Office Contacts for Specific Enquiries

If you would like to speak to somebody about your file, or there’s a specific section of CIPO you’d like to reach, please use the contact information below.

For all other enquiries not listed below, please contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.


Copyrights
For general enquiries, contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.
Person or section Contact Information
Director, Copyrights and Industrial Designs Branch
Félix Dionne
Assignments 819-934-5218
Certification
Formalities
Registration
Status
Industrial Designs
For general enquiries, contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.
Person or section Contact Information
Director, Copyrights and Industrial Designs Branch
Félix Dionne
Assignments 819-934-5218
Classification 819-934-5218
Examination
Formalities 819-934-5218
Registration 819-934-5218
Status 819-934-5218
Integrated Circuit Topographies
For general enquiries, contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.
Person or section Contact Information
Director, Copyrights and Industrial Designs Branch
Félix Dionne
Assignments 819-934-5218
Certification
Formalities
Registration
Status
Patents
For general enquiries, contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.
Person or section Contact Information
Assistant Commissioner of Patents
Agnès Lajoie
Allowance 819-997-2839
Classification 819-997-3007
Examination
Formalities and Assignments
  • formalities issues
  • assignments after filing
  • 819-994-0045
  • 819-997-1950
Grant/Publications 819-997-1214
Maintenance Fees 819-956-7049
PCT International Receiving Office 819-997-0868 1-866-318-9638
PCT National Office 819-953-7683
Patent Appeal Board
For general enquiries, contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.
Person or section Contact Information
Acting Chair, Patent Appeal Board
Chris Evans
Board enquiries 819-997-1925
Patent Agent Exam and Trade-mark Agent Exam 1-866-997-1936
Trade-marks
For general enquiries, contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.
Person or section Contact Information
Director General, Trade-marks Branch
Lisa Power
Assignments 819-997-2590
Examination
Formalities 819-953-8575
Journal 819-956-8394
Registration 819-934-9278
Renewals 819-997-2590
Trade-marks Opposition Board
For general enquiries, contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.
Person or section Contact Information
Chair, Trade-marks Opposition Board
Darlene Carreau
Reception

Executive Office
For general enquiries, contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.
Person or section Contact Information
Reception 819-997-1857
Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade-marks and Chief Executive Officer
Sylvain Laporte
Executive Director
Pierre R. Bélisle
Finance
For general enquiries, contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.
Person or section Contact Information
Director, Finance Branch
André Rousseau
Deposit accounts
Daniel Charette
819-994-2269
Payment enquiries
Daniel Charette
Refunds
Nathalie Nadon
819-994-0884
Intellectual Property Outreach Program
For general enquiries, contact the Client Service Centre at 1-866-997-1936.
Person or section Contact Information
A/Director, Information Branch
Marie-Andrée Katia Bertand
IP Bank of Speakers 1-866-997-1936
IP Case Studies 1-866-997-1936
Manager, Outreach Program
Richard Leclerc
819-997-2086
Media Relations
Person or section Contact Information
Industry Canada media relations
(for all media enquiries)
613-943-2502