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* The Egyptian patent office publishes three journals as follows :
1-The Egyptian patent gazette
2-The patent applications bulletin
3-The Egyptian patent Abstracts
These publications are published every month, and we send them to the universities, industrial companies and research institutes in Egypt and the foreign patent offices abroad .
Mass storage media used (paper, microforms, optical storage, etc.)
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The library's acquisitions are indicated in the attached documents "Acquisitions"and "Total documents".
Activities of library
1- Patents
We transferred the granted patents into microfiche
From No. 23033 to No 23345 (Total = 312 patents)
Patent Applications:
We transferred patent applications from paper form to microfilm for the year 2004 (total = 536 applications)
We search through:
- Computerized IPC Catchword
-CD-ROMs and DVD systems which are available in the Egyptian Patent Office.
-The International network (Internet) through the foreign patent office databases such as:
1. ESP@cenet
2. Japan Patent Office
3. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
4. Egyptian Patent Office database
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-We exchange our Egyptian patent gazette and abstract gazette with the
foreign patent offices .
- We get patent documents in paper form , on microfilm, microfiche and CD-
ROMS.
- N.B. We prepare to exchange our patents documents on microfiche .
VIII. Other relevant matters concerning education and training in, and promotion of, the use of patent information, including technical assistance to developing countries
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IX. Other relevant matters
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| 1. | Classification is allotting one or more classification symbols (e.g., IPC symbols) to a patent application, either before or during search and examination, which symbols are then published with the patent application.
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| 2. | Preclassification is allotting an initial broad classification symbol (e.g., IPC class or subclass, or administrative unit) to a patent application, using human or automated means for internal administrative purposes (e.g., routing an application to the appropriate examiner). Usually preclassification is applied by the administration of an office.
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| 3. | Reclassification is the reconsideration and usually the replacement of one or more previously allotted classification symbols to a patent document, following a revision and the entry into force of a new version of the Classification system (e.g., the IPC). The new symbols are available on patent databases.
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