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Inventions
Table 1 (attached) shows the data for 2006-2007 for the filing of applications for and grant of RF patents for inventions.
The patents granted for inventions in 2007 were distributed according to the sections of the International Patent Classification (IPC) can be found in Table 2 attached.
In 2007, the same distribution trends were preserved according to the sections of the IPC as in 2006.
The largest number of patents for inventions in 2007 was granted to Russian applicants for Section A of the IPC – Human Necessities; and to foreign applicants for Section C – Chemistry and Metallurgy.
The least popular among both Russian and foreign applicants was Section D — Textiles and Paper. The number of patents granted under this Section in 2007 constituted only 0.96 per cent of the overall number of patents granted for inventions.
Utility models - please see Table 3 attached.
As shown in table 3, the number of applications filed by foreign applicants in 2007 increased by 12.21 per cent compared with 2006, and the number of utility model certificates issued in 2007 to foreign applicants rose by 19.57 per cent, i.e. the same growth trend was preserved as in past years, basically as a result of foreign applicants.
In Table 4 (attached) are the data for the distribution of utility model certificates (patents) according to sections of the IPC.
The leading section of the IPC in 2007 was once again Section B – Performing Operations and Transporting, and in second place Section A – Human Necessities. The one in least demand remained Section D – Textiles and Paper – according to the number of certificates issued it is the least numerous – and also Section C – Chemistry and Metallurgy.
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URLs of web pages of the Office's website that provide statistics related to patents
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Table 5 (attached) gives information on the main types of Office communications in the field of patent information.
In 2007, an annual index to the gazettes for 2006 was issued:
• to the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette on paper – five volumes (eight parts).
In 2007, the 2006 Rospatent Annual Report was prepared and released.
The Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette on electronic CD-ROM carrier, with search system, and corresponding paper Gazette are distributed by subscription. The last three Gazettes are available on the Rospatent site.
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Mass storage media used (paper, microforms, optical storage, etc.)
Optical and paper carriers as well as databases were used as means for storing data files. There follow a list and a short description of the means for storing data files:
- In 2007, the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette was published on CD-ROM, with a total of 36 issues during the year;
- Alongside the Official Gazette, Gazettes were also published on paper with the same frequency;
- Annual retrospective sets of invention descriptions for USSR author’s certificates and RF patents for 1924-2006 on DVD (a total of 98 disks);
- Title sheets of utility model descriptions for RF documents providing protection for 1994-2006 on DVD – one disk;
- Descriptions of patent inventions on paper – 23,028 units;
- Title sheets of utility model descriptions on paper – 9,761 units;
- Annual index for the Inventions and Utility Models Gazette on paper – five volumes;
- IPC, 2006 edition (IPC-2006), core and advanced levels on CD-ROM, and also with the parallel paper edition;
- In 2007, publication of the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette continued on the Rospatent Internet site, as did updating of the registers of Russian inventions and utility models with details of their legal status.
Table 6 (attached) contains information on the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS) inventions and utility models databases, the number of documents therein, a retrospective and the frequency with which they are updated.
Table 7 (attached) contains data on open FIPS registers, the number of documents contained therein, a retrospective, and the frequency with which they are updated.
In 2007, work continued to create the PatSearch patent search system for examination purposes. In 2007, USSR patent documents for 1924-1993 and Russia patent documents (inventions and utility models) for 1993-2007 were included in the system.
Word processing and office automation
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The FGU FIPS VPTB’s overall readership stands at 18,900. In 2007, 1,700 readers reregistered with the Library and in the past year 82,500 people visited the Library.
More than 31.9 million copies of patent documents were issued to users, including more than 9.5 million copies on paper, 10,000 copies on microcarriers, and about 22.4 million copies of patent documents on optical disks.
General and specialized reading rooms operate in the FGU FIPS VPTB for the comfort of readers who wish to work. These rooms provide:
- dictionary and reference literature, and foreign patent law publications;
- microcarriers;
- industrial designs;
- an information-bibliography service;
- optical disks and remote databases.
Visits to the Library and service for all categories of users are free of charge. In addition to conventional forms of service, in 2007 access for readers to automated databases in the FGU FIPS VPTB was extended and improved. More than 200 databases are currently fully installed and in use.
The FGU FIPS VPTB provides both a fixed service for information users and also a service for remote users, employing all forms of communication currently in existence: post, telephone, facsimile and electronic mail.
In order to simplify access to information resources, the VPTB provides patent-information services including a thematic selection of patent documentation, a search by systematic indexes, a search in automated databases, a search for patent-analogs and others, representing more than 30 designated services.
In 2007, for readers visiting the FGU FIPS VPTB directly and regional and foreign users by correspondence around 15,300 patent information services were provided, including 399,000 pages of copies of patent documentation, which were produced. Currently, more than 750 organizations and private individuals are remote subscribers to the FGU FIPS VPTB.
In 2007, the following information products relating to inventions and utility models were provided for patent information users:
• The Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette on CD-ROM, with 36 issues per year. Alongside the Official Gazette, paper gazettes were published with the same frequency;
• Annual retrospective sets of invention descriptions for USSR author’s certificates and RF patents, from 1924 to 2006, on DVD (a total of 98 disks);
• An information search system for invention descriptions in Russian and English, on DVD – quarterly and cumulative;
• Title sheets of utility model descriptions for RF documents providing protection, from 1994 to 2006, on DVD – one disk;
• Patent invention descriptions on paper;
• Title sheets of utility model descriptions on paper;
• An annual index to the Inventions and Utility Models Gazette, on paper – five volumes;
In 2007, subscribers were offered the 2006 edition of the IPC (IPC-2006) with the core and expanded levels on CD-ROM, and also a parallel paper edition.
All products on CD-ROM and DVD were distributed with MIMOSA software, allowing all forms of patent searches to be carried out.
On the basis of official information on inventions and utility models, thematic databases according to users’ special requests are produced.
In 2007, publication of the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette continued on the Rospatent Internet site and the registers of Russian inventions and utility models were updated with details of their legal status being provided.
Users’ work with the information search system
Examiners are given the opportunity to work with all inventions and utility models databases. Access for external users to full-text inventions and utility models databases is granted on the basis of agreement.
As part of the Rospatent Program of Cooperation with the regions of the Russian Federation, 120 organizations obtained free access to full-text inventions databases.
External users are provided, free of charge, with access to:
on inventions:
- abstract databases in Russian and English;
- a future-oriented inventions database;
- a full-text database containing documents published in the last three Inventions and Utility Models Gazettes;
- the IPC database.
on utility models:
- a database containing documents published in the last three Inventions and Utility Models Gazettes;
- the IPC database.
The search system provides the possibility to carry out a search simultaneously in the databases of inventions, utility models, published applications and author’s certificates. Table 8 (attached) contains information on the number of inquiries made by internal and external users when choosing any inventions or utility models databases.
Table 9 (attached) contains data on the number of database inquiries for invention, utility model and published invention application registers.
URLs of web pages of the Office's website for electronic filing of patent applications
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