Annual Technical Report 2003 on Industrial Design Information Activities submitted by Poland (SCIT/ATR/ID/2003/PL)
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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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1. In 2003, the Polish Patent Office (PPO) received 2.502 industrial design applications, including 1.916 domestic and 586 foreign applications. The number of applications was of 144% more than in 2002.
2. In 2003, 3.782 decisions were taken, 3.545 being positive on the registration of designs. The number of decisions increased of 23,4% as compared with 2002.
3. The number of exclusive rights in force on December 31st, 2003 was 4.327 for industrial designs.
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of industrial design documents and of secondary sources of industrial design information, i.e., official gazettes
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The 7th edition system of the Locarno Classification was used in 2003. The existing files are not reclassified.
Application documents were scanned and indexed.
IV. Search file establishment and upkeep
The file of ornamental designs, which had been replaced by industrial designs, comprises the industrial designs’ documentation of Poland and official bulletins of foreign offices containing registered industrial designs. In 2003 the file was being expanded.
File building
11.400 copies of descriptions of Polish industrial designs, ornamental designs were included into the files.
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The following tools were used:
• DB2 and JAVA- managing trademark and industrial design database
• Pearl, PHP, C#. NET – creating of inter- and intra- websites
• IBM CONTENT MANAGER- managing the application documents of trademarks and industrial designs
• SQL SERVER and C#- managing the external database
• ULTRANET and IRIS- supporting the net access to optical discs
• Adobe and Corel software – publishing issues
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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Full text specifications of industrial designs registered in the PPO organized in classified collections were displayed for the users in our Office’s Library. We receive official bulletins from 15 countries which are available to users.
In addition to the search facility, the Patent Office website provides information relating to design registration including forms and fees, legal decisions, guides for applicants. Information is also available from our enquiry centre.
VII. Matters concerning mutual exchange of industrial design documentation and information
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VIII. Matters concerning education and training including technical assistance to developing countries
Promotional activities (seminars, exhibitions, visits, advertising, etc.)
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IX. Other relevant matters