Annual Technical Report 2006 on Patent Information Activities submitted by Austria (SCIT/ATR/PI/2006/AT)
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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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Homepage
http://www.patentamt.at
Statistics 2006 for patents, utility models, trade marks and designs
Statistics for 2006 are in the Patent Gazette "Patentblatt" April 2007
Link: http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/PB2007004I.pdf
or by following this navigation path:
http://www.patentamt.at
protection of invention
publications
Austrian Patent Gazette
PBl 4 / 2007 15.4.2007 Patentblatt April 2007 I. Teil
Statistics for 2005:
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/PB2006004I.pdf
PBl 4 / 2006 15.4.2006 Patentblatt April 2006 I. Teil
Statistics for 2004:
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=18515&filename=PBl2005003I.pdf
PBl 3 / 2005 15. Marz 2005 Patentblatt Marz 2005 I.Teil
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, distribution and use of primary and secondary sources of patent information
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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.)
Austrian patent and utiltiy model specifications are published on CD-ROM (MIMOSA). Since September 2005 also on the Austria's Patent Office web site / Publication server http://www.patentamt.at/Home/daspatentamt/PubServ/Pubserv.html.
Paper forms, microfilm, microfiche, CD, DVD are used as mass storage media.
Word processing and office automation
Mostly MS Word ist used, except some letters generated on the legacy host-system.
(New) techniques used for the generation of patent information (printing, recording, photocomposing, etc.)
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Homepage
http://www.patentamt.at
Publication Server: (documents from September 2005 onwards)
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/daspatentamt/PubServ/Pubserv.html
Patent Gazettes
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/21468.html
Navigation:
http://www.patentamt.at
Protection of invention
Publications
Gazettes 2007
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/21468.html
Gazettes 2006
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/17390.html
Gazettes 2005
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/12487.html
III. Matters concerning abstracting, classifying, reclassifying and indexing of technical information contained in patent documents
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Filed patent and utility model applications and published documents are classified according to the last IPC edition (8th edition). Search reports contain the classification according to IPC and to ECLA. Mentionning of ECLA on Search reports was introduced 2006 with Austrians participation in the UPP project (Utilisation Pilot Project: EPO, UK, DE, DK and AT)
For search purposes the IPC, ECLA and the Japanese classification systems are used. Reclassification of patent documents is not carried out.
Internal training courses on the use of the IPC, ECLA and the Japanese classification systems were held for the technical examiners in 2005.
Since 2006 the Austrian Patent Office uses the IPC advanced level for classification.
IV. Search file establishment and upkeep
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The classified search files of the technical examiners cover all documents of the PCT minimum documentation.
Since 2003 the APO uses the full version of EPOQUE via Patnet.
Documentation from other offices maintained and/or considered part of the available search file
The Austrian Patent Office receives patent documents from: Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Georgia, Italy, Japan, Serbia and Montenegro, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Tajikistan, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Hungary, Uzbekistan, United States of America, United Kingdom, Vietnam and from the international organisations EPO, EAPO and WIPO.
These documents can be searched in the library of the Austrian Patent Office, too.
V. Activities in the field of computerized and other mechanized search systems
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Hardware: Pentium III 800 MHz for all examiners via Ethernet-Lan, leased lines to Internet and EPO (Vienna, The Hague); Host Siemens BS2000.
Software: Windows Operating System (Win2000, WinXP), MS-Office, B-DOOR/FirstPage+, MS Internet Explorer, STN-Express, Questel Imagination, In house document-management systems for establishing search & examination-reports.
Existing online thesauri; their structure, presentation and usefulness for computerized searches
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Navigation:
Homepage http://www.patentamt.at
Serv.ip
Services:
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/servip/Unsereleistungen/11784_1.html
Prices:
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/servip/Preise/12830_1.html
Order
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/servip/Bestellung/12829_1.html
Opening hours, contact
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/servip/Oeffnungszeitenkontakt/12562_1.html
Patent Services (Express Search):
Gerhard Koller, phone: + 43 1 534 24 712; fax: + 43 1 534 24 733
mailto: Gerhard.Koller@patentamt.at
VII. Matters concerning mutual exchange of patent documentation and information
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Since the 1980’s the Austrian Patent Office has been organizing training courses and seminars to an increasing extent both in the office and externally in Austria’s provinces in order to facilitate an efficient use of industrial property rights in the practical business and to inform future decision makers about the instruments of intellectual property.
External seminars are frequently organized together with partners, like the Chamber of commerce (WKÖ), Institute for Promotion of Trade and Industry (WIFI), Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws), Forschungsfoerderungsgesellschaft (FFG), technology transfer centers, universities, other authorities, inventors federation or the bar association. The cooperation with partners frequently improves the contacts with the target groups using the existing communication structure. Seminars take place also in cooperation with other patent offices.
In order to expand these demanded training course activities additionally two seminar series were started in the Austrian Patent Office in 2001, which are organized by the Austrian Patent Office/serv.ip (Service and Information Sector.) As a result of the interest, these seminar series were continued in 2006. One of said seminar series concerns an overview of the industrial property rights. The second seminar series deals with special topics, e.g., software protection, biotechnology, national, community and international trademarks etc., and is arranged under consultation of external experts in the respective area.
In spring 2006, the information tour gedanken.gut.geschützt, started 2005 and realized by the APO and partners to improve information on industrial property protection especially for SMEs , was completed with events in Vorarlberg, the Tyrol and Upper Austria. This information campaign by the Austrian Patent Office and its numerous partners was able to reach a total of more than 600 companies. And with a total of 255 media reports the coverage of this tour is also notable. The focus of attention was on the various forms of protection, strategies to avoid duplicate inventions, as well as numerous support and exploitation opportunities for patents.
A further important information platform, in particular for professionals, who are potential clients of the patent office, but did not yet contact the office due to a lack of basic information, are domestic and international trade fairs.
Apart from the road show, the Austrian Patent Office was also presented at 55 other events, seminars and trade fairs with over 3000 participants.
Main patent and industrial property information magazines/journals published in the country or region of the Office
Austrian Patent Gazette
The Austrian Patent Gazette is published by the Austrian Patent Office on the 15th of each month.
Part 1 (I Teil) is the general part and contains decisions, notices, law, and the organsational changes of the Austrian Patent Office etc.
Part 2 A(II Teil A) contains bibiliographic data concerning national Austrian patents and supplementary protection certificates.
Part 2 B(II Teil B) contains bibiliographic data concerning European patents with designation Austria.
Please note: PCT Electronic Gazette available under:
http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/
Austrian Utility model Gazette
The Austrian Utility model Gazette is published by the Austrian Patent Office on the 15th of each month and contains bibliographic data about Austrian utility models.
You can order previous issues at:
Copy Service
1st Floor, Room 142
Tel.: +43 (1) 534 24 738
fax: +43 (1) 534 24-737
e-mail: kopierstelle@patentamt.at
IX. Other general information related to the Office that is available on the Internet -- URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that:
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Since 2007 the Austrian Patent Office offers a Newsletter-Service available under http://www.patentamt.at/Home/daspatentamt/Newsletter/21583.html.
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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