Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2025 submitted by the State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova (AGEPI)

I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PATENT INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

• Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of patent information activities and expected time frames for their realization

By the Law of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova no. 135 of 13.06.25, Official Gazette no. 340-342/28.06.25 art. 385, which entered into force on 28.06.25, amendments were made to Law no. 50/2008 on the protection of inventions. The aforementioned amendments refer to the obtaining by AGEPI of the status of Receiving Office for European Patent Applications and to the procedure for recognizing the legal effects of European patents on the territory of the Republic of Moldova. By the Law of the Parliament no. 1 of 05.02.2026, on the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (CPE), voted in two readings, published on 26-02-2026 in the Official Gazette no. 96-99 art. 54, the Republic of Moldova became, starting with 1 June 2026, the 40th member state of the European Patent Organization, after depositing the instrument of accession to the European Patent Convention (EPC) on 25 March 2026. At the same time, the provisions of Regulations 469/2009, 933/2019 and 816/2006 on Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and, respectively, Compulsory Licenses were transposed. Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights was fully transposed.

By adopting this Law, Council Directive 87/54/EEC of 16 December 1986 on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products and Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights were fully transposed.

By the Law of Parliament No. 51/2026 on topographies of semiconductor products, it was promulgated by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Moldova No. 597-X of 30.04.2026 and published in the Official Gazette No. 198 - 201 of 08.05.2026 (art. 172).

• New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description:  aims, partners, tasks

The draft Government Decision on the amendment of Government Decision no. 528/2009 for the approval of the Regulation on the procedure for filing and examining the patent application and granting the patent was developed and approved, and on 16.03.2026 the BIE transmitted the draft and the set of related documents, for consultation, to the European Commission, then it will take into account the objections if they are to be adopted in a Government meeting. The amendments are intended to transpose the procedural aspects relating to Regulations 469/2009, 933/2019 and 816/2006 on Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and, respectively, Compulsory Licenses.

• Main areas of patent information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year

No comments.

• Statistics:  changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year;  trends or areas experiencing rapid changes

The rights in an invention in the Republic of Moldova are acquired and protected by granting by the State Agency on Intellectual Property, as provided by Law 50/2008 of the following titles of protection:

Validity of patents in the Republic of Moldova

Other matters and useful links (URLs):  annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.

 Please insert links to specific pages on your website where the above information is available in English, French, or Spanish.  See other requirements above.  You may also provide text instead of links.

https://www.agepi.gov.md/en/raport-anual/annual-report-2025

https://www.agepi.gov.md/en/content/statistics

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

Information on the following topics is desired:

• Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) – URLs

Applicants can find all the necessary information about filing on paper and/or e-filing on the AGEPI website: http://agepi.gov.md/en/inventions/information-inventions-and-patents

• Availability of the application dossier in electronic form

Applicants have a variety of methods to fill out their applications: on paper, by fax, e-filling, on diskettes, on CD (DVD)-ROMs.

Regarding the electronic filling of applications, they can use the following web pages:

https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/en

https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/files/help/Help_Solicitant_en.pdf

http://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/en/user

• Classification², preclassification³ (if applicable), reclassification⁴   activities; classification system used (e.g., International Patent  Classification (IPC)), matters concerning indexing of patent information

AGEPI uses the version of the IPC 2026.01 which is available in 2 languages English and Russian https://www.agepi.gov.md/en/inventions/classifications

• Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents

The Office publishes bibliographic data, including titles and summaries in Romanian, in BOPI, according to the ST.12 standard. You can find the data published in BOPI at: https://www.agepi.gov.md/en/publication/48

• Other activities 

Please insert links to specific pages on your website where the above information is available in English, French, or Spanish.  See other requirements above.  You may also provide text instead of links.

http://agepi.gov.md/en/inventions/information-inventions-and-patents

https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/en

https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/files/help/Help_Solicitant_en.pdf

http://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/en/user

https://www.agepi.gov.md/en/inventions/classifications

III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

• 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)

Applicants can find all the necessary information about filing on paper and/or e-filing on the AGEPI website: http://agepi.gov.md/en/inventions/information-inventions-and-patents

• Official Gazettes:  main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online – URL), etc.

Applicants have a variety of methods to fill out their applications: on paper, by fax, e-filling, on diskettes, on CD (DVD)-ROMs.

Regarding the electronic filling of applications, they can use the following web pages:

https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/en

https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/files/help/Help_Solicitant_en.pdf

http://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/en/user

AGEPI uses the version of the IPC 2026.01 which is available in 2 languages English and Russian https://www.agepi.gov.md/en/inventions/classifications

The Office publishes bibliographic data, including titles and summaries in Romanian, in BOPI, according to the ST.12 standard. You can find the data published in BOPI at: https://www.agepi.gov.md/en/publication/48.

• Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases

Information products and collections of patent documents (coverage, support, etc.) available to examiners are the national patent database and foreign databases, which can be found at the following addresses: https://www.db.agepi.md/inventions/Search.aspx

https://db.agepi.md/inventions/Databases.aspx

• Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)

The databases indicated above are free and accessible to the interested public.

• Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)

Data regarding legal status can be consulted in the Inventions database at: https://www.db.agepi.md/inventions/Search.aspx

• Other sources 

http://agepi.gov.md/en/inventions/information-inventions-and-patents

https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/en

https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/files/help/Help_Solicitant_en.pdf

http://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/en/user

https://www.agepi.gov.md/en/inventions/classifications

https://www.agepi.gov.md/en/publication/48.

https://www.db.agepi.md/inventions/Search.aspx

https://www.db.agepi.md/inventions/Search.aspx

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

Information on the following topics is desired:

• Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office:  general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements

The Patent Office uses an in-house built IT system to handle national cases. It manages online filing, workflow electronic dossier and electronic archive, data exchange, internal and public search engines, and their monthly updates. Microsoft Word is used for various purposes like processing patent-related information and documents, generating correspondence letters, publication files and miscellaneous reports.

Correspondence with applicants who filled online or indicated their e-mail addresses is electronic, with digitally signed documents. The applicant also receives the UUID of the document, which he can use to repeatedly download the document from the http://db.agepi.md/CorespondentaElectronica page.

Documents marked by examiners as "publicly available" in the electronic dossier can be accessed for file inspection in the public database, e.g. http://www.db.agepi.md/Inventions/details/a%202022%200043/Fascicol.Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office

• Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office

The Patent Office uses workstations and notebooks with Microsoft Windows 10. All devices are connected via the 100 Mb/s or 1Gb/s network into the Microsoft Active Directory 2008 Domain. AGEPI has a fiber channel link into the internet with 1 Gb/s.

• Internal databases:  coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources

AGEPI’s patent-related IT system uses Firebird DBMS to store bibliographic and additional data regarding Inventions and short-term Inventions; Utility models (deprecated); Plant Varieties; and “EPO ValidatedPatents”. The abstracts, claims and descriptions are stored on the fileserver. Databases contain a whole range of information from the moment of founding the AGEPI (1992). The data are updated on an ongoing basis in line with the process of filing new applications, carrying out record-keeping on the procedures of application examination and keeping patents in force.

The public databases are updated monthly.

 AGEPI is exchanging data with the Russian Patent Office, the EPO, WIPO, EAPO UPOV and the IT platform for improving enforcement of ITR in the Republic of Moldova.

• Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file:  file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file

File building of paper search files classified under the IPC and of the CD/DVD-ROM collections classified under years and countries are available online on the page: https://www.db.agepi.md/inventions/Search.aspx . The patent documents and author certificates of the former URSS from 1924 up to 1992 are stored online database located on the office’s website: Inventions created in 1963-1993.

All MD patent documents are electronically stored and searchable for internal use; all published MD patent applications (abstracts) and patents (full text) are electronically searchable for external use.

Updating

Electronically searchable files for internal use are updated permanently depending on filings; electronically searchable files for external use are updated monthly.

Storage, including mass storage media

Patent documentation on paper is stored on shelves in the AGEPI archive, CD-DVD/ROM are stored in the library and electronic data are stored on Fileservers, and on magnetic tapes, for backup.

Documentation from other offices maintained and/or considered part of the available search file

Eurasian patents, validated European patents and granted patents are mandatory search files.

• Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)

The whole administration is built in "Patents" program and is performed by an Administrator from the Patents Department, but also by a Database Administrator for a complete administration.

• Other matters

https://www.db.agepi.md/inventions/Search.aspx

Inventions created in 1963-1993

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

Information on the following topics is desired:

• Patent library:  equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries

The Library holds the National Collection of Documents on Intellectual Property, which includes: DB of inventions on the electronic carrier from different countries and international organizations; patents for invention, short-term patents, new plant varieties, trademarks, industrial designs of the Republic of Moldova; books and serials on IP; Official Bulletins of the foreign offices etc.

The Library Collection is annually supplemented with new documents in various fields, which are reflected in the Electronic Catalogue and the specialized DB.

Aims of the activity:

- to accumulate, store and use information/documents of intellectual property in the process of serving the beneficiaries;

- to highly satisfy the information needs relating to the service interests of AGEPI employees;

- to familiarize the general public with the specificity of Intellectual Property with a view to facilitating access for potential inventors to the information in the field;

- to extend cooperation relationships with specialized offices and institutions in the country and abroad.

 Services provided

Beneficiaries of services provided by the library shall be the experts and other collaborators of AGEPI, and any other interested persons outside the institution: counselors in intellectual property, researchers, inventors and rationalizers, teachers, students, etc.

They shall benefit from:

- access to the National Collection of patents, applications for patents, trademarks, utility models, and new plant varieties;

- information assistance in support of their creativity;

- possibility of using the Electronic Catalogue of the collection of books (BOOKS DB) and of the articles from the periodicals in the field of Intellectual Property (ART-IP DB), and access to electronic databases of AGEPI and offices from abroad;

- methodological assistance in searching for information in electronic DB;

- library-bibliographic servicing in “request-offer” and “information-express” regimes, by complying with the bibliographic, thematic and factual references;

- opportunity to participate in IP information promotion activities conducted at local and republican level.

• Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.

The AGEPI Library has collections of specialized literature structured according to objects of intellectual property, methodical and scientific literature, of legal, informative and cognitive character, including:

-          Patents for Inventions protected in the Republic of Moldova - about 10736 units (see DB “Inventions”);

-          Electronic databases on intellectual property;

-          Books in intellectual property, legal documents, normative acts, international treaties and agreements, dictionaries and encyclopedias in different branches of economy, official and methodical publications of AGEPI - more then 6000 copies.

• 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.

AGEPI has a constant relation with national institutions in the field, in particular with universities, research centers and innovation support centers. AGEPI has signed about 60 national agreements with national institutions, 20 of which are signed with the national universities and 40 with research centers, technology and innovation support centers. To promote knowledge about intellectual property and its protection, AGEPI is involved in the organization of Round tables, seminars and trainings for the representatives of universities, research and technology centers.

• Education and training:  training courses, e learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.

AGEPI organizes free seminars, workshops, round tables, and training sessions to raise awareness and improve users’ knowledge of the intellectual property system, with a particular focus on trademarks and other IP rights. These activities provide practical information on trademark protection procedures, legal aspects, the strategic use of trademarks, and the role of branding in business development. Training is delivered during national and international exhibitions, as well as through thematic events organized by AGEPI or upon request from businesses, universities, research institutions, and other stakeholders, either at AGEPI’s premises or at the beneficiaries’ location.

For more information on the intellectual property training services provided by AGEPI, including seminars, workshops, professional training courses, and e-learning opportunities, please visit: https://agepi.gov.md/en/services/training-intellectual-property.

VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

• International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information

The AGEPI is sending, monthly, information to several destinations:

European Patent Office (EPO)-(INPADOC), monthly:

he bibliographic data and abstracts for published applications and issued patents and full patent information for granted patents, in XML, St.36;

changes in legal status;

images of bibliographic data for published applications and full patent information in the national language for patents in bookmarked PDF (examples: published, granted);

Eurasian Patent Office, quarterly, bibliographic data in ACCESS database, abstracts, claims, images, in pdf files.

The bibliographic data and abstracts for published applications and issued patents and full patent information for granted patents, in XML, St.36 can be downloaded from http://db.agepi.md/inventions/ITResources.aspx

• Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information

During the year under report, the AGEPI patent experts have participated only online format in the following activities related to the patent information, events organized by the international specialized institutions:

-EPO-AGEPI examiners’ coaching;

- European Patent Office Academy-AGEPI;

-WIPO Webinar- AGEPI;

- Patent Knowledge Week;

-PATLIB 2025;

- Distance learning courses of the European Patent Office Academy;

- EPO Patent Law Committee

- WIPO - Session of the Committee of Experts on the International Patent Classification (IPC);

- WIPO - Session of the International Patent Classification (IPC) Revision Working Group;

- WIPO - Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP).

• Other activities

http://db.agepi.md/inventions/ITResources.aspx

VII. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO STANDARDS CONCERNING PATENT INFORMATION

WIPO Standard ST.1:  Recommendation concerning the minimum data elements required to uniquely identify a patent document

Fully implemented

MD2026 0001 B1 2026.01.31

The type of patent document, year, number, publication level and publication date are indicated.

WIPO Standard ST.2:  Standard manner for designating calendar dates by using the Gregorian calendar

Fully implemented

MD2026 0001 B1 2026.01.31

WIPO Standard ST.3:  Recommended standard on two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and intergovernmental organizations

Fully implemented

For the Republic of Moldova the code is MD.

MD2026 0001 B1 2026.01.31

WIPO Standard ST.6:  Recommendation for the numbering of published patent documents

Fully implemented

a 2026 0001 - Patent application;

s 2026 0001 - Short-term patent application;

e 2026 0001 - Application for a European patent for which validation in the Republic of Moldova has been requested;

c 2026 0001 - Application for a Supplementary Protection Certificate;

v 2026 0001 - Application for a plant variety patent;

t 2026 0001 - Application for the topography of the integrated circuit.

WIPO Standard ST.8:  Standard recording of international patent classification (IPC) symbols on machine-readable records

Fully implemented

WIPO Standard ST.9:  Recommendation concerning bibliographic data on and relating to patents and SPCs

Fully implemented

MD 2026 0001 B1 2026.01.31

1. Cebotarescu, C. Neagu, L. Bibire. Utilaj tehnologic pentru vinificatie. Tehnica.. Bucuresti. 1997. p. 441-443

Ioan Hutu, Emil Sas, Ioan Chesa. Cresterea puilor pentru carne.Timisoara, RO, 2006, gasit in Internet la 2022.12.19, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342335300_Alimentatia_puilor_destinati_productiei_de_carne

WIPO Standard ST.10:  Published patent documents

Fully implemented

Any patent document published in the Official Bulletin of Intellectual Property also contains an indication of the publication level, composed of a capital letter and a number, which is indicated immediately after the serial number of the patent document.

A0, A1, A2, A3, A8, A9, B1, B2, B8, B9, C1, C3, C8, C9, U0, U1, U2, U3, Y, Y3, Y8, Y9, Z, Z4, Z5, Z6, Z8, Z9

MD 2026 0001 A0 2026.01.31

WIPO Standard ST.10/A:  Format (margins, size) of patent documents

Fully implemented

All application documents shall be typewritten in A4 format, on a computer printer, on sheets of white, strong, smooth paper. The documents shall be printed in black characters. The texts of the description, claims and abstract shall be printed in 1.5 lines, with the height of capital letters not less than 2.1 mm or in characters of size 12. The margins of the sheets containing the description, claims and abstract shall be as follows, in mm:

1. a) top edge of the first sheet – 30;
2. b) top edge of the following sheets – 20;
3. c) left edge – 25;
4. d) right edge – 20;
5. e) bottom edge – 20.

WIPO Standard ST.10/B:  Layout of bibliographic data components

Fully implemented

WIPO Standard ST.10/C:  Presentation of bibliographic data components

Fully implemented

MD/EP 4081511 T2 - Publication of European patents issued in the Republic of Moldova, T2- translation of the validated European patent specification;

MD 0001 C1 2025.01.01, C1- issued patent for invention;

MD 0001 Z 2025.01.01, Z - issued short-term patent for invention.

Country, issue, Publication level, date.

WIPO Standard ST.10/D:  Guidelines on physical characteristics of patent documents particularly relevant to reproducibility and legibility of such documents

Fully implemented

All application documents shall be typewritten in A4 format, on a computer printer or typewriter, on sheets of white, strong, smooth, non-transparent and uncoated paper, so as to enable their long-term preservation and direct reproduction whenever necessary. The documents shall be printed in black characters.

WIPO Standard ST.11:  Recommendation on the minimum of indexes to be inserted in patent gazettes or published in association with patent gazettes

Fully implemented

The Republic of Moldova uses the following indexes on the bibliographic tab.

11, 12, 13, 15, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 54, 56, 57, 62, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 80, 82, 85, 86, 87, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97

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WIPO Standard ST.12:  Guidelines for the preparation of abstracts of patent documents

Fully implemented

The publication of invention summaries in BOPI is provided for in art. 38 of Law 50//2008 on the protection of inventions and in points 134-138 of the Regulation on the procedure of filing and examination of the patent application and grant of patent, (approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 528 of September 1, 2009.

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WIPO Standard ST.12/A:  General guidelines for the preparation of abstracts of patent documents

Fully implemented 

What it represents, how it is presented and what it contains, the abstract is provided by point 134-138 of the Regulation on the procedure of filing and examination of the patent application and grant of patent, (approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 528 of September 1, 2009 (The abstract shall serve the purpose of information and shall represent a concise summary of the disclosure as contained in the description. It shall contain: the title of the invention; the characterization of the technical field to which the invention pertains and/or of the application field thereof; the characterization of the invention with the indication of the achieved result. The abstract shall, where applicable, contain the drawing or the chemical formula which shall accompany the abstract be presented on a separate sheet, in the same number of copies as the text of the abstract, including where it is identical to one of the figures of the drawings illustrating the description. The figure accompanying the abstract shall be the most representative figure of the invention and shall be chosen among the drawings accompanying the patent application. If the abstract is accompanied by a drawing, the reference signs corresponding to the elements existing in the drawing shall be presented in the text of the abstract, placed between parentheses. The reference signs used in the drawing shall be identical to those in the description of the invention. Nonconformities among reference signs, even if all the elements existing in the drawing are not indicated in the abstract, shall not be admissible. The abstract shall be completed with indications relating to the number of claims and graphic reproductions. The indication of the number of tables shall be admissible. The abstract shall preferably not contain more than one hundred and fifty words. The definitive content of the abstract shall be determined by AGEPI.

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WIPO Standard ST.12/B:  Guidelines for the preparation of categorized patent abstract

Fully implemented

Short-term patent 1920 (13) Y, The abstract contains the title of the invention, the scope and essence of the invention with all the essential elements of the invention, including the new elements.

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WIPO Standard ST.12/C:  Guidelines for the physical characteristics of separately published abstracts in selective dissemination of information (SDI) presented in the form of card files

Fully implemented

Two examples are presented

- European patent validated in RM

- Short-term invention patents

These patent documents contain the numerical codes with bibliographic data and abstracts

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WIPO Standard ST.13:  Recommendation for the numbering of applications for industrial property rights (IPRs)

Fully implemented

MD a 2025 0001;

MD s 2025 0001;

MD e 2025 0001;  

MD c 2025 0001;  

MD v 2025 0001;  

MD t 2025 0001.

MD - Country; a- Application for a patent for invention; s- Application for a short-term patent for invention; e- Application for a European patent for which validation in the Republic of Moldova was requested; c- Application for a Supplementary Protection Certificate; v- Application for a plant variety patent;  t- Application for the topography of the integrated circuit.

WIPO Standard ST.14:  Recommendation for the inclusion of references cited in patent documents

Please provide more details based on your selection.

Fully implemented

(56) - List of prior art documents;

MD - Country;

B1 - granted patent for invention

For example: (56) - MD 0001 B1 2025.01.01

WIPO Standard ST.15:  Guidelines for the wording of titles of inventions in patent documents

Fully implemented

In accordance with the provisions of point 55 of the Regulation on the procedure of filing and examination of the patent application and grant of patent, (approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 528 of September 1, 2009, The title of the invention shall clearly, concisely and exactly state the technical designation of the invention, characterize its destination and coincide with the essence of the invention. The title may not exactly coincide with the generic term in the claims. The terms as "process", "apparatus", etc., cannot be used separately without indicating the concrete destination or other essential features of the claimed object. The title shall be informative for further searches, using the keywords.

WIPO Standard ST.16:  Recommended standard code for the identification of different kinds of patent documents

Fully implemented

A0 - patent application published before the established term of 18 months after the filing date or recognized priority date;

A1 - patent application published within the established term with a search report;

A2 - patent application published within the established term without a search report;

A3 - search report of a patent application (published after publication of the application);

A8 - patent application published with corrected or modified first page of the document

A9 - patent application with corrections or amendments to any part of the document;

B1- granted patent for invention;

B2 - granted patent for invention, amended after opposition procedures;

B8 - granted patent for invention with corrected or modified first page of the document;

B9 - granted patent for invention with corrections or amendments to any part of the document;

C1 - issued patent for invention;

C3 - issued patent for invention, amended after limitation or cancellation procedures;

C8 - issued patent for invention with corrections or amendments to the front (bibliographic) page of the document;

C9 - issued patent for invention with corrections or amendments to any part of the document;

U0 – short-term patent application published before the established term of 18 months after the filing date or recognized priority date;

U1 –  short-term patent application published within the established term together with a search report;

U2 – short-term patent application published within the established term without a search report;

U3 – search report of a short-term patent application (published after publication of the application)

Y - granted short-term patent for invention;

Y3 - granted short-term patent for invention, amended after opposition procedure;

Y8 -  granted short-term patent for invention with corrections or amendments to the front (bibliographic) page of the document;

Y9 - granted short-term patent for invention with corrections or amendments to any part of the document;

Z - issued short-term patent for invention;

Z4 - issued short-term patent for invention, amended after limitation or cancellation procedures;

Z5 - extended short-term patent for invention;

Z6 - extended short-term patent for invention, amended after extension procedure;

Z8 - issued or extended short-term patent for invention with corrections or amendments to the front (bibliographic) page of the document;

Z9 - issued or extended short-term patent for invention with corrections or amendments to any part of the document;

T1 – translation of the claims of a European patent application;

T2 –  translation of the validated European patent specification;

T3 –  translation of the validated European patent specification maintained in its amended form;

 T4 – translation of the validated European patent specification maintained in limited form;

T8 – corrected translation of the validated European patent specification with corrections to the front (bibliographic) page of the document;

T9 – corrected translation of the validated European patent specification with corrections  to any part of the document

WIPO Standard ST.17:  Recommendation for the coding of headings of announcements made in official gazettes

Fully implemented

Our office uses ST. 17, which contains the codes in the following sequence: letter, letter, number, letter

For example, page 32 of BOPI

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WIPO Standard ST.18:  Recommendation concerning patent gazettes and other patent announcement journals

Fully implemented

Our office edits BOPI, which consecutively publishes patent applications, granted applications with bibliographic data with reference codes, accompanied by abstract and figures, if any. An example of publication of the Official Bulletin of Intellectual Property can be viewed at the following address: https://www.agepi.gov.md/ro/bopi/1-2026

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WIPO Standard ST.19:  Recommendation for the publication of indexes issued yearly/half-yearly/quarterly by industrial property offices

Fully implemented

Our office publishes periodically, once a month, BOPI, which is numbered as follows: MD - BOPI 1/2026, the information is placed in the ascending order of patent numbering (we use the numbering criterion) and grouped according to IP objects.

For exemple

WIPO Standard ST.20:  Recommendations for the preparation of name indexes to patent documents

Fully implemented

BOPI is published by our office, and at the beginning of the Bulletin there is general information on intellectual property objects, reference codes provided by WIPO standards, including the names of applicants, owners and inventors, displayed in full (Limited Liability Company, LTD) or Public Institution (PI), for other IP objects their short form is also indicated. After the name of the applicant or rights holder, the patent document can be found in the Inventions database, which is public and with free access at the address: https://www.db.agepi.md/inventions/Search.aspx

example of publication of applicants and holders in BOPI

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WIPO Standard ST.21:  Recommendation concerning the reduction of volume of priority documents as filed with industrial property offices

Fully implemented

The priority data relating to a patent application are filed with the office on paper and indicated in the application, then published in BOPI.

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WIPO Standard ST.22:  Recommendation for the authoring of patent applications for the purpose of facilitating optical character recognition (OCR)

Fully implemented

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n accordance with the provisions of point 143 of the Regulation on the procedure of filing and examination of the patent application and grant of patent, (approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 528 of September 1, 2009, the following parameters are provided for the patent fascicle:

The margins of the sheets containing the description, claims and abstract must be as follows, in mm:

1. a) the top margin of the first sheet – 30;
2. b) the top margin of the following sheets – 20;
3. c) the left margin – 25;
4. d) the right margin – 20;
5. e) the bottom margin – 20

The patent dossier follows the following steps

https://www.db.agepi.md/Inventions/details/a%202008%200202/LinkTitluElib

WIPO Standard ST.25:  Standard for the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings in patent applications

Fully implemented

Our office uses ST. 25 relating to nucleotide sequences in the publication of international applications filed under the PCT Treaty, European applications validated in the Republic of Moldova and in national applications for which the national phase has been opened in the Republic of Moldova.

https://www.db.agepi.md/Inventions/details/3616706/LinkTitluElib (MD/EP 3616706 T2 2022.01.31)

https://www.db.agepi.md/Inventions/details/a%202018%200042/SequencesLink

(MD 4685 C1 2020.12.31)

WIPO Standard ST.26:  Recommended standard for the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings using XML  (extensible markup language)

Fully implemented

Ex. MD/EP 3303379 T2 2022.02.28, The patent document can be found at the following address: https://www.db.agepi.md/Inventions/details/3303379/LinkTitluElib (page 74-81).

Ex. MD/EP 3310809 T2 2025.03.31, The patent document can be found at the following address: https://www.db.agepi.md/Inventions/details/3310809/LinkTitluElib (page 12-14).

WIPO Standard ST.27:  Recommendation for the exchange of patent legal status data

No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.31:  Recommended standard coded character sets for the exchange of machine-readable records of patent documents

No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.32:  Recommendation for the markup of patent documents using SGML (standard generalized markup language)

No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.33:  Recommended standard format for data exchange of facsimile information of patent documents

No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.34:  Recommendation concerning the recording of application numbers in electronic form for the exchange of bibliographic data

No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.35:  Recommended standard format for data exchange of mixed-mode published patent document information on reel-to-reel and IBM 3480/90 cartridge tapes

No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.36:  Recommendation for the processing of patent information using XML (extensible markup language)

Fully implemented

The State Agency for Intellectual Property exchanges data with other offices in the format XML.

WIPO Standard ST.37:  Recommendation for an authority file of published patent documents

Fully implemented

The State Agency for Intellectual Property publishes information regarding patents and short-term patents.

WIPO Standard ST.40:  Recommendation concerning making facsimile images of patent documents available on CD-ROM

No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.50:  Guidelines for issuing corrections, alterations and supplements relating to patent information

Implemented

A8 – patent application published with corrected or modified first page of the document;

A9 – patent application with corrections or amendments to any part of the document;

B8 – granted patent for invention with corrected or modified first page of the document;

B9 – granted patent for invention with corrections or amendments to any part of the document;

C3 – issued patent for invention, amended after limitation or cancellation procedures;

C8 – issued patent for invention with corrections or amendments to the front (bibliographic) page of the document;

C9 – issued patent for invention with corrections or amendments to any part of the document;

T3 –  translation of the validated European patent specification maintained in its amended form;

T8 –  corrected translation of the validated European patent specification with corrections to the front (bibliographic) page of the document;

T9 – corrected translation of the validated European patent specification with corrections  to any part of the document;

Y3 – granted short-term patent for invention, amended after opposition procedure;

Y8  – granted short-term patent for invention with corrections or amendments to the front (bibliographic) page of the document;

Y9 – granted short-term patent for invention with corrections or amendments to any part of the document;

Z6 – extended short-term patent for invention, amended after extension procedure;

Z8 – issued or extended short-term patent for invention with corrections or amendments to the front (bibliographic) page of the document;

Z9 - issued or extended short-term patent for invention with corrections or amendments to any part of the document.

WIPO Standard ST.90:  Recommendation for processing and communicating intellectual property data using web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)

No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.91:  Recommendations on digital three-dimensional (3D) models and 3D images

Planning to Implement

WIPO Standard ST.92:  Recommendations on the data package format for the electronic exchange of priority documents

Planning to Implement

WIPO Standard ST.96:  Recommendation for the processing of intellectual property information using XML (extensible markup language)

No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.97:  Recommendation for processing of intellectual property data using JSON

No plan to implement

VIII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

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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.