Annual Technical Report 2011 on Patent Information Activities submitted by Austria (CWS/ATR/PI/2011/AT)
Where URLs are requested below, it is preferred that either URLs which are likely to remain stable over time (three years or more) are provided, or home (main) page URLs are provided with a short explanation of how to access the corresponding information.
The term "patent" covers utility models and Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs). Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in their Annual Technical Reports on Industrial Design Information Activities.
I. Evolution of patent activities
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Patent Gazette, Utility Model Gazette, Internet, in-house online database.
An Internet Publication server for patent and utiltiy model documents is online since September 2005.
Mass storage media used (paper, microforms, optical storage, etc.)
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The Austrian Patent Office offers free information services concerning legal questions, details of registration procedures, property rights or due fees, which can be submitted verbally (personally or by phone, e-mail to info@patentamt.at).
Legal and technical experts of the Austrian Patent Office can be consulted for legal and technical questions in connection with an intellectual property right, a pending application or for an intended application. The legal information service is available personally or by telephone or by e-mail to info@patentamt.at free of charge on all working days.
At the information centre in the Austrian Patent Office information is provided by telephone, e-mail or face-to-face about all national intellectual property applications and granted rights, about published European and international patent applications designated for Austria, as well as about registered international trademarks with effect for Austria, and about community trademarks of the European Union and about national and Community designs. This information covers all bibliographic data of the mentioned protection rights. This inquiry can also be made in the library by self-service (with support of the library personnel) on computer workstations.
The register administrators of the Austrian Patent Office provide information concerning the current legal status of all effective patents, utility models, semiconductor rights, supplementary protection certificates, trademarks and designs. The officials in charge can be consulted at their consultation hours about specific applications, e.g. the correct trademark or design classification of a sign or product.
Information services of the Service and Information Center (serv.ip, former TRF)
The Service and Information Center of the Austrian Patent Office (serv.ip) started its activities in the fall of 1994 pursuant to the appropriate regulations of the amendment of the Patent Law of 1992 and the corresponding ordinance of 1994. The central purpose of the founding of this enterprise was to offer customer-oriented service and information products in the area of patents, trademarks and designs in a commercial manner. The following services are offered:
The Express Search
is a search of the state of the art and serves to determine the point of departure for new developments in all technical areas including sequences. The Express Search provides a valuable basis for solving technical problems, prefiling evaluating the novelty of inventions, judging the current market situation and estimating future market developments. The Express Search also provides relevant documents for oppositions or nullity proceedings.
In Addition to the Express Search in the Patent filed, serv.ip offers:
- trademark similarity search
- a similarity record including colour images
- trademark monitoring
- information in written form
- uncertified register extracts
- express services concerning national and international trademark
similarity searches, register extracts as well as written information
- external on-line information
- translation of the list of goods and services from the German into
French or English
Express service:
Register extracts as well as written information are supplied within 24 hours after receipt of order by fax and by email upon request.
External on-line information:
Internet access to the database of the Austrian Patent Office for information concerning patents, utility models, designs and supplementary protection certificates is available. Registry status for industrial design is available online.
The homepage of the Austrian Patent Office contains general information as well as detailed references for applicants concerning forms for application and the current fees for all industrial property rights, namely patent, utility model, trademark, design, supplementary protection certificate as well as semiconductor protection. All bibliographic data, and information about time limit and amount of the next renewal fee, are free of charge. Full access to the database of the Austrian Patent Office, which covers all property rights for Austria according to different search criteria, e.g. owner, inventor, international patent classification, application and register number, is made possible by using a password.
Address of the Austrian Homepage: http://www.patentamt.at
Online database access concerning all Austrian patents and utility models in force is given directly at the information centre and via Internet. Information is also provided by telephone, e-mail or as answers to written requests.
From journals containing general information about patents and patent information (WPI, etc.) single articles are treated as a complete monograph and put into the online-catalogue. These articles can be found under the author or/and the catchword.
The Homepage of the Austrian Patent Office is accessible in German and English.
The address is: www.patentamt.at . Under the heading NEWS
new developments in the office, announcements for seminars and training-courses are published.
URLs of web pages of the Office's website for electronic filing of patent applications
Electronic filing has only statet in June 2011, for PCT applications (Austria as Receiving Office) and for EP applications.
National patent application are planned for 2012.
There is no URL to use for electronic filing, but the user has to install the WIPO Client, or the EPO-eOLF-client, and to choose the Austrian Patent Office as Receiving Office.
More information (in german) is provided under http://www.patentamt.at/Online_Services/
Navigation:
Homepage http://www.patentamt.at
Online services
Services:
http://www.servip.at/
http://www.servip.at/Leistungen___Angebote/
Prices:
http://www.servip.at/AGB/
Patent Services (Express Search etc.):
http://www.patentamt.at/Beratung/Recherche_und_Produkte/Patentrecherche/
Irina Woldman, phone: + 43 1 534 24 731; fax: + 43 1 534 24 733
mailto: irina.woldman@patentamt.at
Navigation:
Homepage: http://www.patenamt.at
Protection of inventions
General information
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http://www.patentamt.at/Erfindungsschutz/Schutzrechte/
Forms
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http://www.patentamt.at/Erfindungsschutz/Formulare_und_Gebuehren/
Here you find forms and infosheets concerning AT national patent application, AT national Utility Models applications, entering PCT national phase.
Our Information sheets and application forms are only available in german.
PATENTS
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Information sheet / Patent applications
PA 144 1.7.2010 06 Infoblatt Patentanmeldung
http://www.patentamt.at/Media/PA144.pdf
Patent application form:
PA 1 15.7.2010 Anmeldeformular Patent [PDF]
http://www.patentamt.at/Media/PA1.pdf
Application forms for entering PCT national phase in Austria:
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PA 1 PCT 7.1.2008 Patentanmeldung (PCT) Einleitung der nationalen Phase (pdf)
http://www.patentamt.at/Media/PA1_PCT.pdf
PCT fees:
http://www.patentamt.at/Media/Infoblatt_Gebuehren.pdf
UTILITY MODELS
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Information sheet
Application form for AT national application
GM 1 15.7.2010 Anmeldeformular Gebrauchsmuster [PDF]
http://www.patentamt.at/Media/GM1.pdf
GM 1 PCT 7.1.2008 Gebrauchsmusteranmeldung PCT) Einleitung der nationalen Phase
http://www.patentamt.at/Media/GM1_PCT.pdf
SPC "Schutzzertifikate"
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Application Form
SZ 1 15.7.2010 Anmeldeformular Schutzzertifikat [PDF]
http://www.patentamt.at/Media/SZ1.pdf
Topographies of semiconductors
Application Form
HT 1 7.1.2008 Anmeldeformular Halbleiter (Topographie) [Word]
http://www.patentamt.at/Media/HT1.pdf
URLs of web pages of the Office's website for electronic filing of patent applications
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X. Other relevant matters
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| 1. | Classification is allotting one or more classification symbols (e.g., IPC symbols) to a patent application, either before or during search and examination, which symbols are then published with the patent application.
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| 2. | Preclassification is allotting an initial broad classification symbol (e.g., IPC class or subclass, or administrative unit) to a patent application, using human or automated means for internal administrative purposes (e.g., routing an application to the appropriate examiner). Usually preclassification is applied by the administration of an office.
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| 3. | Reclassification is the reconsideration and usually the replacement of one or more previously allotted classification symbols to a patent document, following a revision and the entry into force of a new version of the Classification system (e.g., the IPC). The new symbols are available on patent databases.
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