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Inventions
Table I shows the data for 2008-2009 for the filing of applications for and grant of Russian Federation patents for inventions.
See Table 1.
The patents granted for inventions in 2009 were distributed according to the sections of the International Patent Classification (IPC) as follows:
See Table 2.
In 2009, the same distribution trends were preserved according to the sections of the IPC as in 2008. The largest number of patents for inventions in 2009 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 2009 constituted only 0.89 per cent of the overall number of patents granted for inventions.
Utility Models
In 2009, the positive trend in the receipt of utility model applications was preserved, although growth was not large (1.44 per cent compared to 2008), and the number of certificates (patents) granted also increased (by 12.88 per cent).
See Table 3.
Table 4 below contains the data for the distribution of utility model certificates (patents) according to sections of the IPC.
See Table 4.
The leading Section of the IPC in 2009 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 gives information on the main types of Office communications in the field of patent information.
See Table 5.
In 2009, an annual index to the Gazettes for 2008 was issued for the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette on paper – five volumes.
In 2009, the 2008 Rospatent Annual Report was prepared and issued.
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 2009, 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;
- An information search mechanism for descriptions of inventions in Russian and English for 1994-2009 on DVD - quarterly, cumulative;
- Annual retrospective sets of invention descriptions for USSR author's certificates and RF patents for 1924-2008 on DVD (a total of 100 disks);
- Title sheets of utility model descriptions for RF documents providing protection for 1994-2009 on DVD - one disk;
- Descriptions of utility models for RF documents providing protection for 1994-2009 on DVD;
- Descriptions of patent inventions on paper - 34,824 units;
- Title sheets of utility model descriptions on paper - 10,919 units;
- Annual index for the Inventions and Utility Models Gazette on paper - five volumes;
- New version of the IPC (IPC-2009), core and advanced levels on CD-ROM, and also with the parallel paper edition of the core level;
- In 2009, 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 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.
Search system, retrospective and database scope (information as at December 31, 2009)
See Table 6.
Table 7 contains data on FGU FIPS open registers, the number of documents contained therein, a retrospective and the frequency with which they are updated.
Registers, retrospective and database scope (information as at December 31, 2009)
See Table 7
In 2009, within Rospatent the PatSearch information-search system (ISS) was brought into operation for all examiners' workplaces, for the purposes of examining inventions and utility models. The PatSearch system was created as a professional search system for Patent Office examiners carrying out searches when examining inventions and utility models. In this regard, within the system an expanded selection of functional and service-related possibilities is available.
System search files
• DWPI file;
• Descriptions of USSR inventions for 1924-1993;
• Descriptions of RF inventions from 1994 to the present;
• RF utility model claims from No. 1 to the present;
• Russian invention application claims;
• Unpublished Russian invention applications;
• Abstracts of patent documents from leading countries in the world in English (DWPI);
• PCT minimum national invention descriptions, including
• РСТ applications
• European Patent Office (EPO)
• USA
• Japan
• Germany
• United Kingdom
• France
• Austria
• Аustralia
• Switzerland
• ARIPO
• OAPI
• Invention descriptions from СIS countries with abstracts in Russian (CISPATENT).
A total of more than 70 million patent documents.
The possibility of searching the EPO Espace@net system is also provided, as is a search of non-patent literature in the electronic digital library, E-Library.
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Word processing and office automation
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The FGU FIPS VPTB's overall readership stands at 22,200. In 2009, 1,800 readers reregistered with the Library and in the past year 91,500 people visited the Library.
About 33.2 million copies of patent documents were issued to users, including more than 7.95 million copies on paper, 24,800 copies on microcarriers, and more than 25.2 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:
- an information-bibliography service;
- industrial designs;
- microcarriers;
- 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 2009 access for readers to automated databases in the FGU FIPS VPTB was extended and improved. More than 230 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 for remote users according to their requests 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 40 designated services.
In 2009, for readers visiting the FGU FIPS VPTB directly and regional and foreign users by correspondence around 8,400 patent information services were provided, including 339,500 pages of copies of patent documentation, which were produced. Currently, more than 442 organizations and private individuals are remote subscribers to the FGU FIPS VPTB.
In addition, in the interests of users the following information products were distributed:
• Annual retrospective sets of invention descriptions for USSR author's certificates and RF patents, from 1924 to 2008, on DVD (a total of 100 disks);
• An information search system for invention descriptions in Russian and English, from 1994 to 2009, on DVD - quarterly and cumulative;
• Title sheets of utility model descriptions for RF documents providing protection, from 1994 to 2009, on DVD - one disk;
• Descriptions of utility models for RF documents providing protection for 1994-2009 on DVD;
• Patent invention descriptions on paper - 34,824 units;
• Title sheets of utility model descriptions on paper - 10,919 units;
• An annual index to the Inventions and Utility Models Gazette, on paper - five volumes
In 2009, subscribers were offered the new edition of the IPC (IPC-2009) with the core and expanded levels on CD-ROM, and also a parallel paper edition of the core level.
All products on CD-ROM and DVD were distributed with MIMOSA software, allowing all forms of patent searches to be carried out.
In 2009, 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.
Also on the Internet, users were granted free access to information on patent application filings in the Russian Federation for inventions and utility models. Information on the prosecution of applications is available for applications which were received after January 1, 2007.
The Rospatent Internet site provided in 2009 an expanded list without data reflecting the development process for official electronic publications.
On the basis of official information relating to inventions and utility models, thematic databases relating to users' special orders are produced.
Users' work with 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.
Free access to full-text inventions and utility models databases is provided for:
- 130 organizations participating in the Rospatent Program of Cooperation with the Regions of the Russian Federation;
- 40 organizations participating in the implementation of the State Project for the Development of Nanotechnologies;
- 83 оrganizations of the Federal Court Bailiffs Service.
External users are provided, free of charge, with access to:
on inventions:
- an abstract database in Russian and English;
- a database of published invention applications;
- 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:
- an abstract database;
- a database containing documents published in the last three Inventions and Utility Models Official 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 authors' certificates.
Table 8 contains information on the number of inquiries made by internal and external users when choosing any inventions or utility models databases.
Search system inquiries (for 2009)
See Table 8.
Table 9 contains data on the number of database inquiries for inventions, utility models and published invention application registers.
Register inquiries (for 2009)
See Table 9
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URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide information on business procedures such as: filing, publication, examination and grant procedures related to patents; opposition and appeal procedures related to patents; etc.
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