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Patents
There were 256 patent applications filed with the IPO SR in 2011 that is decrease by 9.2 per cent in comparison with 2010. PCT applications form 7.0 per cent (18 applications) of all applications.
The number of applications filed by domestic applicants (223) decreased by 5.1 per cent and applications filed by foreign applicants (33) decreased by 29.8 per cent. The largest share in the number of patent applications filed by foreign applicants (33) had the Czech Republic (11), the U.S.A. (5) and Germany (4).
317 patents were granted in 2011 that is decrease by 15.7 per cent in comparison with 2010.
From January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 there were 22 supplementary protection certificate applications filed. All of them were filed by foreign applicants; the most of them were from Germany - 7, and from the U.S.A. - 4. 11 supplementary protection certificates were granted in 2011.
European Patents
In 2011, 10 European patent applications were filed with the IPO SR.
2.274 translations of European patent specifications were published in 2011 that is 19.8 per cent more than in the previous year.
There were 12,266 valid patents entered in the Patent Register of the IPO SR by December 31, 2011; 3,613 of them were national patents granted; 8,653 were European patents with designation for SR.
Utility Models
There were 426 utility model applications filed with the Office in 2011. This number increased by 10.1 per cent in comparison with the previous year. The number of applications filed by Slovak applicants increased by 14.4 per cent (350 applications). The share of Slovak applicants in total number of 426 applications is 82.2 per cent.
Increase by 33.2 per cent occurred in the number of registered utility models (377).
On December 31, 2011, there were 1,630 utility models valid in the Slovak Republic.
For comparison, here is the statistics on filed patent applications, utility model applications, registered utility models and on granted patents in 2005 - 2011:
Patentandutilitymodelstatistics_2011.docPatentstatistics_IPC_2011.doc
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