Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2021 submitted by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent)
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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
Annual Report 2021 (AR) https://rospatent.gov.ru/content/uploadfiles/otchet-2021-en.pdf
AR par.5.1, pp.79
Goals, objectives and plans of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property are published on the website of Rospatent, in the section "Plans" (in Russian): https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/about/plans.
- New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
AR par.5.1, pp.80-81
AR par.7.2, pp.115-116
- Main areas of patent information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
AR par.7.5, pp.119AR par.5.1, pp.80
- Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
AR par.1.3, pp.16-18
- Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
Annual Report 2021 https://rospatent.gov.ru/content/uploadfiles/otchet-2021-en.pdf
Rospatent facts & figures 2021 (short report) https://rospatent.gov.ru/content/uploadfiles/annual-report-2021-short-version-en.PDF
The following pages of the Office’s websites contain:
Information on patent legislation - Regulation section:
https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/regulations
Office Annual Report- Rospatent Annual Reports section (pages 16-17, 137-149):
https://rospatent.gov.ru/content/uploadfiles/otchet-2021-en.pdf
Monitoring of the quantitative and qualitative indicators for the main activities of Rospatent/FIPS in 2021 is provided on the FIPS website in the FIPS Main Activities section (in Russian): https://www.fips.ru/about/deyatelnost/
List of public services of Rospatent:
https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/activities/public_services
Rospatent news: https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/news
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT 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
AR pp.91 «Information Services Provided on the Basis of SPC»
The following web pages of the Office websites provide information on filing applications:
- State registration of inventions, and patent grants for inventions, and duplicates thereof (in Russian):
- State registration of utility models, and patent grants for utility models, and duplicates thereof (in Russian):
- Access to documents for patent applications for inventions, utility models, industrial designs, and issuance of copies of the said documents (in Russian):
- Methodological recommendations on the examination of applications for inventions and utility models (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/to-applicants/inventions/metodicheskie-rekomendatsii-i-informatsionnye-pisma.php
- section "Forms of documents" (in Russian):
https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/docs/form/forms#3
- Filing Applications section (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/podacha-zayavki/
- The ‘Personal Account’ service facilitates the communication on stage of prosecution for applications filed both on paper, and via the electronic application filing services (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/podacha-zayavki/lichnyy-kabinet-dlya-perepiski-po-zayavkam/index.php
- Fees section: https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/activities/dues
- Fees calculator (in Russian): https://www.fips.ru/podacha-zayavki/kalkulyator-poshlin/index.php
- Patent Law subject matter section (in Russian): https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/objects-of-patent-rights
- Beginners section (in Russian): https://www.fips.ru/to-applicants/dlya-novichkov/
- Webinars (in Russian): https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/activities/conferences
- "Scientific Conferences" section:
https://www.fips.ru/en/about/scientific-conferences/
- Users of the FIPS website have access to user and technical documentation on setting up and operating an electronic application filing service for patent grants for inventions and utility models, and corresponding electronically using the ‘AWP “Registrar":’ service (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/podacha-zayavki/podacha-zayavki-na-tovarnyy-znak/
- Frequently Asked Questions section: https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/faq
- Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
Within the frameworks of the system of paperless electronic document management for the examination of applications for inventions, utility models, access is provided to the primary materials of applications for inventions and utility models received in paper and / or electronic form, versions of the application components (claims, descriptions, abstracts or drawings), bibliographic data on applications and versions of documents - incoming and outgoing correspondence signed with an electronic signature.
- Classification1, preclassification2 (if applicable), reclassification3 activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information
https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/products_services/classifications
AR par.4.5, pp.67
AR par.4.2, pp.64-65
- Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents
In 2021, the publication of abstracts was proceeded in Russian and English for Russian patent grants for inventions as part of the Official Gazette on Inventions and Utility Models, as well as were posted on the FIPS website.
In order to establish a comfortable environment for examiners and other categories of users working with foreign patent documentation, immediate translation assistance is provided for patent documentation, both from Russian into other languages and from other languages into Russian, in both written and oral form.
Electronic catalogue of patent legal literature “Intellectual Property Legal Protection worldwide: national and foreign publications” (in Russian):
- Other activities
III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
- Main types of publications of the Office (patent applications, full text, first pages, abstracts, bibliographic data, granted patents, etc.), medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
AR par.5.3.4, p.87
The information on all Inventions and Utility Models is available in the Official Gazette:
https://www.fips.ru/publication-web/bulletins/IZPM?lang=en
The following web pages of the Office’s websites provide information concerning Office publications:
- Official Publications section: https://www.fips.ru/publication-web/?lang=en
- Patent Information Products section:
https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/products_services/patent_information_products
- Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.
The Official Gazette on Inventions and Utility Models is published three times per month. The forms of notifications on inventions and utility models published in the Rospatent Official Gazette on Inventions and Utility Models as presented in the Table.
Notifications containing messages about changes and corrections in inventions and utility models state registration data
PD4A/PD9K Name, surname, first name, patronymic of the patent owner
ТС4A/TC9K Author(s) data change
ТЕ4A/TE9K Mailing address change
Notifications containing messages about invention / utility model patent termination or renewal
MZ4A/MZ9K Invention / utility model (group of inventions / utility models) patent early termination based on patent owner’s declaration
ММ4А/MM9K Рatent early termination due to patent maintenance fee unpaid at term
МK4A/MK9K Invention / utility model (group of inventions / utility models) patent termination upon expiration
MG4A/MG9K Invention / utility model (group of inventions / utility models) patent termination due to granting patent for an identical object
NF4A/NF9K Patent renewal
MF4A/MF9K Patent termination due to its full invalidity recognition
MF4A/MF9K Patent termination due to its partial invalidity recognition
NG4A/NG9K Granting a new patent due to partial invalidity recognition of a patent granted earlier
Notifications containing messages about invention patent term extension, granting a patent copy
ND4A Invention (group of inventions) patent term extension based on patent owner’s declaration
RH4A/RH9K Granting a patent copy
RH4F Granting a copy of USSR author’s certificate or patent for invention
ND4A Exclusive rights term extension for an invention related to such a product as medicine, pesticide or agrochemical for use of which permission is granted. Granting supplementary patent for invention (according paragraph 2 of Article 1363 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation)
Notifications relating to state registration of contract exclusive rights for invention / utility model, to exclusive rights for invention / utility model transfer without contract
PC4A/PC9K State registration of exclusive rights alienation under contract
PC4A/PC9K State registration of exclusive rights transfer without contract
QB4A/QB9K State registration of exclusive right of use granting under contract
QB4A/QB9K State registration of the exclusive rights pledge (subsequent pledge) under contract
QZ4A/QZ9K State registration of changes relating to exclusive rights alienation under contract
QZ4A/QZ9K State registration of changes relating to granting right of use under contract
QZ4A/QZ9K State registration of contract changes
QZ4A/QZ9K State registration of changes relating to the exclusive rights pledge (subsequent pledge) under contract
QC4A/QC9K State registration of right of use termination
QC4A/QC9K State registration of contract termination
QC4A/QC9K State registration of the exclusive rights pledge (subsequent pledge) termination under contract
QA4A/QA9K Open license registration
QZ4A/QZ9K Registration of petition for revocation of open license declaration
Notifications containing other messages about registered inventions / utility models
ТK4A/TK9K Correction of obvious and technical errors in entries of the State Register of Inventions / Utility Models of Russian Federation and/or in bulletin publications
TK4A Amendments to data publications in English
RZ4A/RZ9K Other changes related to registered inventions / utility models
TH4A/TH9K Patent for Invention / utility model disclosures reissue
The following web pages of the Office’s site provide access to online publications:
- Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette:
https://www.fips.ru/publication-web/bulletins/IZPM
- Open Registers of Russian Patent Documents (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/registers-web/
From the above page, a user may refer to the following resources by means of the appropriate link:
Register of Inventions of the Russian Federation
Register of Utility Models of the Russian Federation
Register of Applications for the Grant of Russian Federation Invention Patent
Register of Applications for the Grant of Russian Federation Utility Model Patent.
- Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases
Examiners primarily gain access to patent information through the in-house search system, PatSearch.
If the information contained in the PatSearch system is insufficient, examiners may use freely available Internet patent databases (mainly Espacenet, PATENTSCOPE, EAPATIS, and other national patent offices’ databases). In order to view Korea applications’ file wrappers, examiners can access K-PION databases.
Examiners also have access to patent and non-patent information through an external database REAXYS for chemical searches. At the Examiners' workplaces there is access to the Questel ORBIT patent database.
When necessary, examiners could perform searches in the STNext databases for chemical and any other searches. In 2021, more than 388 searches in STNext were carried out.
Examiners also have access to information regarding Indian traditional knowledge, contained in TKDL database, in accordance with the agreement between CSIR and Rospatent.
In addition, examiners may perform searches in any source freely available on the Internet. For searches of nucleotide and amino acid sequences our examiners use freely available databases on the NCBI PubMed website: MEDLINE, Protein, Nucleotide BLAST databases, and EMBL-EBI BLAST databases by the European Bioinformatics Institute [GB].
In addition, experts have access to the EPO Global Patent Index resource (in the computer room of the Library), the Questel Orbit database, the Scopus abstract database and the ScienceDirect full-text database of the Elsevier publishing house, to the resources of the SPRINGER NATURE publishing house, to the content of Wiley journals, the National Electronic Library (NEL), the Electronic Library of Dissertation of the Russian State Library (in the computer room of the Library), to the Web of Science search platform and the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) database on the Web of Science platform, and KluwerIPLaw.
Examiners have access to non-patent literature from the collections of the largest specialized libraries in Moscow, including printed publications and electronic resources, through the inter-library exchange system and the electronic document delivery system.
- Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
AR par.5.3.2 – 5.3.3, pp. 84-86
AR par.5.3.5 – 5.3.3, pp. 87-88
Information on subscribing to patent information products – in the Patent Information Products section: Catalog of Publications and Databases:
https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/products_services/patent_information_products
https://www.fips.ru/vse-uslugi/patentno-informatsionnye-produkty/ (in Russian)
How to carry out a search – in the Information-Search System section (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/en/informational-resources/information-retrieval-system/
Open Registers (in Russian): https://www.fips.ru/registers-web/
Official Gazette on Inventions and Utility Models, in the Official Publications section:
https://www.fips.ru/publication-web/bulletins/IZPM
Patent databases - Databases subsection in the Information-Search System section (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/en/informational-resources/information-retrieval-system/databases.php
Information on how to access and use resources – in the Information-Search System section, subsection:
Instructions for Using an Internet resources FIPS (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/upload/medialibrary/Doc_Content/guide-ips.pdf
- Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
All patent documents in Russian databases contain information on current legal status that is updated three times a month.
The Automated Database (ADB) subsystems to determine legal status use the given official publications containing information on new registrations of protection titles and changes. Following publication of each Gazette, data on legal status are displayed on the Rospatent website in the Information Resources section. For inventions and utility models patent status may be “valid”, “may terminate validity”, “validity terminated, but may be restored”, and “validity terminated”.
Information on the legal status of inventions and utility models is published in the Rospatent’s Official Gazettes “Inventions. Utility Models” on CD/DVD and on the Rospatent site:
- information on the grant of RF patents for inventions and utility models;
- information on amendments to the published information on applications for inventions and to entries in the State Registers of Inventions and Utility Models (Notifications section of the Gazette).
Information is provided in the Information Resources section of the Office’s website on registrations with an indication of the legal status or stage of prosecution of the registered subject matter in the Open Registers.
- Other sources
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT 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
In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Office’s experts have been teleworking with the access to the Rospatent/FIPS automated systems.
The software and hardware complex allows the Patent Disputes Chamber to remotely review requests and objections submitted by regions residents. Participation in the hearings is carried out through the browser and does not require the installation of additional software for external participants.
- Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
Equipment used:
Fujitsu M10-4S server
(RAM – 96GB, processors – 20, external memory – 40 TB)
HP DL380 server – 46 units
(RAM – 4GB, processors - 2, external memory – 300 GB)
HP DL580 server – 18 units
(RAM – 16GB, processors - 4, external memory - 600 GB)
HP, IRBIS workstations – 1075 units.
Switching equipment:
Cisco 6509, Cisco 6503, Cisco 4507
Software:
Solaris, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, Windows 2012 Server operating systems.
Carriers used:
LTO-7 magnetic tapes.
- Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
AR par.5.2.2, pp.83
- Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
AR par.5.4, pp.88-91
- Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
The Automated Databank (ABD), designed to prosecute applications and protection titles for inventions and utility models, has subsystems that manage the work of examiners and support staff, as well as capturing statistical information on various aspects of the activities of Rospatent subdivisions.
The electronic prosecution system for the examination of inventions (AS EA) supports the following functional capabilities:
- upload and download electronic documents to Applications e-Work;
- plan examiners’ work, draft master plans and portfolios of examiners’ applications;
- capture statistics;
- provide access to Applications e-Work and application components and bibliographical information;
- prepare outgoing correspondence and sign decisions on issuance of patents by electronic signature;
- verify and revise the electronic package of application elements intended for publication;
- application search function;
- developed user administration system.
System AS EA integrated with ABD.
AR par.5.1, pp. 79-80
- Other matters
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF PATENT INFORMATION
Information on the following topics is desired:
- Patent library: equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries
The main functions of the All-Russian Patent and Technical Library (Library) are the establishment and maintenance of the State Patent Collection (SPC), including patent documentation on all industrial property subject matter, scientific and technical and legal and patent literature on all carrier types, and also providing them to all categories of users. The Library performs the functions of both a public library and the Office library at the same time. The main source for the SPC is international exchange, which ensures the receipt of patent documentation and Official Gazettes of foreign offices, the collection of non-patent literature (Russian and foreign scientific and technical, legal and scientific and technical literature) is replenished through subscription and purchase of books and periodicals.
AR par.5.4, pp.91-92 Information Services Provided on the Basis of SPC
https://new.fips.ru/en/about/vptb/
https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/activities/russian_patent_library
- Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
The following web pages:
Annual Report: https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/reports2021
Rospatent facts & figures 2021 (short report): https://rospatent.gov.ru/content/uploadfiles/otchet-2021-en.pdf
In order to ensure the uniform practical application of the provisions of Part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation regulating the grant of legal protection to the subject matter of patent legislation and means of individualization, a range of guidelines have been posted on the FIPS website in the Inventions and Utility Models section (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/to-applicants/inventions/metodicheskie-rekomendatsii-i-informatsionnye-pisma.php
To assist the patent subdivisions and the State services of the science and education sector and organizations of the national nanotechnology network, a range of method-related materials are available on the website (in Russian):
In the "Search" section, in the Open Registers, information is provided on registering intellectual property subject matter with an indication of its legal status or state of prosecution (in Russian): https://www.fips.ru/registers-web/
Internet publications of the All-Russian Patent and Technical Library are available on the FIPS website in the State Patent Collection and Library Information Products sections at (in Russian): https://new.fips.ru/en/about/vptb/vptb-information-products.php
Publications of scientific works of FIPS employees (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/about/deyatelnost/nauchnaya-deyatelnost/scientific-publications/
- Office's initiatives on providing foreign patent information in the local language(s) (e.g., machine translation tools, translation of abstracts)
During the year series of works were provided to improve the PROMT system, as the main system used for machine translation of foreign information.
The version of the PROMT system is placed on the server and it is also integrated into the internal search system «PatSearch» and into the new system «Search Platform».
The functions of translation profiles were improved. The number of profiles was changed according to the IPC classes, the number of dictionaries in each profile was increased.
Trainings on PROMT functions and other translation tools were conducted for examiners. Consultations on machine translation of foreign information sources were regularly provided during the year.
- Cooperation with universities, research centers, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
AR par.3.3, pp. 54-58
AR par.6.3, pp. 106
AR par.7.5, pp.119
AR par.7.3, pp.116
- Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
AR par.7.4, pp.118-119 «Modern Patent Analytics educational program»
AR par.6.2-6.3, pp.102-111
Information about thematic meetings and webinar recordings (in Russian) are available at:
The following web pages of the Office’s website contain the information about training, seminars and conferences:
- "Scientific Conferences" section
https://www.fips.ru/en/about/scientific-conferences/
- the "Training. Advanced professional training. Retraining" section (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/about/deyatelnost/obuchenie/materials-video-training.php
- Training videos (in Russian):
https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/sourses/multimedia/video#training-video.
- Other activities
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION
Information on the following topics is desired:
- International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information
AR p.90
- Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information
AR par.4.1-4.2, pp.63-68
AR par.4.5, pp.66-67
AR par.4.15, pp.74
- Assistance to developing countries
In accordance with the Agreements between Rospatent and the International Bureau of WIPO, Rospatent, acting as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority, prepares search reports with preliminary examination reports on applications filed with the International Bureau of WIPO by developing countries. In 2021, Rospatent received no such applications and no search reports were prepared.
- Other activities
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
Please include any other relevant information here.
Section "International Cooperation" on the website of the Office:
https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/activities/international_cooperation
Section "International Conferences"
https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/activities/scientific_conferences
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.