Annual Technical Report 2005 on Industrial Design Information Activities submitted by Uzbekistan (SCIT/ATR/ID/2005/UZ)
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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
In 2005 the procedure of filing and consideration of the applications on granting of the patents on industrial designs didn’t changed.
Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year
In 2004 70 applications were filing on the industrial designs were filing in State patent office. Most of them filed from the national applicants – 54,3%. Noting positive growth of filed by foreign applicants, in 2003 –13%, in 2004 – 30%, in reporting year – 45,7% increase from total number of the filed applicants.
The largest numbers of applications were filing on following classes on International Classification on Industrial Designs (ICID): 9 class (container, package goods), 12 class (transport facilities, lifting devices) - 12 applications , 23 class (equipment for dividing liquid and gas, sanitary equipment, equipment for the heating, and others) - 7 applications, 26 class (luminaries and device) - 6 applications, 7 class (household goods) – 5 applications. Indicated classes made 60.0 % from total of the filed applications.
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
In 2005 the official publications of SPO on industrial designs included the following editions:
- official bulletin «Rasmiy Ahborotnoma»- 6 issues (on CD-ROMs);
- publication sheets to patents on industrial designs- 97 publication sheets (on
paper);
- collection of annual indexes to the official bulletin «Rasmiy Ahborotnoma» (sections of
indexes under industrial designs) - 1 volume.
The information on the registered industrial designs are published in sections of “Industrial designs” of the official bulletin “Rasmiy Ahborotnoma”, which is from the 2004y edited on CD-ROM. Information on industrial designs includes bibliographic data, list of material indications of industrial designs and image. In 2005 in the official bulletins was published information about 50 industrial designs.
Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of industrial design information
The main announcements, concerning activity of SPO on industrial designs accommodated in the section “Official information ” of the official bulletin “Rasmiy Ahborotnoma”, and on the site (www.patent.uz).
Mass storage media and microforms used
SPO have complete collection of patent documentation of Uzbekistan on the paper. Patent documentation stored in bibliographic database and in electronic depository.
Databases and office automation
During processing applications all documents concerning industrial designs, are scanned and kept in a facsimile kind in format TIFF. Descriptions and list of material indications are distinguished by system OCR and storing - in format MS-Word; images are introduce in format JPG.
The assembly chapter of official bulletin on industrial designs realized in automation regime in the publication department employee workplace. By the special request select and classified bibliographic data from the database (СУБД MS SQL Server 2000) and the texts of documents from the electronic storage. The follow-up operation (page-proof, duplication) made with Word the Adobe Acrobat program.
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)
The applications for industrial samples are classified according to 7-th edition by the International classification of industrial designs (Locarno Agreement). Other classification systems are not applied.
Bibliographic data and processing for search purposes
The bibliographic data are kept as dynamic XML - documents and in an internal database constructed on a basis SUBD MS SQL Server 2000. The primary filling of base is made by special group of input. The bibliographic data are supported and are updated during life cycle of the application by all departments involved in process. The changes in base will be authorized. The interfaces of access to base are constructed on the basis of Intranet-technologies.
IV. Search file establishment and upkeep
File building
The search file on a paper and optical disks is formed on the basis of a collection of State Fund of the patent documentation and includes materials on the industrial designs contained in the foreign official bulletins 20 countries and the incorporated cumulative editions on industrial designs, prepared INIC Rospatent; is placed by a geographical principle. The retrospective part is submitted photograph library of industrial designs.
Under the national patent documents the bibliographic databases and electronic file (textual) storehouses for internal use are conducted.
Updating
The search files on a paper and part on CD/DVD-ROM are updated monthly, some CD/DVD-ROM are updated annually.
The bibliographic data and files of the documents in electronic storehouse under the national documents can replenish and - or be corrected in process of the reference.
Storage, including mass storage media
The conditions of a storage of fund depend mostly on kinds of carriers of the information: the patent documents on a paper are stored in wall cases, photograph library on microfilms - in boxes, on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM - in stores in wall cases.
The bases bibliographic, record keeping data and file storehouse are kepting on specialized a file - servers, and copied to additional server.
Documentation from other offices maintained and/or considered part of the available search file
In 2005 the State Fund of the patent documentation has replenished with the patent-information editions 20 countries of the world.
V. Activities in the field of computerized search systems for industrial designs
In-house systems (online/offline)
Is developed and the base of the bibliographic data on industrial designs is used and also operates system electronic documents circulation of CCATPA («Cross computer-aided technology of processing application»), which in 2005 year:
- organization on full-text search in files by journal CCATPA, which contained all objects of intellectual property carried out;
- projects on technological instruction for using CCATPA worked out.
External databases
The most using by experts the common access of databases in Internet concerns follows: Google, Rambler, Yahoo, Яndex.
Administrative management systems (e.g., register, legal status, statistics, administrative support, etc.)
Is entered into action and the automated system of general and patent office-work ensuring creation and conducting of archive of the electronic documents, exchange of the documents and messages, direction of the tasks on execution and control of execution of the assignments, routing of passage of the applications etc. is maintained
Equipment used (hardware, including the types of terminal and network used, and software), data carriers used
Used equipment:
- 90 working station HР VесtгаVЕ, HP Vectra VL 420, HР Vесtга 400, Vесtга VL Kayak ХА
- 3 servers НР Proliant ML 370
- 3 serves HP Proliant DL 380
- 1 server НР NetServer LH4
- СD-RОМ library Plasmon D-240
- 7 printers НР LaserJet 5SI МХ
- 3 printers НР LaserJet 2100
- 3 printers Арр1е Lаsег Writег 16/600
- 6 printers НР LaserJet 4100TN
- 2 Scaners Веll+Ноwеl 3338, 4040D.
- 10 tablet scaners НР SсаnJеt 6100С and НР SсаnJеt 5400С
- 3 HP ProCurve 2848
- IР- switchboard ЗСоm СогеBuilder 3500
- 2 switchboard ЗСоm SuрегStаск II Switch 3000 and 3300
- 2 switchboard 3 COM SS3
- 2 switchboard SuрегStасk II Switch 1000 and 1100
- 2 routers 3 Сorn NetBuilder II SI 432
- access servers 3 Соm АссеssBuildег 2008 and USR NеtSегvег/8
- Sources of a uninterrupted feed for servers and other critical equipment
Software:
- Operation systems МS Windows 2003 Sегvег, MS Windows 2000 Proffesional and МS Windows NТ 4.0 Wогкstаtiоn.
- Wеb-server МS Intеrnet Information Sеrvег 5.1
- NET Framework 1.0
- МS Iпtеrnеt Explorer 6.0 SP1
- Support library ХМL/XSL msxmi4.dll
- Mail server МS Ехсhаngе Server 2003
- Database server МS SQL 2000
- System controling of full-text search Sledopit Lingua
- A control system business - processes LanDocs
- System of optical recognition of texts (ОСR) FineReadег Еnterprisе 7.0
- System reserve coping Retrospect DANTZ 7.0
- Office annexes МS Оffice 2000
- Means of processing of the graphic information and publishing schemes Аdоbе (Аdоbе Асгоbаt, Аdоbе Рhоtоshор, Аdоbе Illustratог, Аdоbе StreamLiпе, Аdоbе РаgeМаkег)
- Systems of machine translation Рrоmt-NET 7.0
- Systems of editing of chemical formulas Сhеm WindowSuite 5.1
Local Network.
In SPO is constructed the enterprise-network with total of ports 288. All ports switched also guarantee throughput 10/100/1000 Mbps. Local cable systems correspond to requirements to networks of 5 and 5 e categories (standard ANSI EIA/TIA-568) and are constructed on the equipment of firm Mod-Tap.
Internet service.
SPO is connected to the Internet on the allocated ADSL channel. Speed of connection is 256 Kbps. The software is applied to protection of resources of a LAN of office
MS ISA Server 2004
CheckPoint 2000 (DMZ)
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
Completes the patent information on industrial designs the State Fund of the patent documentation of SPO, which practically is a unique complete collection of the patent documentation in territory of Uzbekistan and carries out patent-information service both expert structure of department, and wide circle of a public, i.e. carries out functions of public library.
Collection management, preservation
The collection of fund includes the patent bulletins with the items of information on industrial designs of 20 countries, WIPO and cumulative collection INIC Rospatent, including on CD-ROM disks - 7 countries. The collection is placed on the countries and years. The acquisition is carried out on the international exchange, by way of a subscription and acquisition by the own editions. The collection on the microforms is located in basement storehouses, and on CD-ROM disks - in stores in wall cases.
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).
The information services that are carried out by the orders of the consumers include realization of patent search, classification on ICID, advices on drawing up and registration of the applications, copying, selection and distribution of the documents on inquiries of the users etc.
The distribution of patent documents on traditional carriers is carried out directly in reading halls and in the electronic Fund, created in 2005 y., in which is given patent documentations and information on industrial designs on optical disks.
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
The official bulletin of SPO «Rasmiy Ahborotnoma» with the information on the registered industrial designs by way of a bilateral exchange is dispatched in patent offices of 24 countries, and also to international organizations WIPO, EPO and regional organization EAPO.
Exchange of machine-readable information, e.g., data contained on CD-ROM or magnetic tape
Since 2004 SPO issues the official bulletin on CD-ROM disks.
On a bilateral exchange at SPO in 2005 the official bulletins with the information on industrial designs from offices of 20 countries (from them on 7 countries on CD-ROMs), and also incorporated edition INIC Rospatent "Industrial designs of foreign countries" have acted.
VIII. Matters concerning education and training including technical assistance to developing countries
Promotional activities (seminars, exhibitions, visits, advertising, etc.)
The information on work of SPO in the field of industrial designs is a part of seminars organized for the experts, businessmen, etc.
In mass media the publications about necessity of a right protection of industrial designs are placed.
Training courses for national and foreign participants
The experts of SPO read courses of lectures to the students of higher educational institutions on industrial design.
IX. Other relevant matters