Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2016 submitted by the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
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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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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Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
In 2016 communication with the applicants is maintained via the Electronic Applicant Service System (EPAS), where the documents to SPB are filed in electronic form only.
Classification1, preclassification2 (if applicable), reclassification3 activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information
Applications are classified in accordance with the International Patent Classification, core level
Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents
Lithuanian language invention abstracts of patent applications and patents have been published as presented by applicants.
Other activities
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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)
In the Official Gazette of the SPB there are published the most important bibliographic data (including patent classifications, excluding abstracts and figurative accessories) of the patent applications laid open to public inspection after the lapse of 18 months from the filing date and bibliographic data (including patent classification, abstracts and figurative accessories) of the grated patents.
Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.
SPB publish on its homepage Official Gazette (http://www.vpb.lt/index.php?l=en&n=245) twice per month: on the 10th and on the 25th of every month.
In 2016 were announced the official statistics and 24 official bulletins (gazettes) of the SPB.
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases
The website for the State Patent Bureau of Lithuania is available in English or Lithuanian (via the language options accessible in the upper right corner of the webpage). Through the English-language version of the homepage, users can access the following collections by selecting the "Databases" link below the menu option for each intellectual property type (except "Topographies," which does not have an accessible database):
- Inventions
- Database of the Patents of the Republic of Lithuania
- Database of the European Patents entered into force in the Republic of Lithuania
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
The SPB homepage with Rss-reader at http://www.vpb.lt/index.php?l=EN. The homepage enables access to patent, design, trademark registration information both in English and Lithuanian. It also contains all legal acts (all Lithuanian legal acts are in Lithuanian) and other legislation as well as material on legal protection of industrial property, relevant links, current news and the public databases of subjects for legal protection of the Lithuanian Patent Office, EPO, WIPO, OHIM.
Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
Bibliographic, legal status data, abstracts in Lithuanian and English of Lithuanian patent applications and patents, extracted from SPB Common Software Database have been posted on EPO FTP sites prior to the actual publications date. Scanned Patent Specifications (B documents) SPB sent to Espacenet database.
Other sources
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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
Electronic reference data transmission software improved so as to ensure that EPO receives the most comprehensive data about Lithuanian patents.
Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
Microsoft Windows XP Professional,
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional,
Microsoft Windows 10; multimedia tablets with Apple iOS, Google Android and Microsoft Windows 10 Pro;
physical and virtual servers with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard & Enterprise, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard & Enterprise, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard & Enterprise, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard & Enterprise, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard, CentOS Linux 5/6/7, Debian GNU/Linux 6/7/8 and Ubuntu Server LTS; hypervisor servers with VMware vSphere and windows Server 2012 R2.
The web service developed in 2015 , which allows presenting the data about the legal status of the European patents to the European Patent Federal Register, was maintained.
Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
In 2016, SPB continued the maintenance of internal information systems. The main task of the IT Division employees was to upgrade and maintain the systems and workstations and to ensure their operation.
Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
The web service was developed, which allows presenting the data about the legal status of the European patents to the European Patent Federal Register. The online database of the European patents in the SPB website was supplemented by tax payment information and is automatically updated every day.
Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
The SPB published on its homepage (http://www.vpb.lt/en/) the Official Bulletin Inventions, Designs, Trademarks and databases of Lithuanian Patents and European Patents entered into force in the Republic of Lithuania.
Other matters
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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
Lithuanian Technical Library (LTL) is a library of national significance, which accumulates the collection maintenance of books, technical and economy periodic, documents on industrial property, company catalogues, normative and other documents.
The collection maintenance of printings is accumulated in accordance with the developing trends of economy, agriculture, industry and science.
LTL is a public library, available for all the citizens and legal entities of Lithuania and foreign countries. The Library performs the functions of the methodology center of technical libraries network, Interlibrary Exchange System (ILL) and International Interlibrary Exchange System (IILL).
Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
As every year, the SPB prepared an annual review publication containing statistics for 2016 and 24 official bulletins of the SPB
Office's initiatives on providing foreign patent information in the local language(s) (e.g., machine translation tools, translation of abstracts)
Cooperation with universities, research centers, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
The SPB collaborates with various institutions in the scope of promotion of knowledge on Intellectual Property (organisation of conferences, workshops, trainings,)
In 2016, the SPB collaborated with the following entities, to name a few:
- collaboration with universities (Vilnius University, Kaunas University of Technology, Klaipėda's University and etc.);
- collaboration with science and business related institutions, including:,Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA)
- collaboration with governmental administration institutions: Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Ministry of Culture
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Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
The SPB together with Vilnius University and Kaunas University of Technology organized a series of seminars of the European Patent Academy dedicated to the issues of intellectual property.
Attendees of the seminars received general information on intellectual property rights and their protection as well as specific features of the development of strategies on intellectual property. Presentations and workshops were held by a representative of the European Patent Academy and patent attorney from Great Britain.
Other activities
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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
The function of issuing PDF documents signed by e-signature PDF-LT was introduced in the EPAS e-service system.
Electronic reference data transmission software was improved.
Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information
In 2016 the SPB in co-operation with the European Patent Office signed the "Bilateral Co-operation Plan” (BCP) which is a co-operation agreement covering a number of projects planned for the years 2016-2018. The co-operation activities concern areas such as training, patent-related IT services and tools, patent information services and awareness and strengthening of the European Patent Network (EPN). In the IT field the projects deal with Espacenet New and Quality at Source.
Assistance to developing countries
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Other activities
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VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
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