Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2014 submitted by Egyptian Patent Office
I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PATENT INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of patent information activities and expected time frames for their realization
- Receiving Experts from WIPO concerning IPAS data base
- Receiving 2experts from WIPO ( Giulio zanetti- Isabella Pimentel) concerning WIPO Academyprogram
- Frame work contract for needs assessment for EGPO to complete twinning fiche program
Main areas of patent information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year.
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In 2014 the granted patents form IPC section
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A human necessities have been 16%
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B performing operations; transporting .15%
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C chemistry 31%
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D textiles 1.2 %
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E fixed constructions 11.8 %
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F mechanical engineering, lighting heating weapons blasting 9.3%
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G physics 9.2 %
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H Electricity 4.5%
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10.7 % less granted patent than 2013
Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
Applications FILING
Total |
Non resident |
Resident |
Year |
704 |
66 |
638 |
2013 |
782 |
34 |
748 |
2014 |
PCT APPLICATIONS
Total |
International phase |
National phase |
Year |
1393 |
42 |
1351 |
2013 |
1094 |
43 |
1051 |
2014 |
Patents granted
Total |
Non resident |
Resident |
Year |
465 |
379 |
86 |
2013 |
415 |
350 |
65 |
2014 |
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
Annual report linke :
New guide linke :
Magazine linke:
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) - URLs
- There are applications form for registration on egypo website
- Applicant can follow the status his application throw mail office patinfo@egy.gov.eg
- Arab world country can send application for international search authority (ISA) and international permanently examination authority (IPEA) on ftp server through our
website www.egypo.gov.eg
Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
Applicant can download application from our website:
http://www.egypo.gov.eg/page.aspx?id=21
in word format and fill it after that copy the application on cd or dvd and registration at EGYPO receiving office
Classification1, preclassification2 (if applicable), reclassification3 activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information
Patent applications are classified into the latest edition of the International Patent Classification. As of 1 January 2006, the examiners implemented the use of IPC 8 (reformed).
Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents
Bibliographic data, abstracts and full text of Egyptian national application (checked by examiners) can be searched on the Egyptian Patent Office database and all the other relevant databases.
Classification1, preclassification2 (if applicable), reclassification3 activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information
- The Examiners request applicants to redraft the applications when are not fulfilled the requirements for searching.
- Patent applications are classified into the latest edition of the International Patent Classification. As of 1 January 2006, the examiners implemented the use of IPC 8 (reformed).
Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents
Bibliographic data, abstracts and full text of Egyptian national application (checked by examiners) can be searched on the Egyptian Patent Office database and all the other relevant databases.
Other activities
III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
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)
we have searchable database for Egyptain granted patent with two language arabic and english on our website on this two linkes for arabic search http://www.egypo.gov.eg/Search/ and for english http://www.egypo.gov.eg/Search/default.aspx
Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.
The Egyptian patent office publishes two journals as follows
1- The Egyptian Patent Gazette
2- The Egyptian Patent Abstracts
3-Inpadoc
These publications are published every month, and we send them to the Universities, Ministries, Industrial companies, and Research institutes inEgypt.
These publications are avaliable every month on our website on this linkes for Patent Gazette and Patent Abstracts http://www.egypo.gov.eg/page.aspx?id=18 and this linke for Inpadoc http://www.egypo.gov.eg/page.aspx?id=20
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases
In-house systems (online/offline)
Technical searching can be carried out on combination of terms from different headings. IPC terms can be searched too.
To assist with IPC classification, examiners have access to TACSY and IPCCAT .
External databases:
We have a list of some external databases that we use regularly, including Espace net, JAPIO, USPTO, SIPO, EPODOC KIPO,SIPO, and Patent scope.
Journals:
SCIENCE DIRECT, SCOPUS, SPRINGER LINK, IEEE XPLORE, EBSCO, OVID, PROQUEST.
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
we have searchable database for Egyptain granted patent with two language arabic and english for free on our website on this two linkes for arabic search http://www.egypo.gov.eg/Search/ and for english http://www.egypo.gov.eg/Search/default.aspx
we publishe the The Egyptian Patent Gazette and The Egyptian Patent Abstracts on our websit any extrenal user can download them for free from these linke http://www.egypo.gov.eg/page.aspx?id=18
Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
Other sources
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
- Current standard desktop software includes Microsoft Windows XP, win 7 and win8 with Microsoft Office 2007 and adobe acrobat professional 8 and Symantec antivirus .
- All office action is done on the application or Patent Produced Automatically from our data base as word processing.
- We check all patent abstracts provided by the applicant besides amending them when necessary to ensure that the abstract represents a useful search tool.
Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
Equipment used Hardware and software
No. |
Item Descriptions |
Qty. |
1 |
Dell Racking System |
1 |
2 |
Del Power Edge R710 Server |
6 |
3 |
Managed Power over Ethernet Switch (24 Ports ) + SFPS |
8 |
4 |
Pc Dell T1600 ,Dell 980 and hp |
200 |
5 |
HP Laser Jet 3010 Printer |
4 |
6 |
Xerox work center 5325 |
5 |
7 |
Fortigat 300 c firwall |
2 |
8 |
Media stroge 14 tire |
1 |
9 |
WIPO Scan Software |
1 |
10 |
IPAS SOFTWARE |
1 |
11 |
WIPO Scan Software |
1 |
12 |
EPOQUE NET and 4 pc |
|
13 |
Windows Server 2008 |
6 license |
14 |
Windows 7 |
150 |
15 |
Microsoft office 2007 &2003 |
|
16 |
Adobe acrobat professional 8 |
|
17 |
Abby transformer |
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Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
- The Egyptian patent office has a data base containing the Egyptian applications and granted patents.
- The office has a DVD and CD-ROM collections containing published/granted patents for US, WO, EP, GB, etc.
- We used paper, Microfilm, Microfilm jackets, tapes, HD, and DVD as mass storage for our Applications and Patents. Egyptian patent specifications are published on CD-ROM and on the Egyptian database.
- This database contains bibliographic and status information about invention patent applications filed inEgypt.
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)
- EGPO is starting with WIPO to use the new system Industrial Property Automation System (IPAS) and the office is a pilot with WIPO.
- EGPO is starting with WIPO to digitization, such as WIPO-Scan system. We replaced EPOSCAN system by WIPOSCAN
- EGPO applies effectively the Automated IP Management Software IPAS system supported by WIPO. IPAS is a fully automated system that includes the following steps :
- Registering patent applications, sustentative examination, technical and legal examinations, granting patents, issuing formal gazettes. Inquiries, statistics, and annual fees. All applications documents in paper form are scanned on the automatic archive system. Then the documents forms are adjusted according to WIPO standers and connected to the bibliographic database.
- Patent applications that are received on paper form are scanned and use WIPO SCAN SYSTEM After scanning step, the application contents are indexed and transformed to WIPO standard form, then the application is connected to the bibliographic database through IPAS by its number as PDF . All bibliographic data and attached documents are available to EGPO officers to carry on the necessary procedures via IPAS , and search is conducted by patent number.
- Title of invention, name of applicant, and abstract, external users can access to granted patents only via EGPO website.
- Technical examiners have access to all up-to-date PC sets with high internet speed to enable them to do their work with high quality.
Other matters
Planning, administration, automation, security:
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Replace our network and upgrade it .
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Speed up application reception.
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Speedup application communication.
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Simplify and speedup processing.
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Reduce bottleneck at reception.
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Full e-filing & e-payment system for applications and digital signature.
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Monitoring system for follow-up application processing.
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Create a Disaster Recovery system .
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF PATENT INFORMATION
Patent library: equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries
Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
Office's initiatives on providing foreign patent information in the local language(s) (e.g., machine translation tools, translation of abstracts)
Cooperation with universities, research centers, 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 PATENT INFORMATION
International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information
Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information
Assistance to developing countries
Other activities
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
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.