificial intelligence - AGH University Main Library.
November 04, 2019, International PCT applications in the US patent system - AGH University Main Library.
February 26, 2018, Lecture GPDR, or new rules for personal data protection in the work of patent attorneys – how to prepare? - AGH University Main Library.
April 12, 2018, Training Biotechnology inventions – practical aspects - AGH University Main Library. Photos from the seminar Downloadable materials: Special rules for patent protection of biotechnological inventions, In search of (patented?) nucleotide and amino acid sequences.
June 6, 2018, Seminar Patenting inventions - foreign procedures - AGH University Main Library. Photos from the seminar.
September 13, 2018, Training Practical aspects of patent protection for computer programs - AGH University Main Library. Photos from the seminar
October 5–6, 2018, Seminar Patent protection in the international PCT procedure - AGH University Main Library. Photos from the seminar
September 6, 2017, Training Orbit Intelligence training, AGH University Main Library. Downloadable materials: Training advanced search, ANALYSIS training.
October 5, 2017, Seminar Introduction to EQE Training - AGH University Main Library.
June 1-2, 2016. Workshops How to search patent databases using EPO tools?, Kraków, AGH University Main Library. Downloadable materials: Espacenet.pdf (presentation in Polish), EPO Register.pdf, CCD.pdf
June 6, 2016, Training EPO vs. USPTO - differences in patent procedure, Kraków, AGH University Main Library. Downloadable materials: After Final Options.pdf, Patentable Subject Matter US.pdf
December 8, 2016, Workshops ESPACENET USER DAY - Kraków, AGH University Main Library.
December 15, 2016, Seminar Introduction to EQE Training - AGH University Main Library. Downloadable materials: European Qualifying Examination - Introduction Seminar Materials, Tools and On-line Training for the EQE exam offered by EPO and other organisations
January 16, 2015, Training The system for worldwide filing of patent applications procedure for obtaining patent protection abroad under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) - Krakow, AGH University of Science and Technology.
April 15, 2015, Lecture: “Invalidation of Polish and European patents with effect in Poland” (Lecturer: European Patent Attorney Andrzej Kacperski) - Krakow, AGH University of Science and Technology.
June 17, 2015, Workshop: “Practical aspects of searching patent databases, with particular emphasis on Asian countries” - Kraków, AGH University Main Library.
October 20, 2015, Training Drafting of the description and protective claims of a utility model Kraków, AGH University Main Library.
May 8–9, 2014, Free workshops for AGH employees, small and medium-sized enterprises, and IP experts EPO Patent Information Tools - workshop (document in Polish), Kraków, AGH University Main Library.
May 25, 2012, Free workshops for AGH employees Strategies for searching patent databases (document in Polish), Krakow AGH.
21.11.2008, Training in Krakow Industrial property in pharmacy – current issues. Names of medicines in advertising (document in Polish).
September 25-26, 2007, Training workshops in Krakow Strengthening the protection of intellectual and industrial property rights more information... (document in Polish)
May 23, 2006, Conference in Prague PATLIBs serving innovation.
November 20, 2006, Seminar in Krakow Patents and technology transfer (presentation in Polish) more information... (document in Polish)
January 31, 2005, Conclusion of a new cooperation agreement between the Polish Patent Office and the AGH University of Science and Technology. Following the signing of the agreement, the Regional Patent Information Center was established within the structures of the AGH Main Library.
September 17, 2005, Organization of a seminar at the AGH Main Library entitled Cooperation with the European Patent Office (presentation in Polish)
March 1, 2004, Poland's accession to the “Convention on the Grant of European Patents.” The patent information centers existing in the country became part of the PATLIB network, which includes the national patent offices of member countries and regional patent information centers. There are approximately 300 such centers throughout Europe, providing local access to patent information. The AGH Patent Information Center in Krakow is one of 27 centers operating in Poland.
Closer cooperation between institutions in the area of free transfer to BG AGH by the Polish Patent Office: Polish patent descriptions, bulletins, the Patent Office's own publications, and full-text databases on CD: Espace-World, Espace-Access (A), Espace-Preces (July 30, 1992 – cooperation agreement between the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland and the Main Library of AGH University of Science and Technology (a Patent Information Center was established within the Library).
Agreement between institutions on the free transfer of Polish patent descriptions to AGH University Main Library.
You can obtain the following titles at our Center.
Some of them are available in electronic form, as .pdf files on the UPRP website in the tab Other publications by the UPRP
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while supplies lastMain Library of the Stanisław Staszic AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow
PATLIB Patent Information Center, II floor, room 213
Adam Mickiewicz Avenue 30, 30-059 Krakow
Telefon: +48 126173217
Email: patenty@bg.agh.edu.pl
Coordinator: Agnieszka Podrazik, phone number + 48 12 6173207, email: agnieszka.podrazik@bg.agh.edu.pl
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