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Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2015 submitted by the State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova (AGEPI)

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

Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of patent information activities and expected time frames for their realization

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Statistics related to patents: http://agepi.gov.md/en/node/8459

II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) - URLs

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The office translates the titles and abstracts into English and review the titles and abstracts provided by the applicant (in Romanian and Russian) and, if necessary, amends them accordingly to WIPO standard ST.12/A in order to ensure that the abstract contains the necessary information to be a useful search tool. The abstracts and titles are published in the Official Bulletin for patents and utility models applications and the granted protection titles is provided in 3 languages.

Other activities

III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

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)

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The legislation related to patents and protection of patent’s rights is available on official website www.agepi.gov.md  

Other sources

IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements

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The whole administration is built in "Patents" program and is performed by an Administrator from Patents Division, but also by a Database Administrator for a complete administration.

Other matters

V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF PATENT INFORMATION

Patent library: equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries

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-          Practical Seminar “Application of the Patent Landscape Platform”, organized at the Medical Scientific Library of the SUMP “N.Testemitanu” for librarians and persons from the academic environment.

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

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In the conditions of achievement of the preparatory arrangements for patent data exchange between AGEPI and EPO, in the context of implementation of the Validation Agreement, in September 9 to 10, 2015, AGEPI hosted the working visit of the EPO expert in the Post grant renewal fees, products and specialized services distribution team. Thus, there was reviewed the technical aspects of data exchange between the offices with presentation of practical recommendations to AGEPI experts.

Other activities

VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

 

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1.Classification is allotting one or more classification symbols (e.g., IPC symbols) to a patent application, either before or during search and examination, which symbols are then published with the patent application.

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