Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2019 submitted by Poland
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The expression "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
Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of industrial design information activities and expected time frames for their realization
In 2019, the PPO actively participated in the development project of the new Electronic Services Platform (PUEUP). The project covers implementation of new electronic services and the improvement of existing ones. In total, 7 electronic services are expected to be implemented:
- e-Registry - viewing the entries entered in the registry and obtaining an excerpt from registry;
- EP Validation - obtaining protection on the territory of Poland;
- Expiration Date Notification - informing about the expiration date of protection;
- Information Subscription - searching for information in defined sources maintained by UPRP (including automatic notifications based on user criteria);
- e-Filing - applying for trademarks, patents, industrial designs registration to obtain an IP protection;
- e-Submission - handling electronic correspondence during the whole IP lifecycle of trademarks, patents and industrial designs;
- Changes in registry - management of records changes in registry (e.g. in case of extension of the protection, updating the owners, resignation from protection, changes in rights, pledges, licenses, etc.).
The following modules of PUEUP platform were prepared: e-Baza Wiedzy (knowledge database), e-Profil (user profile), e-Platności (payments), e-Powiadomienia (user message system), e-Wyszukiwarka (search system) and Infrastruktura (infrastructure). During the 2019, the contractor and managers together with their project teams from the Polish Patent Office carried out tasks to enable production launch of the system.
In 2019, the PPO maintained development to pass files with description of patents and industrial designs from Publication Server to new folders of PUEUP e-Wyszukiwarka.
The PPO continued to pass files of descriptions of patents and industrial designs in the format of XML.
In 2019, the PPO actively participated in the field of e-administration services taking part in the development of functionalities related to the use of the governmental Electronic Platform of Public Administration Services (ePUAP). The PPO dealt with maintaining existing forms in terms of their functionality and reliability and prepared to switch to new forms available on the upcoming Electronic Services Platform (PUEUP).
In 2019, the PPO was active in order to maintain the functionalities of the PPO Industrial Properties Search System and Publication Server. The existing mechanisms were supposed to be shifted on new e-Wyszukiwarka module od PUEUP platform. No additional functionalities were implemented.
In 2019, PPO continued to maintain Intranet system based on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise software.
The PPO continued to maintain Patent Attorneys and Applicants List searchable. Only small adjustments in the data structure were introduced and the system was adopted to existing legislation.
The PPO continued to provide data on the https://dane.gov.pl/ website concerning the protection of industrial property, publications provided by the Office as well as information on patent attorneys, etc.
In 2019, The BackOffice system for trademarks and industrial designs was maintained, implementing different changes requested only by end users.
New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies(plans) mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
The most advanced project in 2019 was the implementation of the new Electronic Services Platform (PUEUP) mentioned above.
In 2019, the BackOffice system for trademarks and industrial designs was maintained implementing changes requested by end users and new regulations. The process of handling new types of trademarks and the implementation of the solution in the BO system for the e-Notification module (user message system) of the PUEUP platform were continued.
The Search System in Document Libraries which was used previously to collect all documents published by Polish Patent Office in separate document libraries in PDF format will be replaced by PUEUP platform which will have the same functionality. Therefore in 2019 the maintenance of Search System in Document Libraries was finished and PPO stopped to import new data to that system.
Main areas of industrial design information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
The Register Plus software application for industrial designs was further developed and enhanced in 2019. The quality of data was improved and a wider range of presented data was introduced.
As a continuation of work on the main search engine of industrial property items in the year 2019, amendments requested by users were introduced and they aimed at improving the functionality of the search engine. It is linked to other search systems, which are in the portfolio of the Office (Search System of Industrial Properties, Publication Server, Register Plus, etc.). In the same time the new Search System was developed under the PUEUP project. This new system will replace existing ones eventually.
Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants (registrations) with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
In 2019, the Polish Patent Office received 1014 industrial design applications under national procedure (out of which 1004 from domestic applicants and 10 from foreign applicants), as well as 19 applications under international procedure (community designs submitted to EUIPO).
In 2019, a decline of almost 6.4% was recorded in comparison with 2018 when the total number of industrial design applications under national procedure amounted to 1083 (out of which 1081 were filed by domestic applicants and 2 by foreign applicants).
The number of industrial design registration rights in force on 31 December 2019 was 8368 (on 31 December 2018 it was 8476).
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
Statistics are accessed at the following URLs:
https://uprp.gov.pl/pl/o-urzedzie/statystyki (Statistics and Annual Reports)
Detailed statistics may be created on request
(Use the "Write to us" form at https://uprp.gov.pl/pl/centrum-informacji).
News page: https://uprp.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 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
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
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
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
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
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