Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2023 submitted by Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Armenia

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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

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In 2023, the number of industrial design applications submitted to the Office is 37 applications through the national procedure (46 in 2022). 35 of the applications were received from national applicants (44 in 2022), and 2 from foreign applicants. During the reporting period, 16 applications for industrial design were submitted electronically (13 applications in 2022), which made up 43.24% of the total number of applications.

During the reporting period, 29 applications for industrial design were published in the prescribed manner. Within the framework of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement on the International Registration of Industrial Designs, according to the Republic of Armenia, 138 notifications of the international registration of industrial designs (262 with industrial designs) were received, which is 42.26% more compared to the previous year (97 notifications in 2022, with 218 industrial designs). Registrations were submitted from 21 countries.

During 2023, 31 industrial design patents (with 95 variants) were granted (27 patents in 2022), of which 1 industrial design patents were granted to foreign applicants. During 2023, a positive decision was made on 125 (265 with industrial designs) notifications of international registration of industrial designs (99 positive decisions (127 with industrial designs) in 2022). According to the data of 2023, out of 624 industrial design patents of the Republic of Armenia, 249 patents are valid in the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

Annual report (section “INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS”; pages 13-15): https://aipo.am/public/uploads/files/file-qGIRdKxkmi_eng.pdf

News: https://aipo.am/en/news

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

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All the necessary information regarding the filing on paper and/or e-filing, the applicants could find on our website: https://aipo.am/en/pages/show/procedure-for-obtaining-a-license1

Applicants have a variety of methods to fill their applications: on paper, e-filling. 

As regard the electronic filling of applications, they may use the following web page: https://my.aipa.am/

III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

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Industrial design patents: https://aipo.am/en/pages/show/official-bulletin

Industrial design applications: https://aipo.am/en/pages/show/trademark-applications

https://aipo.am/en/search-int-classification

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

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Annual report (section “INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES”; page 26): https://aipo.am/public/uploads/files/file-qGIRdKxkmi_eng.pdf

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

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

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Annual report (section “INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION”; pages 27-35): https://aipo.am/public/uploads/files/file-qGIRdKxkmi_eng.pdf

VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS