Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2023 submitted by the Estonian Patent 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:
Inventions | Patendiameti aastaraamat (epa.ee)
Statistics | Patendiamet (epa.ee)
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
E-services | Patendiameti aastaraamat (epa.ee)
Inventions databases | Patendiamet (epa.ee)
III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
E-services | Patendiameti aastaraamat (epa.ee)
Public Awareness Policies | Patendiameti aastaraamat (epa.ee)
Inventions databases | Patendiamet (epa.ee)
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
E-services | Patendiameti aastaraamat (epa.ee)
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF PATENT INFORMATION
Information on the following topics is desired:
Information Events | Patendiameti aastaraamat (epa.ee)
Sündmused | Patendiamet (epa.ee) (Only in Estonian)
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION
Information on the following topics is desired:
E-services | Patendiameti aastaraamat (epa.ee)
Inventions databases | Patendiamet (epa.ee)
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
Please include any other relevant information here.
How to protect your invention? | Patendiamet (epa.ee)
Annual Report 2023 | Patendiameti aastaraamat (epa.ee)
Sündmused | Patendiamet (epa.ee) (Only in Estonian)
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.
We are doing IPC classification and reclassification https://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en/
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.
We also classify with the CPC, which can be found at https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/cpc-browser
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.
Since we cannot yet send CPC classes to the EPO, we are not currently reclassifying CPC classes.