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Main areas of patent information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
The ARIPO/WIPO/KOICA Project to Upgrade and Modernize the ARIPO ICT Infrastructure and those of its Member States registered important developments with the deployment of several missions from Korea, including a resident consultant. Equipment to support the project was received.
Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
- The number of applications received by the ARIPO Secretariat continues to increase steadily. As at October 31, 692 patents and 299 trademark 835 patent applications were lodged . There is an increase of 23% in the number of patent applications lodged and 9% in the number of trademarks lodged compared to same period of 2013. The number of industrial designs lodged shows a negative trend with a reduction from 201 to 138 corresponding to -31% compared to the same period of last yearin 2014 compared to 692 for the same period in 2013.
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
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Patent library: equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries
- The Anderson Ray Zikonda A Library is available and stocks patent and non-patent literature by the Office and from cooperating partners like the WIPO, EPO, EAPO, UK-IPO, JPO, KIPO, ROSPATENT, SIPO
- ARIPO also purchased some non-patent titles for research work.
- Currently, officers can access the library online public access catalogue (OPAC) via the Office intranet
- The library management software is the Liberty3 software by Softlink Europe
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