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There is a positive dynamics in number of industrial design applications filed by the national applicants. In 2008, 117 applications were filed. There is observed a decrease in number of industrial design applications filed by the foreign applicants – 84 applications in 2008, it is less to 17.9 percent of the 2007 total (see Table 1).
With demolition of the preliminary patent the number of preliminary patents for industrial designs issued in the year 2008 grew less and made up 31 for national applicants and 25 for foreign applicants. On the contrary, in 2008 the number of patents for industrial designs issued to the foreign applicants went up significantly with 21 patents, in 2007 – only 2 patents. In 2008 national applicants were granted 7 patents for industrial designs (see Table 2).
Statistics related to industrial designs can be found in Annual Report at www.kazpatent.kz
Tables1,2.doc - Tables 1,2
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of industrial design documents and of secondary sources of industrial design information, i.e., official gazettes
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