Annual Technical Report 2002 on Industrial Design Information Activities submitted by Malawi (SCIT/ATR/ID/2002/MW)
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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. Evolution of registration activities
Changes experienced in terms of application filings and grants (registrations) with respect to the previous year
APPLICATIONS
___________________________2001___________2002
RESIDENTS.................................7.........................10
NON RESIDENTS.........................6.........................12
REGISTRATIONS
___________________________2001___________2002
RESIDENTS..................................2.........................3
NON RESIDENTS..........................0.........................9
Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year
Applications from Non-Residents in 2001 were 6, in 2002, were 12.
Registrations from Non-Residents in 2001 were 0, in 2002 were 9.
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of industrial design documents and of secondary sources of industrial design information, i.e., official gazettes
Publishing, including printing, copying techniques and electronic printing
Announcements of removal, renewal and registered industrial designs are done through journals and information is kept in paper form. Copies of journals are sent to ARIPO, WIPO, Japanese Patent Office and other intellectual property offices.
Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of industrial design information
We have one type of announcement which is done through journals in the field of industrial design information.
Mass storage media and microforms used
Industrial designs information is kept in paper form.
Databases and office automation
Processing of industrial designs is done manually.
III. Matters concerning classifying, reclassifying and indexing of industrial design information according to the classification systems applied
Classification and reclassification activities; Classification system used, e.g., International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), other classification (please indicate whether industrial designs are classified by your Office and, if so, which classification is used)
Industrial designs are classified according to the Locarno Classification Systems. No other classification systems are used.
Bibliographic data and processing for search purposes
Nothing to report.
IV. Search file establishment and upkeep
File building
File building is done manually, i.e., in the register book.
Updating
We update our information in the register book as soon as we have received application forms.
Storage, including mass storage media
Information is kept in papers.
Documentation from other offices maintained and/or considered part of the available search file
Applications and certificates from ARIPO.
V. Activities in the field of computerized search systems for industrial designs
In-house systems (online/offline)
Nothing to report.
External databases
Nothing to report.
Administrative management systems (e.g., register, legal status, statistics, administrative support, etc.)
Nothing to report.
Equipment used (hardware, including the types of terminal and network used, and software), data carriers used
Nothing to report.
VI. Administration of industrial design services available to the public (relating to facilities, e.g., for lodging applications, registering designs, assisting clients with search procedures, obtaining official publications and registry extracts
Planning, administration, automation, security
Nothing to report.
Collection management, preservation
Nothing to report.
Information services available to the public (including computerized services and search files contained in libraries remote from your Office and industrial design information posted by your Office on the World Wide Web).
Nothing to report.
VII. Matters concerning mutual exchange of industrial design documentation and information
International or regional cooperation in the exchange of industrial design information, e.g., in the form of official gazettes
Our office exchanges Industrial Designs information with ARIPO in paper form.
Exchange of machine-readable information, e.g., data contained on CD-ROM or magnetic tape
Nothing to report.
VIII. Matters concerning education and training including technical assistance to developing countries
Promotional activities (seminars, exhibitions, visits, advertising, etc.)
Nothing to report.
Training courses for national and foreign participants
Nothing to report.
Assistance to developing countries (sending consultants and experts, receiving trainees from developing countries, etc.)
Nothing to report.
IX. Other relevant matters
Nothing to report.