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Inventions
Table 1 (see attachment) shows the data for 2001-2002 for the filing of patent applications in the Russian Federation (RF), for inventions by national and foreign applicants.
The largest number of applications for inventions by Russian applicants were filed under Section A of the International Patent Classification (IPC) – Human Necessities, and by foreign applicants under Section C – Chemistry and Metallurgy.
The least popular both among Russian and foreign applicants was Section D – Textiles and Paper. The number of applications filed under this section in 2002 was less than one per cent of the overall number of applications for inventions received.
Utility models
In comparison with 2001, the growth in the overall number of applications filed in 2002 by approximately 11.6 per cent should be noted. The number of applications filed by foreign applicants also increased by 11.4%.
The leading section of the IPC in the past year was Section B – Performing Operations and Transporting, where the number of certificates issued in this area increased in relation to the previous year by 15.7 per cent and was at a maximum. Section A – Human Necessities can also be considered a leading category (15.3 per cent). The lowest number of applications was again filed for Section D – Textiles and Paper, which was the least numerous in terms of the number of certificates issued, and also for Section C – Chemistry and Metallurgy (see Table 2 of attachment).
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, distribution and use of primary and secondary sources of patent information
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During 2002, Rospatent published 32,037 invention-related announcements, including: 18,114 patent claims; 13,698 application claims; 225 previously unpublished inventions; and 5,611 utility model claims.
All the information published in official Rospatent paper editions is issued on optical CD-ROMs and DVDs, and is available on the Internet.
Table 3 (attachment) shows the rate of orders for full annual sets of descriptions of inventions both on paper and CD-ROM. During the past five years, the number of sets distributed annually on CD-ROM has increased two and a half times. The table shows that in the past year the number of orders for this information on CD-ROM has increased by 20 per cent, compared to the previous year.
In addition to subscribing to current acquisitions, it is possible to order retrospective information arrays on inventions. Prices for official editions on CD-ROM in 2002 were reduced by 15 per cent and, in that regard, all types of discounts provided continued to be offered.
In 2002, permanent CD-ROM database subscribers were given the possibility to carry out free searches of Internet databases.
Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of patent information
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