Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2024 submitted by Norwegian Industrial Property office

Please provide links to your website where the requested information can be found in English, French, or Spanish.  Alternately, you may provide text responses instead of URLs if desired.  If the information is not available on your website in an ATR language, then please provide text.

URLs in responses should meet the following requirements:

I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PATENT INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of patent information activities and expected time frames for their realization: 

New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plan mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, task:
- Generative AI infrastructure and Rag/Fine tuning projects

Main Arewas of patent informaiton activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year:

• Team organization of Digitalization Dept.
• Generative KI
• Cloud infrastructure (Azure)
• Legal Status extract and database for PT
• Digital Gazette for patent
• Open data API for patent
• Altinn migration (National platform for secure electronic filing and correspondences)

Statistisk: changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to prevous year, trends oare ares experiencing rapid changes: 

• A significant decrease of national patenting activity since 2021.
• The number of applications with foreign applicants is increasing. 
• The annual increase in EP validation is still strong.

Other matters and useful links (URLs) Annual Reports of the office, news page, statistics, etc: 

• Annual report: (Annual reports are only in Norwegian)
• Office strategy 
• About NIPO

II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF PATENT INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

VII. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO STANDARDS CONCERNING PATENT INFORMATION

Note: For each Standard listed below, please enter one of the following values: 

• "Implemented";
• "On implementation phase";
• "Planning to implement";  and
• "No plan to implement"

WIPO Standard ST.3: Two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and organizations

WIPO Standard ST.6: Numbering of published patent documents

WIPO Standard ST.9: Bibliographic data on and relating to patents and SPCs

WIPO Standard ST.10/C: Presentation of bibliographic data components

WIPO Standard ST.13: Numbering of applications for IPRs

WIPO Standard ST.14: References cited in patent documents

WIPO Standard ST.16: Identification of different kinds of patent documents 

WIPO Standard ST.18: Patent gazettes and other patent announcement journals

WIPO Standard ST.26: Presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings using XML

WIPO Standard ST.27: Recommendation for the Exchange of Patent Legal Status Data

WIPO Standard ST.36: Processing of patent information using XML

WIPO Standard ST.37: Recommendation for an Authority File of Published Patent Documents

WIPO Standard ST.50: Corrections, alterations and supplements relating to patent information

WIPO Standard ST.90: Recommendation for processing and communicating Intellectual Property data using Web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)

WIPO Standard ST.91: Recommendations on digital three-dimensional (3D) models and 3D images

WIPO Standard ST.92: Recommendations on the Data Package Format for the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents

WIPO Standard ST.96: Processing of Industrial Property information using XML

Other WIPO Standards Related to Patents

Note: Please list any other WIPO Standards related to patents (not mentioned above) that your Office or Organization has implemented, is currently in the process of implementing, or plans to implement in the future.  For each Standard, please indicate the implementation status with an option: Implemented, On implementation Phase or Planning to Implement.

VIII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

Please include any other relevant information here.

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.

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.

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.