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- Established case handling efficience efficiency project (2015->) to improve internal process and tools
- Continue to improve and maintain the SANT IP Automation System for Case Management and registry handling
- Automate integration to WIPO for Hague (MECA Hague) transactions
- Upgrade infrastructure where further virtualization of servers and Oracle databases, Documentum, Microsoft servers and Citrix clients are central (2015)
- Reuse of national registers: Integration to national registries for citizen birth number and company ID (Master Customer database).
- Enhanced tech cooperation with WIPO to ensure 100% electronic exchange (2015 - 2017)
- Implement electronic gazette publication (2017)
- Improve online surveillance services, online search and create online payment for renewals (by 2016)
- Create national archive (separate) live from production according to national standard (By 2017)
- Create and host the national anti-piracy information site (by 2015)
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- Registered DS rights 588 1 009 1 154 1 199 1 220
- Refused 0 0 0 0 0
- Shelved/withdrawned withdrawn 52 62 51 74 67
Total decisions 640 1 071 1 205 1 273 1 287
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- Number of renwals renewals 613 658 660 610 628
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Full dossier published within public online search service; https://search.patentstyret.no/
Application (or right) available externally when officer has confirmed Open for Public status (normally 6 monhts months from filing).
The dossier is complete with bibliographic data, designs, images, legal status, classification, coding, all filing documents, all correspondences and links to possible other cases such as administrative overruling, oppositions, and appeals. The content is revised in full weekly (changes or new records).
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NIPO is registration authority and do only perform novelity novelty search and evaluation upon request from applicant.
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A manual paper based record archive organised according to Locarno is used for search in older design rights and OPI-publications. .
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
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- All bibliographic data, records, legal status, images etc from 2003
- All valid design rights in force at 2003 until now.
- All correspndence correspondence documents and certificates from 2010 up to date
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- Full bibliographic data/history since 2003, with limited records from all historic registration in force and publicly available designs at databasew database creation in 2003.
- Individual designs handled in sub structure to separate from application case handling.
- Full electronic dossier (all images/records) since 2003 incl all records/documents/journal.
- Allow unlimited number of designs in one applicaitonapplication/registration, with a limited number of images per design
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- Weekly/daily updated database - full copy of production database, where all correspondence documents (since 2010) and publications are available (via secure link to Document management system EMC Documentum)
- Structured according to WIPO ST.36 with additonal additional schemas since search service has cross domain nature.
Export to DSView for selected bibliograhic bibliographic content (according to DSView spec).
Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
- NIPO is only registrating registering authority and novelity novelty search/evaluation is only performed upon request.
- Search results included in database
- Acsepto v10 for design, used as main search and examination tool that stores search results and selected hits, sevearl several searches possible on same application.
- Results from other sources stored in dossier.
- All used search results are documented in each design application/-right dossier by the search report
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Application handling and rights management is all performed within "single dossier" in SANT-application, from birth to death. A copy of all public data that are published on the public search servicee service is updated frequently to a separate online dossier.
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SANT/Ptolemy and Acsepto/SDU maintenance, development, upgrades and integrations by Sword SA, Paris Document management system EMC Documentum by Ciber AS, Oslo Template creation and management system PubMan, managed by Perspectives Consulting, France. Sattelite Satellite systems: ERP system Agresso with bank transaction logic from Babelbank by Visual Banking. Oracle reports
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- Dedicated information targeting IP novices on web site
- Dedicated informaiton information targeting IP professionals in separate section on NIPO web site www.patentstyret.no/en.
- Approximately 50% of content translated to English
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International exchange of industrial design information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
Export of biblograhic bibliographic data, legal status, mark/denominiation denomination to DSView of OHIM: Gazette only available in downloadable weekly PDF document on NIPO web site.
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