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  • Main types of publications (content outline and medium):

    • Gazette documents are in PDF format.

    • All Industrial Designs Official Gazette (2005-2024): https://www.fips.ru/publication-web/bulletins/PO?lang=en

    • Catalog of Publications and Databases (Patent Information Products section, in Russian): https://www.fips.ru/vse-uslugi/patentno-informatsionnye-produkty/

    • Main Publication Types:

      Publication TitleType of PublicationPublication Frequency
      Official Publications of Rospatent on Industrial Designs
      Official Bulletin "Industrial Designs", including sections:
      Once a month (12 issues per year)
      Official NoticesPublication of regulatory acts of the Russian Federation on intellectual property protection, regulatory acts of Rospatent, and other official documents and notices related to intellectual property issues.
      Applications of the Russian Federation for Industrial DesignsInformation on applications for the grant of a patent of the Russian Federation for an industrial design.
      "Patents of the Russian Federation for Industrial Designs"Bibliographic data; image(s) of the article(s) (photograph(s), drawing(s), including those made by computer graphics, reproductions, or other methods, i.e., images of the article giving a complete picture of all essential features of the industrial design.
      "Notices"Publication of information on changes made to the entries in the State Register of Industrial Designs of the Russian Federation.
      Court Decisions on Infringement of Patent Owners' RightsCourt decisions on infringement of patent owners' rights (at the request of the patent owner).

      Rospatent Annual Report for 2024 (on CD and on website) 

      The structure and composition of data is determined by Rospatent.Once a year


  • Official Gazettes (announcement types, frequency, medium):

    • The Official Bulletins "Industrial Designs" during 2024 are posted on the website of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Federal Institute of Industrial Property" (FIPS), subordinate to Rospatent, in the "Official Publications" section in free access and are an operational and exhaustive source of information. ISSN 2313-7460.

    • Bulletin documents are presented in PDF format.

    • Starting from January 10, 2017, continuous publication of information on industrial designs in the official bulletins immediately after making entries in the State Register of Industrial Designs has continued.

    • Notification Types Published:

      • Published Applications: HZ9L (Owner name change), HC9L (Author details change), HE9L (Correspondence address change), FA9L (Application withdrawal/recognition as withdrawn), HK9L (Error correction), HH9L (Other changes).

      • State Registration Changes: PD4L (Owner name change), TC4L (Author details change), TE4L (Correspondence address change).

      • Patent Termination/Restoration: MZ4L (Termination by owner request), MM4L (Termination for non-payment), MK4L (Termination upon expiry), NF4L (Restoration), MF4L (Revocation - full/partial), NG4L (New patent grant due to partial invalidity).

      • Term Extension/Duplicate: ND4L (Term extension by owner request), RH4L (Duplicate grant).

      • Agreements/Right Transfers: PC4L (Alienation agreement/Transfer without agreement), QB4L (Right of use grant/Pledge agreement), QZ4L (Agreement amendments), QC4L (Agreement termination), QA4L (Open License Statement), QZ4L (Open License withdrawal).

      • Other Notices: TK4L (Error correction in Register/Gazette), RZ4L (Other registration changes).

    • Online Publication Access:

  • Information products for examiners (coverage, medium, external docs/databases):

    • FIPS examiners can access all freely available Internet resources containing information about industrial designs.

    • Minimum search scope: Russia, Germany, UK, Spain, USA, France, Japan, WIPO. Scope can include any generally available documents regardless of language, age, or type.

    • A regularly updated list of available databases is located on the internal network, covering resources from the minimum scope countries and ~70 additional countries/organizations, with web addresses and search descriptions.

    • Hague System Registrations searched in: International Designs Bulletin, Hague Express, Global Design Database.

    • In 2024, external users were granted access to the new Rospatent Search Platform containing industrial design information: https://searchplatform.rospatent.gov.ru/ 

  • Information products/services for external users (coverage, medium, access conditions):

    • Annual Report par.2.2, p.47 referenced.

    • The Design Fund is free for external users. The Paper Designs Fund includes:

      • Collections of industrial design publications (RU/foreign bulletins 1992-2013)

      • Domestic/foreign books/periodicals on art design, technical aesthetics, advertising

      • Advertising brochures/catalogues (domestic/foreign orgs/firms)

    • Access via reading room at FIPS All-Russian Patent and Technical Library (VPTB FIPS).

    • Free database access in VPTB FIPS electronic resources room & via Rospatent search platform: https://searchplatform.rospatent.gov.ru/ 

    • To activate FIPS publishing on intellectual property for users, subscription-based information products continued in 2024, primarily electronic (CD/DVD/USB/FTP), with official bulletins central. The list of 2024 publications/databases and acquisition procedure is in the FIPS Prospectus: https://www.fips.ru/vse-uslugi/patentno-informatsionnye-produkty/ (in Russian)

  • Legal status information (kind, coverage, medium):

    • All patent document databases contain monthly updated legal status information.

    • Published in the Industrial Designs Official Gazette on FIPS and Rospatent websites.

    • Available via Open Registers on the Office website: https://www.fips.ru/registers-web/

    • Information on the legal status of industrial designs is published in the Rospatent Official Bulletins "Industrial Designs" on the FIPS and Rospatent websites, as well as in FIPS bulletins "Industrial Designs" on CD/DVD:

      • Information on the grant of Russian patents for industrial designs.

      • Information on changes made to the State Register of Industrial Designs of the Russian Federation (the "Notices" section of the bulletin). Since December 2017, the abovementioned types of notices have been published in the "Notices" section of the official bulletin.

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V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION


VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

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VII. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO STANDARDS CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

Note: For each Standard listed below, please enter one of the following values: 

  • "Implemented";
  • "On implementation phase";
  • "Planning to implement";  and
  • "No plan to implement"


WIPO Standard ST.3: Two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and organizations

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