Annual Technical Report 2005 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Austria (SCIT/ATR/TM/2005/AT)
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I. Evolution of registration activities
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The complete register of national trademarks is available in an electronic version. The project of converting the paper version of the national register of trademarks to an electronic register was finalized in 2001.
An electronic registry for Appeals and Nullities including information about the procedural steps is accessible via the office´ s intranet.
Equipment used (hardware, including the types of terminal and network used, and software), carriers used
Hardware: From Pentium III 800 MHz to Pentium IV 2,4 GHz for all examiners via Ethernet-LAN, two flat-screen monitors for all trademarks examiners, leased lines to Internet.
Software: Windows Operating System (Win2000, WinXP), in house document management system for trademarks, Host System Siemens BS2000.
VI. Administration of trademark services available to the public (relating to facilities, e.g., for lodging applications, registering trademarks, assisting clients with search procedures, obtaining official publications and registry extracts)
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Training courses and exchange of information were held for participants from Bahrain, China, GCC and Korea during 2005.
Assistance to developing countries (sending consultants and experts, receiving trainees from developing countries, etc.)
Training courses are held for patent experts from developing countries in co-operation with the WIPO since 1977. Patent information and documentation are the main topics. The participants in the WIPO/Austria Training Course 2005 came from Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Thailand and Ukraine.
The program of the course provided practical training in the use of the International Patent Classification for file organization and searching as well as in the methodology of retrieving information from patent literature in search files and from online databases for patent examination, state-of-the-art searches and other technological information purposes.
Furthermore the curriculum included a demonstration of the Austrian Patent Office's operation and administration, applications of the Internet as well as CD-ROM technology and utilization.
The training course provided also information about international treaties such as TRIPS, PCT, SPLT and EU-COMPAT as well as basic knowledge about trademarks and design.
IX. Other relevant matters
For further information about activities of the office in 2005, one may also refer to the “Annual Report of the Austrian Patent Office 2005”, published in German and English on the Homepage of the office http://www.patentamt.at/geschaeftsbericht2005 .