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

we publish a Manual for Filing Patent Application on our website on this linke :http://www.egypo.gov.eg/page.aspx?id=21

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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Cooperation with universities, research centers, technology and innovation support centers, etc.

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 

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

• Receiving Experts from WIPO concerning IPAS data base Receiving 2experts from WIPO ( Giulio zanetti- Isabella Pimentel) concerningWIPOAcademyprogram  

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

External training courses :

•  Training course on the IP management ( Japan)  (1)
• WIPO training course for patent examiners on specified technology biotechnology  (Japan)(1)
• WIPO training course for patent examiners on specified technology (optical apparatus (Japan)(1) 

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

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

Other activities

VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION

International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information

Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information

Assistance to developing countries

Other activities

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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 

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

• Receiving Experts from WIPO concerning IPAS data base Receiving 2experts from WIPO ( Giulio zanetti- Isabella Pimentel) concerningWIPOAcademyprogram  

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

External training courses :

•  Training course on the IP management ( Japan)  (1)
• WIPO training course for patent examiners on specified technology biotechnology  (Japan)(1)
• WIPO training course for patent examiners on specified technology (optical apparatus (Japan)(1) 

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

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

Conferences abroad

• Standing Committee on the Low of Patent twentieth session
• Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: Twenty-Sixth Session Geneva(1)
• IPC Committee of Experts: Forty-Sixth Session (Geneva) (1)
•    an expert for the implementation of training program for searching using   classification categories (Advanced Level)    Kuwait(1)
• Advisory Committee on Enforcement: Ninth SessionGeneva(1)
• An Expert on Training Program for Refusing Patent Application Kuwait(1) 
• regional IT workshop for industrial property office in the Arab regionMorocco  (2) 
• Expert giving a Training Program on Handling Oppositions to Patent RegistrationKuwait(1)
• Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: Twenty-Seventh SessionGeneva(1)
• Intellectual Property and Industrial Property ConferenceKuwait(1)
• international exhibition of inventions ofGeneva   (1)   
• second Arab pat  expert meetingVienna  (2)
•  memorandum of understanding discussion between the authorities and bodies concerned with patent topics Agadir agreement member countries  Morocco(1)
• IPC Revision Working Group (1)Geneva
• The committee of WIPO standards (CWS) (1)Geneva
• The Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) Geneva(1)
• comprehensive Training workshop on Intellectual PropertyChina (3)
• Executive Workshop on the Application of Management Techniques in Delivery of IP ServicesCanada(1)
•  The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group Geneva (1)
• Regional workshop on developing local and regional methods for enhancing innovation and research, development and patent marketing
• Memorandum of understanding between Egyptian patent Office and Oman Patent Office Oman (2)                                                                       Assemblies of  Member States of WIPO Geneva (1)
• TheParisUnion- Executive Committee - Geneva(1                                                       
• Meetings of Assemblies of Member States of WIPO- Geneva (1
•                                                                             WIPO General Assembly
•  WIPO Coordination Committee Geneva (1)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Union Assembly - Geneva  (1)                 

- The second meeting for launching IP protection rights Arab Network - Morocco (1)

• IPCUnion- IPC Revision Working Group
• The Patent Information Conference- Poland (2)
• Meeting of industrial property and commercial working group    for Agadeer  agreement members- Morocco (1)

 Other activities

VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION

International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information

We have a big collection of patent documents on CD-ROMS from many countries in our library such as DE ,US FR, GB ,EPO, etc , the available collection include also various pamphlets manuals , and other publications such as law reports official journals of the EGPO from many different courtiers  ,magazines,.. etc..  

Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information

we had started negotiation with EU delegation to have a twining project to establishment a paperless system for the Egyptian patent office 

Assistance to developing countries

Other activities

VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

Quality Management Systems

According to the guidelines specified in Chapter 21 of the PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines,

The Egyptian Patent Office (EGPO)in 2006 had an established and maintained quality management system , the scope of which includes international search and examination.

EGPO recognizes the importance of Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure that all patent processing steps are completed in a timely and high quality manner.

The quality management system is represented in two committees, the high quality committee (HQC) and the quality sampling review committee (QSRC).

High Quality Committee (HQC)

Activities of the High Quality Committee (HQC) are:

• Providing trained Human Resources to insure quality standards.
• Providing the staff with latest training courses for insuring doing the work in a quality standards
• Providing more equipment and updating networks for making S&E easier.
• Modernizing and providing our databases with updated information from the service providers.
• Insuring doing work according to quality standards in each department.
• Reviewing QSRC committee work for evaluating their performance.
• Reviewing statistics for the performance of each department in order to evaluate their work.
•  Figuring out deficiencies in workflow, determining reasons for that and trying to put solutions.
• Improving financial income via direct and indirect ways.   

The (HQC) prepares a report every six month and submits it to the President of the (EgPO) in order to put an action plan for implementing the recommendations of the committee .

Quality Sample Review Committee (QSRC)

The (QSRC) renders a report on each application; if it finds no compliance with PCT Guidelines (national phase), it gives a feedback to the examiner who has performed that task in order to modify his decision.

QSRC has a total of 12 Examiners, 6 of them are responsible for legal examination, and the other 6 examiners are responsible for search and examination in different fields: Chemistry, Electricity, Agriculture, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Pharmacology.

Patent Applications are sampled randomly at 10% ( 5% on the approved application and 5% on the rejected ones) , examination reports are collected for analysis according to quality standards. QSRC is responsible for establishing a mistake-correction system to prevent mistakes pertaining to legal and technical examination from recurring.

(EgPO) started its functions in the capacity of (ISA/IPEA) on July 2013, all the received PCT applications (International phase) are reviewed.

The (QSRC) renders a report on each application monthly; if it finds no compliance with PCT Guidelines, it gives a feedback to the examiner who has performed that task in order to modify his decision.

The (QSRC) prepares a feedback report annually and submit it to to the President of the (EgPO).

In 2014 the total number of approved applications is 502 and 176 for the rejected , we took 5 % from each to be revised monthly.

Number of application( national/ PCT) chosen randomly per month

Number of application corrected / complete according to the QSRC