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- completion of conversion of applications collection on paper carriers into electronic form;
- introduction of a new version of electronic filing system.
New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
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Processing of applications for patents (utility models) is carried out by means of the Inventions AS which has full functionality of the text processing and record keeping at all stages, from filing of an application to completing examination and maintenance of the state registers of patents ofUkrainefor of Ukraine for inventions and utility models.
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Data generation for updating corresponding databases on the Internet is carried out by means of special Inventions AS software. The software modules were implemented in the Inventions AS to support export of bibliographic data in the XML format in accordance with the WIPO standard ST.36.
In2014In 2014, anumber a number of measures were implemented in the direction of the development of the IT infrastructure:
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http://www.uipv.org/ua/bases.html;
http://www.sips.gov.ua/ua/info_resurses.html.
Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
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The Ukrainian version of the International Patent Classification (IPC-2014.01) was used for classifying patent documents ofUkrainein of Ukraine in 2014.
Within the Inventions AS the software system for checking the classification symbols is operative. It includes classification guides and specialized software for checking the allotted classification symbols and reclassifying.
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Abstracts and bibliographic data are formed routinely in three languages (Ukrainian, Russian and English) for publication in the National CD-ROM "Invention inUkrainein Ukraine" and on the Internet in the specialized database "Inventions (Utility Models) inUkrainein Ukraine".
Other activities
III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
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- free national and foreign Internet resources, in particular, electronic digital libraries, as well as accessible collections of more than 70 largest national and specialized libraries ofUkraineof Ukraine.
Updating of the PIB was implemented by current acquisition of patent documentation, in particular:
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In order to satisfy public needs for patent information in Ukraine the Public Patent Documentation Collection (PPDC) functions within the structure of the SE “UIPI” branch "Ukrainian Centre of Innovatics and Patent Information Services" (hereinafter – the Branch). The PPDC is the most comprehensive patent library inUkraineavailable in Ukraine available to the public (intellectual property office library).
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In 2014, SIPS received 29 requests for certification from patent attorney candidates. The Certification Commission certified 21 person as patent attorneys. As of December 31, 2014 there were 445 registered patent attorneys inUkrainein Ukraine, who render IP services in 41 cities and 24 regions ofUkraineof Ukraine.
In 2014, SIPS held international research-to-practice conferences, workshops, webinars, social activities, topical lectures, round-table meetings, etc.
On September 9-11, 2014, Kyiv hosted the XXII International Research-to-Practice Conference "Topical Issues of Intellectual Property", organized by SIPS, the SE "UIPI" and WIPO. This year organizers extended the range of issues under discussion at the Conference, namely, besides standard matters of legal protection of copyright and related rights, and examination of industrial property rights, the issues of IP rights enforcement on the Internet and IP litigation were addressed considerably. Thus, a workshop on IP rights enforcement on the Internet, arranged under the auspices of WIPO, became an effective forum for discussion of problematic and topical issues for judges, lawyers, officials of prosecution and customs authorities. Topics for other sections of the Conference were sorted out in view of the European integration path ofUkraineof Ukraine, which allowed not only to discuss the matters raised in the light of signing of the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement, but to draft respective guidelines for government agencies and national business section as well. Therefore, participants of the Conference took an active part in all sessions, in particular on Acquisition and Protection of Industrial Property Rights Under the Adaptation of National Regulatory and Legal Framework to the EU Standards, on Problematic Issues Relating to the "Private Copy" Fee in Ukraine, and on the Methods of Improvement of Judicial System as Part of Harmonization of Legislation of Ukraine with the EU Law.
Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences ofUkraineof Ukraine, under the auspices of WIPO, hosted the International Research-to-Practice Conference "Current Challenges and Pressing Issues of IP inUkraineandEuropein Ukraine and Europe". Program of the Conference covered the issues of state control in IP and innovation activities, control over contractual relations in IP, management of innovation projects and IP system of companies, legal protection of individualization means. The event was attended by the officials of the IP rights protection system ofUkraineof Ukraine.
SIPS and WIPO arranged webinars dedicated to the Advantages of Patent Classification as a Search Tool, and the Basics of Patent Search in Databases.
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An important aspect of SIPS activity as to the training of IP experts is the International Summer School on Intellectual Property under the auspices of WIPO, SIPS and theNationalUniversity"OdesaLawAcademythe National University "Odesa Law Academy". In the reporting year, from July 21, 2014 to July 27, the 6th International Summer School was held only for the Ukrainian students and young professionals at the premises of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Summer School stirred great interest in the Ukrainian youth showing clearly the rise of awareness of IP significance for the progress of the country and economic advancement in the oncoming generation.
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To promote development of the talented and creative youth ofUkraineof Ukraine, the Branch created a useful resource – the Factory of Ideas – that unites young people not indifferent to the science seeking to develop the scientific potential of our state, to promote inventive activity and to implement their own ideas and developments in life.
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In the framework of international exchange of patent documentation in 2014 the SE "UIPI" sent the Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnist" on DVD to 16 foreign patent offices and organizations. The National CD-ROM "Inventions inUkrainein Ukraine" was sent to 7 offices in 2014.
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Since2002 inthe framework of the relevant interdepartmental agreementUkrainehas agreement Ukraine has been involved in the release of a joint regional patent information product of the CIS countries CISPATENT on CD-ROM the technical executor and coordinator of which is the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS) of Rospatent.
In the reporting period 16 monthly information arrays of Ukrainian patent data were generated within the framework of the common information array of CIS countries patent data and transferred to the FIPS through the ftp-server. Monthly disks are made available on the ftp-server in the form of an archived file. Current discs contain the following information in respect of patent documents ofUkraineof Ukraine:
- bibliographic data and abstracts in Ukrainian, Russian and English;
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In total, in 2014, information on 8 000 documents fromUkrainewas from Ukraine was included in the current editions of CISPATENT that amounts 17% of the total volume of the published documents.
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Each loading is accompanied with sending an appropriate message to the specified address at the EPO.
In2014 inthe in the framework of international cooperation the SE "UIPI" experts took part in the work of the Committee on WIPO Standards Task Forces on carrying out the following tasks:
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