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Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2019 submitted by IPO CZ

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: changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes

1.1.1     Changes experienced in terms of application filings and grants with respect to the previous year

The number of patent applications filed by domestic applicants in 2019 has increased by 11% compared to 2018. Domestic applicants in 2019 filed 765 applications for inventions, with the greatest number in the fields of transport and storage; measuring, optics, photography medical, dental and hygienic preparations.

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In comparison with the year 2018, there were changes in patent and utility model activities as follows:



2019

Compared to2018

National patent applications

 813

+11 % (732)

Utility model applications

1301

+4% (1247)

PCT international applications

18

-25 % (24)

National patents granted

509

-1 % (512)

Utility models registrations

1128

+0 % (1130)

Supplementary protection certificate, applications

53

+2 % (52)

European Patents granted

137787

+8 % (127625)

IPO CZ received EP translations

7576

+7% (7054)

EP patents valid in CZ

43563

+10 % (39612)

National patents valid in CZ

4851

-11 % (5439)

National utility models valid in CZ

7734

+2 % (7564)


1.1.2     Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year

As regards the representation of individual segments, most of patent applications concerned transport and storage (15,87 %); measuring, optics, photography (9,59 %); medical, dental and hygienic preparations (5,90 %); etc.

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Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.

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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Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents

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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Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)

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

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

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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Assistance to developing countries

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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