Annual Technical Report 2002 on Industrial Design Information Activities submitted by Austria (SCIT/ATR/ID/2002/AT)
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The expression "industrial designs" covers industrial designs and models. Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.
I. Evolution of registration activities
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The bibliographic data and images (only one image for an industrial design) of the registered designs are published in the industrial design gazette (Österreichischer Musteranzeiger”) which is issued on the 20th of every month. The gazette is published in paper form, only.
The bibliographic data together with the classification symbols, a short description of the design and the images are stored in the industrial design data base of the office. The images are stored on PCs, the other data elements on magnetic disks.
III. Matters concerning classifying, reclassifying and indexing of industrial design information according to the classification systems applied
The designs are classified according to the International Classification for Industrial designs (Locarno Classification). No other classification system is applied.
The classification symbols are allotted by the applicant. It is up to the office to afterwards check, and eventually to correct, the classification symbols.
IV. Search file establishment and upkeep
Only electronic search files are used. The files are built up according to the Locarno Classification Scheme and are regularly updated.
Bibliographic data elements and classification symbols are searchable. The images are displayed together with these data elements.
V. Activities in the field of computerized search systems for industrial designs
An online in-house system is installed using an internal design database. No external database is integrated.
The application and registration procedure, the examination for legality, the administration of the design register and the execution of the statistics are completely performed by an EDP management system.
A project to allow for access to the images of industrial designs registered in Austria via the Internet-Information system of the office was started in 2000 and finalized in 2001. The first image of an industrial design is displayed in addition to the bibliographic data. This service is liable to a fee.
An electronic registry for Appeals and Nullities including work-flow information is installed. The registry is accessible via the Intranet of the office.
Hardware equipment: Siemens H 80; Operating system: BS 2000; Number of terminals or emulation : 5
Software: Cobol
Data carriers: magnetic disks for bibliographic data, PC for images.
VI. Administration of industrial design services available to the public (relating to facilities, e.g., for lodging applications, registering designs, assisting clients with search procedures, obtaining official publications and registry extracts
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The Austrian Design Gazette is mutually exchanged on a bilateral basis with almost all of the PCT Member States.
VIII. Matters concerning education and training including technical assistance to developing countries
The Austrian Design Gazette is mutually exchanged on a bilateral basis with almost all of the PCT Member States.
IX. Other relevant matters
For further information about activities of the office in 2002 it is also referred to the “Annual Report of the Austrian Patent Office 2002”, published in German and English on the Homepage of the office.