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Patent library: equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries
The IPO continually checks and amends bibliographical data and in such way improves the national patent data base of documents MIMOSA RS. At the beginning of November 2015, the digitalization of all available national patent documents was completed since 1921 until the present day, and they were placed on the Server of published patent documents and also MIMOSA – national data base of patent documents has been completed, so digitalization was finalized in compliance with one of the measures of the National Intellectual Property Development Strategy 2011-2015. Also in the course of 2016, 1075 newly published patent documents were placed in the database MIMOSA RS which are available for online searching. National patent collection in electronics formats now consists of: 42 906 published patent applications (A, A1,A2, A3), 49 924 (B, B1) granted patents and 1 507 petty patents since 1921.
http://www.zis.gov.rs/left/databases.421.html
Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
Office's initiatives on providing foreign patent information in the local language(s) (e.g., machine translation tools, translation of abstracts)
Cooperation with universities, research centers, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
Other activities
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION
International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information
Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information
At the Patent library to customers the information has been offered on daily basis and the number of clients that came to the IPO personally with the request for obtaining information was 892, including mostly natural persons – 334 and lawyers. There are 5 workstations for individual or assisted search through internal and external IPR databases.
– 321. Then, there were the representatives of business companies (142) and faculties (95). In relation to 2015, the number of clients has increased for 17.78%. Those information and consultations are additional to the consultations offered by Education and information center (2207) and altogether represent 3100 customers at the Office.
The IPO continually checks and amends bibliographical data and in such way improves the national patent data base of documents MIMOSA RS. At the beginning of November 2015, the digitalization of all available national patent documents was completed since 1921 until the present day, and they were placed on the Server of published patent documents and also MIMOSA – national data base of patent documents has been completed, so digitalization was finalized in compliance with one of the measures of the National Intellectual Property Development Strategy 2011-2015. Also in the course of 2016, 1075 newly published patent documents were placed in the database MIMOSA RS which are available for online searching. National patent collection in electronics formats now consists of: 42 906 published patent applications (A, A1,A2, A3), 49 924 (B, B1) granted patents and 1 507 petty patents since 1921.
http://www.zis.gov.rs/left/databases.421.html
There is no other Patent library in Serbia and Patlib centers beside the IPO, but due to the online availability, Office offers free of charge workshops for searching patent database.
Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
Information on procedures before IPO is available under the link for patents as well as procedures for international protection through PCT and EPC – How to file European Patent. There are additional electronic publications at the website of IPO and its Education and Information Center: different kind of leaflets, brochures of WIPO - IP for business series, the EPO brochure on searching Espacenet – introduction to the database of ideas is available. These leaflets and brochures in printed version were used primarily for the representation of the Office at the fairs, exhibitions and seminars all over the Serbia as well as information for IPO website’s visitors.
http://www.zis.gov.rs/електронска-издања.1017.html
The three EIC Newsletters are issued within 2016 and delivered to the customers in printed (500pieces) or electronic format (1200 contacts from CRM).
http://www.zis.gov.rs/bilten.812.html
Office's initiatives on providing foreign patent information in the local language(s) (e.g., machine translation tools, translation of abstracts)
Since 2013, Serbian language was incorporated in the machine program translator “Patent Translate” in Espacenet, enabling the use of service of the machine translation into the Serbian language of patent documentation available through the database Espacenet and at the server of published European patent documents (around 90 million patent documents).
Cooperation with universities, research centers, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
IPO has a close cooperation with the Technology Transfer Office of Belgrade University. Also with the Novi Sad University it is still ongoing EU project Mastering Innovation with the inclusion of IP Curricula in innovation management education, with the Kragujevac University ongoing participation in EU project Institutional framework for the third mission of universities in Serbia.
Education and information center had 19 seminars for the faculties and institutes which are the part of universities. Topics covered for this target group were mostly patent procedures, patent application drafting, searching patent documentation and ownership on patents. 683 students and researchers participated in those trainings in 2016.
Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
In the framework of activities of education in 2016, over 60 various educative seminars and informative events were organized where 1295 interested persons participated. Training courses were held beside for above mentioned universities and R&D institutions, and for SME support organization and SMEs, for general public etc.
Service for improvement SMEs in IP protection and management – Intellectual property prediagnosis was provided for 45 SMEs.
The IPO traditionally took part at several business fairs and fairs for support to the inventions and creativity in 2016. IPO had a stand at the following fairs:
- Science is not a bogeyman, Nis, March 2016
- International Agricultural fair in Novi Sad, May 2015
- INOCOOP Fair of entrepreneurship in Zrenjanin - August 2015
- TESLA FEST in Novi Sad -the biggest inventor's exhibition in Serbia, October 2015
- International Trade fair MOS Celje, Slovenia, September 2016
-Trade fair in Paracin, October 2016
Other activities
On the occasion of the 96 years of the protection of intellectual property in the Republic of Serbia 16th November 2016, series of manifestations and seminars and promotions were held.
In the May 2016 in Belgrade, EPO meeting was organized for the exchange of experiences and best practices in the examination of patent applications in the field of food technologies.
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION
International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information
For the purpose of data exchange with the EPO database Espacenet, all nationally published patent documents in 2016 with RS country code are uploaded regularly, including bibliographic data, abstracts, full text document (in PDF). Also, exchange of national data on EP validation for European Federated register continued.
Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information
In 2015, the IP Office Serbia developed jointly with the EPO content of the new Bilateral Co-operation Plan for the years 2016-2018 which comprises 8 projects. In preparation for signing the new BCP for the years 2016-2018, the IPO Serbia staff has prepared Federated Register, Espacenet New and Quality at Source project cards which included planning the activities for the following years.
Various activities implemented within the framework of the BCP were targeted at raising patent awareness among the users of the IP system. Within previous BCP which ended in 2016 different activities were conducted within "Awareness of the European patent system" project supporting. IPO Serbia participated with stands at international fairs (Novi Sad and Celje). The WIPO supported organization of IPO’s competition for inventions in 5 categoties on the occasion of 96th IPO Anniversary and “WIPO International Conference on Innovations and Intellectual Property” in Novi Sad.
The main objective of these activities was to enhance the patent knowledge of SMEs, industry and academic institutions and to increase their use of the European patent system. Also, supported by EPO, 45 Intellectual property diagnosis services were conducted for SMEs with the patent information products and search advice included in the IPP reports.
Assistance to developing countries
One of the experts of the IPO, in the organization of WIPO went to the expert visit to the offices of San Marino, Bulgaria and Belarus for the sake of upgrading their electronic systems.
During the ЕPO meeting in Tirana, Albania in June 2016, as an example of the best practice in the performing of service Intellectual Property Pre-diagnosis, the activities of IPO were presented. Also, in the framework of cooperation with the European Patent Office, and with regard to offering services to other countries in the region, for the delegation of the Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in December 2016, in the IPO, training was organized for the performance of service Intellectual Property Pre-diagnosis.
There were several visits to Serbian IPO of the experts from countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina Lithuania, Montenegro. In 2016 Romanian experts visited IPO Serbia. Serbian IT staff conducted training and pointed out the experience of IPAS exploitation within Serbian IPO.Assistance to developing countries
Other activities
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
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