Annual Technical Report 2006 on Patent Information Activities submitted by Bulgaria (SCIT/ATR/PI/2006/BG)
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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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In the year 2006 the Bulgarian Industrial Property Network has been established with the cooperation between BPO and EPO. It includes PATLIB centers and Industry Property Points in Universities (IP- points).The BPO provided the following centers with technical equipment, patent information resources and education of their staff.
PATLIB center – Plovdiv and PATLIB center – Rousse were established with the cooperation with the Bulgarian Industrial Association – regional branches.
Five IP-points have been created to assist scientists and students in their innovative activity and to help them to use patent information:
IP-point in Technical University – Sofia
IP-point in Technical University – Varna
IP-point in The Rousse University “Angel Kanchev”
IP-point in University “Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov” – Bourgas
IP-point in Medical University - Sofia
Two days educational seminar (elementary level) for coordinators from PATLIB centers and IP-points took place in Central Patent Library of BPO in December.
Training courses for national and foreign participants, use of audiovisual means
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Events which took place in Bulgaria
-Seminar "IP - basic terms" - for participants working in the mass media, Bankja, February;
-Seminar and training cource for participants from Balkan countries "Patent Cooperation Treaty" with the cooperation with WIPO and the Bulgarian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Sofia, March;
-Participation in Annual Exhibition of Bulgarian producers of vines and spirits "Vinaria 2006", Plovdiv, March;
-Seminar "Protecting inventions and utility models:tools to foster business development" and celebration of The World Intellectual Property Day - with the cooperation with European Patent Academy, BPO and the Association of IP Representatives of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, April;
-Participation (lectures) in conference and exhibition "Machinery, Technologies and Materials 2006" - organized by Bulgarian Federation of Engineering Associations in Bulgaria, April;
-Regional seminar "Basic terms of IP Rights" - for participants from the Armaments factory "Arsenal" and from Medium and Small Enterprises from the region, Kazanlak, April;
-Campaign dedicated in the fight against copyright piracy with the cooperation with Bulgarian Ministry of Culture; Festival "IP Rights", Rousse, May;
-Participation in the 7-th International Exhibition of Defense Industry "Hemus 2006", June;
-Conference "Innovation and innovative entrepreneurship", Bourgas, June;
-Seminar "Challenge to a criminal prosecution of IP violations", Hisar, June;
- National conference "Unity of action between National and European institutions a key factor for IP development", Sofia,October;
-Participation in discusion "Bulgaria joing the European Union - how to solve problems of border and custom control and IP protection", Varna, November;
-Seminar "Bulgarian Patent Law - new aspects", Rousse, November;
-Seminar JS05 - 2006 - "IP protection", intended for judges, organized with the cooperation with European Academy, Sofia,December;
-Regional seminar "Changes in IP protection legislation", Plovdiv,December.
Events which took place abroad
-Working Party on Technical Information ,April, Vienna;
-Electronic Publication Seminar, May,Vienna;
-PATLIB 2006,May, Sevilja;
-Epoline conference;
-SCIT/SDWG, May, Geneva;
-esp@cenet Promotion Meeting, June, Vienna;
-EPIConference,November,Cyprys.
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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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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