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Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) - URLs
IPO CZ carries out patent granting procedure resulting from patent application that can be filed by the inventor or by a person, this right was transferred to by the inventor. Patent applications ordinarily follow a set form which must also include a description of the invention and/or related drawings and so called patent claims. The claims precisely define the subject-matter, for which the protection is requested. Application forms are available in the filing room of the IPO CZ and can also be downloaded from the IPO CZ website. Applications can be filed in person, by post or electronically.
The Office web sites http://www.upv.cz/en.html are the rich source of information.
Electronic filing of patent applications: http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/on-line-filing.html
Element of proceedings: http://isdv.upv.cz/portal/pls/portal/portlets.rejst.formular?lan=en
Search service :http://upv.cz/en/client-services/information-services/search-services.html
Fees and payments: http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/fees.html
Information on business procedure related to patents: http://upv.cz/en/ip-rights/patents.html
Information on Services: http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/information-services.html
Publications: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications.html
Patent and utility model databases: http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/patent-and-utility-model-databases.html
Patent classification system: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsification-systems/classification-patents.html
Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
The content of the file (element of proceedings) is available at: http://isdv.upv.cz/portal/pls/portal/portlets.rejst.formular?lan=en
Classification1, preclassification2 (if applicable), reclassification3 activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information
IPC classification, Advanced Level, has been used since January 1, 2006.
All patent documents published since 1970 were reclassified to this edition of IPC classification.
Other classification systems are not used.
Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents
Published patent applications, granted patents, and registered utility models are searchable by date of filing, publication, grant and registration, by priority date, by number of application, patent and registration, by name of inventor, applicant and proprietor and by IPC classification.
Search system in bibliographic data on the web site allows full-text processing.
Other activities
III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
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Main types of publications of the Office (patent applications, full text, first pages, abstracts, bibliographic data, granted patents, etc.), medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
Office notices are published weekly in the electronic Official Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic. Notices are also published at the Office’s website.
Mass storage media used are hard discs, magnetic tapes for backup and paper.
Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.
Lists of patent documents are published in the Official Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic. Starting from 2007 the Bulletin is published weekly in an electronic form only (updated on Wednesdays) and placed at the Office’s website (http://www.upv.cz/en.html). The standard content of the chapters regarding published patent applications, granted patents and registered utility models is:
- published patent applications arranged according to the number of applications and according to IPC symbols including list of applicants;
- granted patents arranged according to the number of patents and according to IPC symbols including list of owners;
- registered utility models arranged according to the number of registration of utility models and according to the IPC symbols including list of proprietors;
- official decisions, legal status and announcements;
- corrections and alterations.
No prior registration or subscription to view the Bulletin is needed. The information as published should be the authentic one for legal purposes. As from No. 1/2000, the Official Bulletin has been available on the web site of the IPO CZ as an electronic book in PDF format.
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases
- Internal SyPP2 database – contains all pending as well as decided applications
- Internal database of patent and utility model applications since 1991
- EPO search tool EPOQUEnet – moreover within this tool: external databases BIOSIS, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PUBCHEM, Non-Patent Literature)
- Science Direct database
- Freely accessible databases on Internet:
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
National and international patent (paper) documentation (EP, WO, US, DE (including DD), GB, FR, RU, CH)
Paid databases: STN International, DIALOG, QUESTEL and Science Direct
Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
Internal and public Patent and utility model databases
Other sources
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide access to online publications of patent documents and gazettes, and to other primary and secondary sources of patent information, including patent publication servers and download of bulk patent data
The Official Bulletin:
http://internet.upv.cz/cs/publikace/vestnik-upv.html (Czech version - since 2000)
http://internet.upv.cz/en/publications/ipo-bulletin.html (English version - since 2007)
The public Czech patents and utility models database – basic search: http://isdv.upv.cz/portal/pls/portal/portlets.pts.frm?p_lan=English
The public Czech patents and utility models database – advanced search: http://isdv.upv.cz/portal/pls/portal/portlets.pta.formular?lok=en
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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