Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2014 submitted by Egyptian Patent Office

I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PATENT INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

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• Each examiner built his own search file to ruse in case examaining a smilar application .

   

  Technical searching can be carried out on combination of terms from different headings. IPC terms can be searched too.

  To assist with IPC classification, examiners have access to TACSY and IPCCAT   :-  

  External databases:

   

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• We have a list of some external databases that we use regularly, including Espace net, JAPIO, USPTO, SIPO, EPODOC and Patent scope.and Journals( SCIENCE DIRECT, SCOPUS, SPRINGER LINK, IEEE XPLORE, EBSCO, OVID, PROQUEST).

Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)

• EGPO is starting with WIPO to use the new system Industrial Property Automation System (IPAS) and the office is a pilot with WIPO.
• EGPO is starting with WIPO to digitization, such as WIPO-Scan system. We replaced EPOSCAN system by WIPOSCAN
•   EGPO applies effectively the Automated IP Management Software IPAS system supported by WIPO.  IPAS is a fully automated system that includes the following steps :
•   Registering patent applications, sustentative examination, technical and legal examinations, granting patents, issuing formal gazettes. Inquiries, statistics, and annual fees. All applications documents in paper form are scanned on the automatic archive system.  Then the documents forms are adjusted according to WIPO standers and connected to the bibliographic database.
•         Patent applications that are received on paper form are scanned and use WIPO SCAN SYSTEM  After scanning step, the application contents are indexed and transformed to WIPO standard form, then the application is connected to the bibliographic database through IPAS by its number as PDF .  All bibliographic data and attached documents are available to EGPO officers to carry on the necessary procedures via IPAS , and search is conducted by patent number.
• Title of invention, name of applicant, and abstract, external users can access to granted patents only via EGPO website.
•   Technical examiners have access to all up-to-date PC sets with high internet speed to enable them to do their work with high quality.

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Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.

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Office's initiatives on providing foreign patent information in the local language(s) (e.g., machine translation tools, translation of abstracts)

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Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.

Internal training:-

Training for focal piont:

• Training courses for 6 trainees from focal point in Cairo university faculty of Engineering & City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications – (5) trainees from  Ain shams university 

university – (2) trainees from National Authority for  Remote Sensing)  -  (8) trainees from faculty of veterinary medicine - (3) trainees fromNileUniversity   -

• opening ceremony of the 3 new  focal point (FayomUniversity  ,

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•  Ain shams university –faculty of agriculture and National Authority for  Remote Sensing)
•   Training courses for patent attorneys on patent drafting – training course for (17) trainer ofWIPOACADEMY                                                                         
• Seminar on over view on intellectual property
• Training course on computer ( power point , Excel , windows  ICDL) for (18) trainees
• Course in customer satisfaction (1)

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• English language courses (23)
• Program for training legal examiners 

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•  Course in executive management (1)- course in legal examination     
• Work shop on Egyptian Patent Office and its role in spreading awareness about intellectual property and establishingWIPOAcademy
• Memorandum of understanding between Egyptian patent Office and Oman Patent Office
• Training courses for (15) trainer of theWIPOAcademy( Giulio zanetti- Isabella Pimentel)
• IP Scholarship in   Helwan university for (9) EGYPO employees granted by EGYPO.
• Training course for 3 of employees on using modern technologies of research & recovery.

Receiving Experts from WIPO

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• Receiving Experts from WIPO concerning IPAS data base                       

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• base Receiving 2experts from WIPO ( Giulio zanetti- Isabella Pimentel) concerningWIPOAcademyprogram  

Frame work contract for needs assessment  for EGPO to complete twinning fiche program 

Training External training courses abroad :

•  Training course on the IP management (

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• Japan)  (

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• 1)
• WIPO training course for patent examiners on specified technology

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• biotechnology  (

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• Japan)(

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• 1)
• WIPO training course for patent examiners on specified technology (optical apparatus (

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• Japan)(

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• 1)

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• A Comprehensive Training workshop on Intellectual Property- (China) (3)

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• the Advanced Training Course on Patent Documentation and Information -Austria
• The  Master of Laws of (LL.M.) in Intellectual PropertyItaly(1) 
•   The Use of Information Technology in Industrial Property Administration  Japan(1)
•  Patent Search and Examination in the Field of BiotechnologyGermany(2)
•  IPC Union - IPC Revision Working GroupGeneva(1)

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• The regional policy dialogue on the importance of the elaboration and implementation of national policies relating to intellectual

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• Workshop on Advanced of distance learning courses and the WIPO Development Agenda Tunisia (2)
• WIPO training Course on the Examination of Industrial PropertyJapan  (1)
• Workshop on international patent classification Jordon (2)
• Trademarks in pharmaceutical sector choice and protectionTunisia(2)

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