Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2015 submitted
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by STATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PATENT INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE STATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
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Development of the first stage of the general Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) (within the internal document flow) was completed and put into operation at the end of 2015. All workstations of employees were connected, directories of Ukrpatent divisions and employees as well as user accounts were formed, images of personal signatures were collected and uploaded into the database. The intersystem inter-system integration is performed to ensure documents transfer from the general EDMS to the technological automated systems.
The works on creation and implementation of series of actions aimed at the development of the Digital Patent Library (DPL) were continued in the state system of intellectual property legal protection within the subcomponent sub-component "Improvement of the Digital Patent Library" of the EU-funded TWINNING project "Strengthening the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in Ukraine" which was launched in April 2014. Therefore, separate directions of work were devoted to the optimization of functioning of the DPL as a part of the project, by the results of which the experts of the project provided a number of corresponding recommendations.
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A unified mechanism for automatic registration of incoming documents regardless of the way of their receipt: on paper, by email to the official address of Ukrpatent (office@ukrpatent.org), by fax or other telecommunication networks has been implemented at Ukrpatent in 2015.
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From 01.01.2015 to 31.12.2015 within the framework of experimental tests of the electronic filing system for industrial property rights (IPRs) 221 applications for inventions were received (37.27 % more than in the previous year).
In In 2015, the highest percentage of filed applications for inventions was in the following technical areas: "Medical or veterinary science; hygiene" – IPC Class A61 (14.0 %); "Organic chemistry" – IPC Class C07 (10.1 %); "Agriculture: Forestry; Animal husbandry…" – IPC Class A01 (7.0 %); "Measuring; Testing" – IPC Class G01 (4.0 %); "Biochemistry; Beer; Spirits; Wine; Vinegar; Microbiology; Enzymology; Mutation of Genetic Engineering" – IPC Class C12 (3.0%), "Conveying; packing; storing; handling thin or filamentary material" - IPC Class B65 (2.6%);"Foods or foodstuffs …" – IPC Class A23 (2.3 %).
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Annual Reports, statistical information, the Annual Technical Reports of the Office:
http://sips.gov.ua/ua/plans_reports.html
http://sips.gov.ua/en/plans_reports.html
News of the Office on the issues related to patents:
http://ukrpatent org/en/index.html
Information on patent legislation:
http://sips.gov.ua/ua/normative_acts.html
http://sips.gov.ua/en/normative_acts.html
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All application materials (both primary and secondary) for inventions and utility models, regardless of how they are filed to Ukrpatent (through the electronic filing system, on paper carriers, by email, Fax or other telecommunication networks), automatically or after scanning the paper carriers are entered and stored in the electronic archive of documents and used by technological systems within the pendency of applications.
Classification1, preclassification2 (if applicable), reclassification3 activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information
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DB "Electronic Version of the Cumulative Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnist" (http://base.ukrpatent.org/searchBul/);
Specialized DB "Inventions (Utility Models) in Ukraine" (http://base. ukrpatent.org/searchINV/);
Shared DB "Information on Invention Applications Accepted for Examination" (http://base.ukrpatent.org/searchbul/search.php?dbname=appinvc);
IRS "Invention and Utility Model Applications Prosecution Status" (http://base.ukrpatent.org/searchInvStat/);
IRS "Information on Patents of Ukraine for Inventions (Utility Models) Deemed to be Invalid or Expired" (http://base.ukrpatent.org/searchInvRevoke/);
IRS "International Patent Classification. Ukrainian Version (2015.01)" (http://base.ukrpatent.org/mpk2009/index.html?level=c).
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In the section "Notices" of the Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnist" with the periodicity of its release announcements in respect of registered inventions (utility models) (to the extent provided by the respective applicable Law of Ukraine) are published including information:
- on renewal of patents patents of Ukraine for inventions, the object of which is drug, means of animals protection, means of plants protection, the use of which requires approval of the competent authority; changes in the information entered into the State register of patents of Ukraine for inventions, information on issue of the patents duplicates, information about correction of obvious errors in specifications to patents of Ukraine for inventions, modifications due to the correction of errors and other information relating to registration of patents of Ukraine for inventions;
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The PPDC is located in the premises of the Innovations Department in the three specially adapted and equipped areas (two depositaries with the total area of 81 sq. m. and a reading room of 40 sq. m.). The PPDC is equipped with 12 up-to-date computers with appropriate licensed software, as well as scanners, printers and xerographic copying machinesmachines.
To enable users to make online access to the electronic patent information resources, such as the Digital Patent Library, the Internet access based on Wi-Fi technology was provided in addition to the traditional Internet access for users convenience.
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In 2015, 21 projects relating to inventions and utility models were placed in the Internet Exchange.
To promote development of the talented and creative youth of Ukraine, the Innovations Department created a useful resource – the Factory of Ideas (http://fabrikaidei.kiev.ua) – that unites young people not indifferent to the science seeking to develop the scientific potential of our state, to promote inventive activity and to implement their own ideas and developments in life.
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In 2015 the Factory of Ideas had about 190 projects.
Detailed information on other activities of SIPS, Ukrpatent and the Innovations Department in 2015 is contained in the appropriate sections of the 2015 Annual Report (http://sips.gov.ua/en/year_reports.html).
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During 2015 Ukrpatent loaded to the FTP-server the national patent documentation from the National CD-ROM "Inventions in Ukraine" №№ 1№ 1-21 for 2015 (temporarily, under agreement with EPO, without translations of abstracts into English). Each loading is accompanied with sending an appropriate message to the specified address at the EPO.
In 2015, the SIPS and Ukrpatent representatives took part in sessions and meetings of the WIPO Committees and Working Groups, as well as joined the EPO events. In the framework of international cooperation Ukrpatent experts participated in the work of the Committee on WIPO Standards Task Forces on carrying out the following tasks:
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