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

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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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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.

Statistics

Since 2000 the Annual Reports and statistics have been available at the Office’s website:

http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/annual-report/annual-report.html

The Bulletin:

http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/ipo-bulletin.html

The Office website

The helpdesk:

mailto: helpdesk@upv.cz

List of news and events:

http://www.upv.cz/en/ipo/current-news/actual.html

Electronic filing of applications:

http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/on-line-filing.html

Element of proceedings:

https://isdv.upv.cz/webapp/!resdb.rejst.frm

Legislation related to all IP rights:

http://www.upv.cz/en/legislation.html

FAQ:

http://www.upv.cz/en/information-sources/faq.html

Search service – patent and utility model databases (IPO, EPO, WIPO) (basic search/advanced search):

http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/patent-and-utility-model-databases.html

Use of an electronic classification system to check IPC (International Patent Classification):

http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsification-systems/classification-patents.html

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

IPO CZ carries out patent granting procedure resulting from patent application that can be filed by the inventor or by a person; this right was transferred to by the inventor. Patent applications ordinarily follow a set form which must also include a description of the invention and optionally (if necessary) related drawings and so-called patent claims. The claims precisely define the subject-matter, for which the protection is requested. Application forms are available in the filing room of the IPO CZ and can also be downloaded from the IPO CZ website. Applications can be filed in person, by post or electronically.

The Office web sites http://www.upv.cz/en.html are the rich source of information.    

Electronic filing of patent applications:

https://isdv.upv.cz/webapp/EPOD.epweb.home

Element of proceedings: 

 https://isdv.upv.cz/webapp/!resdb.rejst.frm

Search service:

http://upv.cz/en/client-services/information-services/search-services.html

Fees and payments:

http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/fees.html

Information on business procedure related to patents:

http://upv.cz/en/ip-rights/patents.html

Information on Services:

http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/information-services.html

Publications:

http://www.upv.cz/en/publications.html

Patent and utility model databases:

http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/patent-and-utility-model-databases.html

Patent classification system:

http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsification-systems/classification-patents.html

Availability of the application dossier in electronic form

The content of the file (element of proceedings) is available at:  https://isdv.upv.cz/webapp/!resdb.rejst.frm

Classification¹, preclassification² (if applicable), reclassification³ activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information

IPC classification, Advanced Level, has been used since January 1, 2006.

All patent documents published since 1970 were reclassified to this edition of IPC classification.

CPC classification has been implemented in May the 1st 2016.

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

Published patent applications, granted patents, and registered utility models are searchable by date of filing, publication, grant and registration, by priority date, by number of application, patent and registration, by name of inventor, applicant and proprietor, by IPC classification and CPC classification, by title and abstract, description and claims (for documents published after 1973) and by document status.

Search system in bibliographic data on the web site allows full-text processing.

Other activities

III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

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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)

Office notices are published weekly in the electronic Official Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic. Notices are also published at the Office’s website.

Mass storage media used are hard discs, magnetic tapes for backup and paper.

Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.

The Bulletin contains the following types of announcements:

Lists of patent documents are published in the Official Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic. Starting from 2007 the Bulletin is published weekly in an electronic form only (updated on Wednesdays) and placed at the Office’s website (http://www.upv.cz/en.html). The standard content of the chapters regarding published patent applications, granted patents and registered utility models is:

• published patent applications arranged according to the number of applications and according to IPC symbols including list of applicants;
• granted patents arranged according to the number of patents and according to IPC symbols including list of owners;
• registered utility models arranged according to the number of registrations of utility models and according to the IPC symbols including list of proprietors;
• official decisions, legal status and announcements;
• corrections and alterations.

No prior registration or subscription to view the Bulletin is needed. The information as published should be the authentic one for legal purposes. As from No. 1/2000, the Official Bulletin has been available on the web site of the IPO CZ as an electronic book in PDF format.

Mass storage media used (paper, microforms, optical storage, etc.)

Mass storage media used are hard discs, magnetic tapes for backup and paper.

Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases

• Internal SyPP2 database – contains all pending as well as decided applications
• Internal database of patent and utility model applications since 1991
• EPO search tool EPOQUEnet – moreover within this tool: external databases BIOSIS, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PUBCHEM, Non-Patent Literature)
• STN International
• Science Direct database
• Freely accessible databases on Internet: Esp@cenet, Google Patents, National Office databases, for example

Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)

National and international patent (paper) documentation (EP, WO, US, DE (including DD), GB, FR, RU, CH)

Paid databases: STN International, DIALOG, QUESTEL and Science Direct database.

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

Internal and public Patent and utility model databases.

Other sources

URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide access to online publications of patent documents and gazettes, and to other primary and secondary sources of patent information, including patent publication servers and download of bulk patent data:

The Official Bulletin

http://www.upv.cz/cs/publikace/vestnik-upv.html (Czech version - since 2000)

http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/ipo-bulletin.html (English version - since 2007)

The public Czech patents and utility models database

https://isdv.upv.cz/webapp/!resdb.pta.frm

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

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