Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2025 submitted by Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent)

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

Comprehensive information about Rospatent's activities in 2025 and future plans is available in its Annual Report. Its summary version for 2025 is available in English (Summary). The full version of the Annual Report is currently available in Russian only. The English version will be published on the Rospatent website in due course.

The goals, objectives and plans of Rospatent are published in Russian in the "Plans" section on its official website (in Russian). For information on the main areas of industrial design activity in 2025, see pages 14-15 of the Summary.

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

For information on new projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies (plans) mentioned above, see paragraph 4 on pages 28 and 29 of the Summary.

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

For statistics, including changes in application filings and grants (registrations) compared to the previous year, and trends or areas experiencing rapid changes, see pages 14 and 15 of the Summary.

The total number of industrial design applications filed in the Russian Federation decreased compared to 2024 (-0.51%). Applications filed through the national procedure by residents decreased (-7.56%), while those by non-residents increased (+31.94%). Applications filed under the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement increased by 3.02%. At the same time, the number of industrial design patents granted decreased compared to 2024
(-0.31%).

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

• Patent legislation
• Annual Reports
• Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS, subordinate entity of Rospatent) activities (in Russian)
• Public services
• State services (in Russian)
• News

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

Guidance on paper/e-filing (instructions, seminars):

• User documentation for e-filing industrial design patents (in Russian)
• Examination guidelines for industrial designs (in Russian)
• State registration of industrial designs (in Russian)
• Access to patent application documents (in Russian)
• Fees
• Online filing via personal account (in Russian)
• Filing through the Unified Portal of State Services of the Russian Federation (Gosuslugi) (in Russian)
• FIPS Division "All-Russian Patent and Technical Library"
• Russian Patent Library

2025 Webinars

In 2025, FIPS, the subordinate institute of Rospatent, organized the thematic webinar on industrial designs for applicants and business representatives: "The Advantages of filing applications for international registration of industrial designs under the Hague System through Rospatent".

Availability of the application dossier in electronic form

Industrial design application information and procedural details are published in:

• Open Registers section, which contains information about documents in electronic dossiers of industrial designs (in Russian)
• Official Publications section, which provides information about published applications and patents (in Russian)

Classification and reclassification activities; classification system used, e.g., International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), other classification

The 15^th edition of the Locarno Classification was translated into Russian.

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)

The following Rospatent web pages provide information concerning Office publications:

• Official Bulletin "Industrial Designs"
• Patent Information Products section (in Russian)

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

In 2025, the following types of notifications on national and international industrial design registrations were published. Industrial Designs Official Gazette (2005-2025) documents are published in PDF format once a month. Starting from January 10, 2017, the IP Office continued to publish information on industrial designs in the official bulletins, immediately following registration in the State Register of Industrial Designs.

Notification Types Published

The following web pages of the Office's website provide access to online publications:

• Official Bulletins for Industrial Designs in the "Official Publications" section:
• International Classification for Industrial Designs
• Open Registers of Russian Patent Documents (in Russian)

The Paper Designs Fund includes:

• collections of industrial design publications from official bulletins of the Russian Federation and foreign patent Offices (1992-2013);
• domestic and foreign books and periodicals on art design, technical aesthetics and advertising;
• advertising brochures and catalogues of domestic and foreign organizations and firms.

FIPS Library has a reading room for users working with the Design Fund.

Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases

• FIPS examiners can access all freely available Internet resources containing information about industrial designs.
• Minimum search scope: Russia, Germany, UK, Spain, USA, France, Japan, WIPO. Scope can include any generally available documents regardless of language, age, or type.
• A regularly updated list of available databases is located on the internal network, covering resources from the minimum scope countries and ~70 additional countries/organizations, with web addresses and search descriptions.
• Hague System Registrations searched in: International Designs Bulletin, Hague Express, Global Design Database.
• Rospatent Search Platform containing industrial design information

Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)

During the reporting year, free access for external users was provided to:

• Industrial Designs Official Gazette (2005-2025)
• Open Registers of Russian Patent Documents (in Russian)
• Rospatent Search Platform
• Information Retrieval System (industrial design search subscription)
• The Design Fund on paper is free for external users.

Rospatent continued to provide subscription-based information products to keep users updated on intellectual property. These products were primarily offered in electronic formats (CD, DVD, USB, and FTP), with the official bulletins remaining the central component of the service. The list of 2025 publications/databases and acquisition procedure is in the FIPS Prospectus (in Russian).

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

Information about legal status is published on the FIPS website in the "Open Registers" section and in Rospatent's Industrial Designs Official Gazette.

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

Rospatent continued to operate nine state information systems and five information systems. The technologies applied during the development of these systems have made it possible to:

1. Improve full-scale search across Russian and international patent documentation collections.
2. Optimize the decision-making process during formal examinations (fee accounting, initial verification of application documentation) to determine the possibility of performing legally significant actions, aiming to reduce time costs for decision-making.
3. Issue an electronic title of protection and register extracts. The rights holder has access to the electronic document throughout its validity period and can submit such an electronic document to other authorities.
4. Enhance the quality of informational search for similar images during substantive examination.
5. Provide applicants with the ability to include 3D models in applications.
6. Increase the effectiveness of management decisions through the formation of electronic data arrays.
7. Set up electronic reference data repositories and strengthen coordination of system integration, both internally and with federal executive bodies and international authorities.
8. Implement new information infrastructure utilizing modern technologies and unifying Rospatent's operational processes. Data exchange within the infrastructure is based on a unified data model compliant with international standards. Integration between systems was ensured using a common enterprise service bus, allowing for future development of the integration platform. The capability for programmatic integration with Rospatent's public services was provided.

Hardware used to support business processes of the Office

The Office's technical infrastructure includes:

Server equipment

• 8 HP DL380 Servers (RAM– 4 GB, processors - 2, external memory – 300 GB)
• 2 QTech Servers (RAM – 256 GB, processors - 2, external memory – 2 TB)
• 5 HP DL580 Servers (RAM – 16 GB, processors - 4, External memory - 900 GB)

Workstations

• 60 HP, IRBIS, Kraftway workstations

Software:

• Windows 2012 Server, Astra Linux operating systems

Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources

As of December 31, 2025, the industrial designs database contained information on 115 000 industrial design patents from 1993 to 2025 inclusive (search in Russian, interface in English).

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

In 2025, the State Patent Collection was completed with electronic patent documents. Work continued on supplementing retrospective data with missing documents. Updating of the electronic patent documents is performed in real-time mode, incorporating documents from the Russian Federation, foreign IP Offices, and organizations into the Patent Search information system. Examiners and external users were given the opportunity to conduct searches for industrial designs on the new Rospatent search platform.

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

For detailed information, see paragraph 2.1 on pages 46-48 of the Summary.

Industrial design applications are filed via personal accounts on the Office website and Gosuslugi. Applications are registered in a unified application and incoming correspondence registration system; data is stored in a unified repository; examination of application materials is carried out within an electronic document management system. The information system for converting documents from traditional formats to digital prepares documents in modern formats for subsequent formation of electronic application files and examination of documents during the provision of state services. The unified repository preserves documents and structured data in WIPO ST.96 format. The electronic document management system provides access to application files, preparation of outgoing correspondence, control over all lifecycle processes of an application from filing to the examination decision, and monitoring of correspondence processing timelines and examination deadlines.

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

Key resources include:

• Website of the All-Russian Patent and Technical Library (in Russian)
• Website of the FIPS Patent Information Library (in Russian)
• E-library of the FIPS All-Russian Patent and Technical Library (in Russian)

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

Rospatent provides various informational materials related to industrial design procedures:

• Guide to legal design protection (in Russian):
• FIPS Library information products
• E-All-Russian Patent and Technical Library (in Russian)

Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
Key initiatives include:

• Intellectual Property for Young Researchers (in Russian)
• Inventors NEXT Program (in Russian):
• Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) Network (in Russian)

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

Rospatent conducted three thematic webinars for applicants and business representatives on industrial designs related topics:

• New Opportunities for Obtaining State Services in the Field of Intellectual Property in Electronic Form on the Gosuslugi Portal and a Description of the Operation of the New Rospatent Service on Gosuslugi "My Intellectual Property Objects"
• New Opportunities for Obtaining Post-Registration State Services in the Field of Intellectual Property in Electronic Form (Gosuslugi)
• Disposal of Exclusive Rights by Agreement and Transition of Exclusive Right without an Agreement. Practical issues of state registration, typical errors.

Webinar recordings are available on the FIPS website (in Russian).

The FIPS Scientific and Educational Center (SEC) is a national competence center for the organization of education and outreach in the field of intellectual property. It organizes a large number of educational and awareness-raising events aimed at disseminating up-to-date knowledge in this area.

Among the most popular programs are "Patent Law", "Patent Search", "Preparation and Examination of Applications for Intellectual Property Rights", "Patent Analytics", "Certified Professional in Technology Transfer", and others. Within the framework of these programs, participants receive information on Russian and foreign procedures for filing applications for inventions, trademarks, industrial designs, and other types of intellectual property, as well as on the principles of conducting patent searches, legal protection, and commercialization of results of intellectual activity.

Educational programs and awareness-raising events are conducted by the best specialists of the Rospatent system: heads of examiner departments, state IP experts, practitioners, patent attorneys and leading lawyers. In 2025, the total number of specialists trained across all types of programs and within the framework of scientific and educational events in the format of educational programs amounted to 10 958 persons (in 2024 – 8 635 people, an increase of more than 20%). In particular, three cohorts of future state industrial design experts were trained, with 706 individuals enrolled on a tuition-free basis at the expense of Rospatent. Training is conducted in both in-person and remote formats, ensuring access to current knowledge for specialists from all regions of Russia. The SEC provides training for state IP experts to improve their proficiency in English. In 2025, 32 individuals were trained on a tuition-free basis.

SEC web-page

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)

Rospatent publishes its official bulletins containing industrial design information on the FIPS FTP server. Access is provided via login and password to the IP Offices of 47 foreign countries and 2 international organizations. 

In the reporting year:

• 43 design bulletins from 3 countries were added to the Design Collection
• The acquired materials were received in multiple formats to ensure comprehensive coverage:
  • 16 in traditional paper format
  • 9 bulletins distributed on optical discs (CD/DVD media)
  • 18 bulletins obtained through digital downloads directly from the official websites of foreign IP Offices

Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to industrial design information

As part of its participation in international and regional activities and projects relating to industrial design information, representatives of Rospatent took part in the following events:

• 14th Session of Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. For detailed information, see paragraph 5, pages 32 and 33 of the Summary
• Training of examiners of IP Offices of the BRICS countries including on industrial designs (in Russian)
• A webinar for representatives of the business community: "Advantages of filing applications for international registration of industrial designs under the Hague System through Rospatent" (in Russian)
• Several Projects of the All-Russian Patent and Technical Library for Youth (in Russian)

Assistance to developing countries

Presentation of the experience of the Russian Federation related to industrial designs at the meetings of the APEC IP Working Group in 2025 (see 2025 Annual Report of Rospatent, paragraph 4.3 on page 70 - in Russian).

Rospatent participated in the 2nd Meeting on IP in Venezuela and the training seminars for the staff of the Venezuelan IP Office (in Russian).

The Guide on IP Systems for BRICS Businesses was presented at the 17^th meeting of the Heads of IP Offices (in Russian).

On October 2, 2025, the Head of Rospatent and the Executive Director of the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) signed a Roadmap for cooperation between the authorities in Moscow, which includes, among other things, the organization of training for experts and the exchange of patent information (in Russian).

From December 1 to 5, 2025, an internship for experts from IP Offices of the BRICS countries took place, where, among other topics, a discussion was held on the subject related to industrial designs (in Russian).

At the 13th Russian-Chinese-Mongolian Seminar on IP, held on November 12, 2025, and chaired by the Mongolian IP Office on the topic of "IP Rights Protection: Current Challenges and Emerging Issues", experts exchanged information on the specifics of intellectual property rights protection in their respective countries and discussed promising directions for further cooperation (see 2025 Rospatent Annual Report, paragraph 4.7 on page 75 – in Russian).

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

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

Fully implemented

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

Fully implemented

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

Fully implemented

WIPO Standard ST.80:  Recommendation concerning bibliographic data relating to industrial designs

Fully implemented

WIPO Standard ST.81:  Recommendation concerning the content and layout of industrial design gazettes

Fully implemented

WIPO Standard ST.86:  Recommendation for the processing of industrial design information using XML (extensible markup language)

Fully implemented

WIPO Standard ST.87:  Recommendation for the exchange of industrial design legal status data

Partly implemented

Rospatent uses its own event codes.

WIPO Standard ST.88:  Recommendations for electronic representation of industrial designs

Fully implemented

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

Planning to implement

Rospatent plans to use the recommendations of ST.90 when developing new information systems and updating existing ones.

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

Fully implemented

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

Planning to implement

Rospatent plans to use ST.92 after joining WIPO DAS

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

Fully implemented

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

On assessment phase

VIII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

ST. 1, 6, 8, 9, 10, 10a-d, 11, 12, 12a-c, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 36, 37 and 50 were implemented.