Annual Technical Report 2005 on Patent Information Activities submitted by Poland (SCIT/ATR/PI/2005/PL)
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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 2005 the Polish Patent Office received:
• 2227 patent applications under national procedure, among which domestic applications constituted the number of 2.028 and foreign applications-199.
• 89 PCT applications in order to initiate the procedure for patent protection abroad
• 40 applications for European Patent
• 139.237 designations of Poland in international patent applications (i.e. 13,1% more than in 2004). 4.336 entered into examination phase in PPO.
5.099 decisions were made (4.467 in 2004), including 2.507 decisions on granting patents (2.470 in 2004)
Number of patents in effect on 31 December 2005 was 14.578
• 640 utility model applications under national procedures, i.e. 5.8 % fewer than in 2004, including 40 foreign utility model applications. 1.914 decisions were taken (1650 in 2004), including 1535 to grant protection rights (1268 in 2004).
• No integrated circuit topography was filed.
• No geographical indication application was filed. Polish Patent Office considered one geographical indication application of 2004 and took negative decision on its registration.
In 2005 Polish Patent Office introduced the system of online filing for European patents.
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, distribution and use of primary and secondary sources of patent information
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The constantly modernized publication system enables production of the Office’s publications on its own. The publishing process was based on the DTP system and covered preparation of data contained in the Office’s database, text editing and typesetting in InDesign 3.0 programme. Printing was performed on the offset machine and digital reproducer. Publications were book bound in the last phase. Patent specifications are scanned in OCR technique. Preparation for printing is made in Word programme and printing itself on digital network machines.
“Biuletyn Urzędu Patentowego” (“Patent Office Bulletin”) and “Wiadomości Urzędu Patentowego” (Patent Office’s Announcements) are presented in PDF format on the PPO website. Those online versions of the publications are accessible free of charge.
III. Matters concerning abstracting, classifying, reclassifying and indexing of technical information contained in patent documents
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The increase of patent documentation was as follows:
a) foreign patent documentation:
- 4.600 titles on paper
- 2149.800 optical discs CD-ROM,DVD (1.574 cassettes) containing descriptions of patent and utility model applications, patent specifications.They are a continuation of patent documentation from 20 countries and 2 international organisations.
b) Polish patent specifications
-9.500 on paper
- 381 on microfiches
At the end of December 2005 the total number of patent documentation in the serach files constituted:
-31.716 patent documents on CD-ROMS and DVD
-13.183 patent documents on paper
Updating
In 2005 the PPO continued collecting, storing, and preparing patent and technical literature purchased, subscribed or exchaged:
- purchasing and introduction of 197 volumes of books were into the ZBILNI database
-registration and providing access to 3.303 booklets of patent, technical and legal literature on paper
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IX. 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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