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Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design 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:

The term "industrial designs" covers industrial designs and models.

Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.

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

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of industrial design information activities and expected time frames for their realization
  • New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies(plans) mentioned above, short description:  aims, partners, tasks
  • Main areas of industrial design information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
  • Statistics:  changes in terms of application filings and grants (registrations) with respect to previous year;  trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
    • Trends:
       202220232024
      Design applications in total1 1981 3651 291
      National applications from Norwegian applicants155185
      National applications from other applicants141166
      International designations from Norwegian applicants1623
      International designation from other applicants886991
      Total number of individual designs filed4 3004 595 
      Number of decisions annually
      (Registrations, refused, shelved)      		1 1391 257 
      Renewed design rights5 2015 944 
      Total number of design registrations in force12 13012 575 


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  • Other matters and useful links (URLs):  annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc

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

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) – URLs
  • Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
  • Classification and reclassification activities;  classification system used, e.g., International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), other classification
  • Other activities

III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Main types of publications in the field of industrial design information, outline of the content (industrial design applications, design patents, registrations, etc.) and medium (on paper, on CDs, online – URLs)
  • Official Gazettes:  main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online – (URL), etc.
  • Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases
  • Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users;  conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
  • Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
  • Other sources 

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

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office:  general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
  • Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
  • Internal databases:  coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
  • Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file:  file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
  • Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
  • Other matters 

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

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Office’s library (if deals with industrial design information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
  • Publications related to different business procedures and industrial design information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
  • Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
  • Education and training:  training courses, e learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
  • Other activities 

VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • International exchange of industrial design information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
  • Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to industrial design information
  • Assistance to developing countries
  • Other activities 

VII. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO STANDARDS CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 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.13: Numbering of applications for IPRs

 

WIPO Standard ST.80: Bibliographic data relating to industrial designs


WIPO Standard ST.81: Content and layout of industrial designs gazettes

 

WIPO Standard ST.86: Processing of industrial design information using XML


WIPO Standard ST.87: The exchange of industrial design legal status data 


WIPO Standard ST.88: Electronic representation of industrial designs


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.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








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