Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in
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2018 submitted by Rospatent
I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PATENT INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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Data relating to the filing of applications and the grant of Russian Federation invention patents for 2017-2018 are presented in Table 1.
Table 1
| 2017г. | 2018г. | % 2018 to 2017 |
Total number of invention applications filed, including: | 36454 | 37957 | 104,12 |
- by Russian applicants | 22777 | 24926 | 109,43 |
- by foreign applicants | 13677 | 13031 | 95,28 |
Total number of patents granted, including: | 34254 | 35774 | 104,44 |
- to Russian applicants | 21037 | 20526 | 97,57 |
- to foreign applicants | 13217 | 15248 | 115,37 |
As can be seen from Table 1, in 2018 compared to 2017 there was an increase in the number of applications filed (by 4.12%), as well as an increase in the number of issued patents (by 4.44%).
The invention patents granted in 2018 were distributed according to the IPC sections as follows:
Table 2
IPC Section | Invention patents | ||
Russian | Foreign | Total | |
A | 4616 | 3031 | 7647 |
B | 3158 | 3058 | 6216 |
C | 2969 | 2393 | 5362 |
D | 83 | 259 | 342 |
E | 1601 | 640 | 2241 |
F | 2579 | 1683 | 4262 |
G | 3878 | 2163 | 6041 |
H | 1642 | 2021 | 3663 |
Total | 20526 | 15248 | 35774 |
The largest number of patents for inventions granted in 2018 was to Russian applicants for Section A of the International Patent Classification (IPC) – HUMAN NECESSITIES, the section B was in the first place for foreign applicants - PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING.
The least popular Section among Russian and foreign applicants alike remains Section D – Textiles and Paper. The number of patents granted for this Section in 2018 comprised only 1 per cent of the overall number of patents granted for inventions.
Utility models
Тable 3
| 2017г. | 2018г. | % 2018 г. к 2017 г. |
Total number of utility-model applications filed, including: | 10643 | 9747 | 91,58 |
- by Russian applicants | 10152 | 9262 | 91,23 |
- by foreign applicants | 491 | 485 | 98,78 |
Total number of patents granted, including: | 8774 | 9867 | 112,46 |
- to Russian applicants | 8376 | 9391 | 112,12 |
- to foreign applicants | 398 | 476 | 119,60 |
In 2018 there was a decrease in the number of applications filed for utility models. The number of applications filed fell by 8.42%, while the decrease was observed both by applications of domestic applicants (by 8.77%) and by foreign applicants (by 1.22%). The total number of patents granted increased (by 12.46%).
Data on the distribution of patents for utility models by IPC Section are presented below.
Тable 4
IPC Section | 2017г. | 2018г. |
A | 1717 | 2081 |
B | 2143 | 2630 |
C | 261 | 226 |
D | 30 | 44 |
E | 1058 | 1107 |
F | 1419 | 1630 |
G | 1193 | 1243 |
H | 953 | 906 |
Total | 8774 | 9867 |
The leading IPC Section in 2018 remained Section B – Performing Operations and Transporting – while second place was taken by Section A – Human Necessities. As in 2017, Section D – Textiles and Paper – continued to be the least in demand, with the lowest number of certificates granted.
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Table 5 contains data on the main types of Office publications in the field of patent information, carriers and also the frequency of publications.
Тable 5
Publication Title | Form of Publication | Frequency of Publication | |
Official publications of Rospatent on inventions and utility models | |||
Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette, including the sections:
RF Invention Applications - (primary publication section) “Reports on information searches on applications for inventions of the Russian Federation” RF Invention Patents - (secondary publication section) “Supplementary patents for inventions of the Russian Federation” RF Utility Model Patents - (primary publication section) USSR authors’ certificates and patents for previously unpublished inventions (Information on de-classified inventions previously recognized as secret by the State, for which USSR copyright certificates for secret inventions were issued(1) and Information on copyright certificates and USSR invention patents not previously published (2)))
RF Invention Patents for previously unpublished inventions Notifications
Republications
Court decisions on the infringement of patent owners’ rights | Bibliographic data and claims. Reports are published on information searches on applications for inventions filed after October 1, 2014, data for which is published. Two options for the presentation of information: 1. On the title page -bibliographic data and claims; 2. Full descriptions for patents in the form of bibliographic data, abstract of a description, text of a description, drawing(s), claims. Abstracts of invention descriptions translated into English. On the title page - bibliographic data, utility model claims and drawing (where appropriate). Data is published on granting supplementary patent for invention relating to such product as medicine, pesticide or agrochemical for use of which permission is granted. Data composition: bibliographic data; claim for which validity period is extended. Two options for the presentation of information: 1. On the title page -bibliographic data and claims; 2. Full descriptions for patents in the form of bibliographic data, abstract of a description, text of a description, drawing(s) and claims. Two options for the presentation of information: 1. On the title page -bibliographic data and claims. Full descriptions for patents in the form of bibliographic data, abstract of a description, text of a description, drawing(s), claims. Abstracts of invention descriptions translated into English. 2. Bibliographic data and claims. Two options for the presentation of information: 1. On the title page -bibliographic data and claims. 2. Full descriptions for patents in the form of bibliographic data, abstract of a description, text of a description, drawing(s), claims. Abstracts of invention descriptions translated into English. (the data are equivalent to those in RF Invention Patents) Information is published on the insertion of amendments into published information on invention applications, or on amendments recorded in the State Registers of Inventions and Utility Models of the Russian Federation. Corrected descriptions of inventions for RF patents and corrected descriptions of utility models for RF patents are published. Court decisions on infringement of patent owners’ rights (at the request of a patent owner) | Three times per month | |
Annual Rospatent Activity Report for 2018 on website: | Structure and composition of data determined by Rospatent | Once per year | |
During 2018, the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette has been posted on the website of the Federal State Budgetary Institution, the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS), which is subordinate to Rospatent, in the Official Publications section, and is freely available, constituting a functional and comprehensive information source. The ISSN number is 2313-7436.
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The forms of notifications on inventions and utility models published in the Rospatent Official Gazette, Inventions and Utility Models, are presented in Table 6:
Table 6
Notifications containing messages about changes and corrections in inventions and utility models state registration data |
PD4A/PD9K Name, surname, first name, patronymic of the patent owner |
ТС4A/TC9K Author(s) data change |
ТЕ4A/TE9K Mailing address change |
Notifications containing messages about invention / utility model patent termination or renewal |
MZ4A/MZ9K Invention / utility model (group of inventions / utility models) patent early termination based on patent owner’s declaration |
ММ4А/MM9K Рatent early termination due to patent maintenance fee unpaid at term |
МK4A/MK9K Invention / utility model (group of inventions / utility models) patent termination upon expiration |
MG4A/MG9K Invention / utility model (group of inventions / utility models) patent termination due to granting patent for an identical object |
NF4A/NF9K Patent renewal |
MF4A/MF9K Patent termination due to its full invalidity recognition |
MF4A/MF9K Patent termination due to its partial invalidity recognition |
NG4A/NG9K Granting new patent due to partial invalidity recognition of a patent granted earlier |
Notifications containing messages about invention patent term extension, granting patent copy |
ND4A Invention (group of inventions) patent term extension based on patent owner’s declaration |
RH4A/RH9K Granting patent copy |
RH4F Granting copy of USSR author’s certificate or patent for invention |
ND4A Exclusive rights term extension for an invention related to such a product as medicine, pesticide or agrochemical for use of which permission is granted. Granting supplementary patent for invention (according paragraph 2 of Article 1363 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) |
Notifications relating to state registration of contract exclusive rights for invention / utility model, to exclusive rights for invention / utility model transfer without contract |
PC4A/PC9K State registration of exclusive rights alienation under contract |
PC4A/PC9K State registration of exclusive rights transfer without contract |
QB4A/QB9K State registration of exclusive right of use granting under contract |
QB4A/QB9K State registration of the exclusive rights pledge (subsequent pledge) under contract |
QZ4A/QZ9K State registration of changes relating to exclusive rights alienation under contract |
QZ4A/QZ9K State registration of changes relating to granting right of use under contract |
QZ4A/QZ9K State registration of contract changes |
QZ4A/QZ9K State registration of changes relating to the exclusive rights pledge (subsequent pledge) under contract |
QC4A/QC9K State registration of right of use termination |
QC4A/QC9K State registration of contract termination |
QC4A/QC9K State registration of the exclusive rights pledge (subsequent pledge) termination under contract |
QA4A/QA9K Open license registration |
QZ4A/QZ9K Registration of petition for revocation of open license declaration |
Notifications containing other messages about registered inventions / utility models |
ТK4A/TK9K Correction of obvious and technical errors in entries of the State Register of Inventions / Utility Models of Russian Federation and/or in bulletin publications |
TK4A Amendments to data publications in English |
RZ4A/RZ9K Other changes related to registered inventions / utility models |
TH4A/TH9K Patent for Invention / utility model disclosures reissue |
TH4A/TH9K Patent for Invention / utility model disclosure title pages reissue |
The addresses of web pages of the Office’s site providing access to online publications:
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