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The term "patent" covers utility models and Supplementary Protection Cer= tificates (SPCs). Offices which issue design patents should report their de= sign patent information activities in their Annual Technical Reports on Ind= ustrial Design Information Activities.
Changes experienced in terms of application filings and grants with resp=
ect to the previous year:
291 patent applications for inventions have been filed in Bulgarian Patent=
office.The total number of domestic applications was 424, 372 of them of d=
omestic applicants as this number represents slight increase in comparison =
to the previous year.
618 European Patents came into force in Bulgaria and 6 applications for th=
e provisional protection was applied in 2006.
Totally 133 utility model applications were filed.
The number of foreign patent applications was 52 as 40 of them under PCT. =
The applicants have filed 45 applications for new plant varieties and 10 a=
pplications for new animal breeds in 2006,54 of them of Bulgarian applicant=
s, and 1 - from foreign applicant.
In the 2006 were granted 337 patents for inventions, 66 patents for ulilit=
y models,29 certificates for new plant varieties and animal breeds.
Up to December 31, 2006 the total number of Bulgarian patents in force is =
2137 as 1909 of them are for inventions and 228 for utility models.
Up to December 31,2006 the number of certificates for new plant varieties =
and animal breeds in force is 462.
Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous ye=
ar:
Huge increase of the number of European patents valid in Bulgaria (187 in =
2005)
Publishing,printing,copying:
Official publications on paper
In the year 2006 BPO continued preparing and publishing of its official pu=
blications on paper - 12 regular issues of the Official Bulletin of BPO and=
12 issues of The Patent abstracts of Bulgaria (the part of the Official Bu=
letin for inventions and utility models, in English.The Official Bulletin w=
as beeng distributed to 78 national and 45 foreign subscribers in 39 countr=
ies diring the year.The Patent Abstracts of Bulgaria was being sent to 7 co=
untries.
403 specifications with totally 7000 pages have been processed and issued.=
In 2006 the total number of granted patents for inventions and utility mod=
els was 403 and the number of European patents enforeced iv Bulgaria was 61=
8.
The Bulgarian Patent office maintains another very important source of pat=
ent information, namelly:
State Register for Patents for inventions
State Register for European Patents
State Register for Patents for Utility Models
State Register for New Plant Varieties and Animal Breeds
State Register for Topologies of Integrated Circuits
In the year 2006 BPO continued extracting data from the national database =
and processing with Eposcan OCR technology the specifications of Bulgarian =
granted patents for inventions to be sent to the Arcanum Informatics Ltd., =
Hungary for the production of ESPACE-PRECES CD-ROM.403 specifications on pa=
per with totally 7000 pages (included in the Official Bulletin from issues =
N 1/06 to 12/06) and files containing bibliographic data and abstracts in B=
ulgarian were sent during yhe year.
(New) techniques used for the generation of patent information (printing, =
recording, photocomposing, etc.):
An Eposcan =E2=80=93 OCR technique is used by BPO for information exchange=
.
The following main types of annuoncements were published in 2006 in the =
Official Bulletin:
bibliographic data and abstracts of patent applications - 257
announcements for granted patents - 337
bibliographic data and abstracts of utility model applications - 58
announcements for granted utility models patents - 66
announcements for new plant varieties and animal breeds applications - 41 =
announcements for certificates granted for new plant varieties and animal =
breeds 29
announcements for inventors' certificates transformed to plant varieties c=
ertificates - 3
announcements for European patent applications in provisional protection i=
n Bulgaria - 6
announcements for European patents in force in Bulgaria - 618
lists of lapsed patents
announecements for applications for registration of marks - 4213
announcements for marks registered - 3304
announcements for industrial designs registered - 359
changes in the patent applications, granted patents and certificates for n=
ew plant varieties and animal breeds
changes in registered marks and designs
announcements for license agreements for patents
announcements for license agreements for new plant varieties and animal br=
eeds
announcements for license agreements for industrial designs
announcements for license agreements for registered marks
In each issue of the Official Bulletin of the BPO were published as well: =
numerical indexes of applications and granted patents for inventions and u=
tility models
numerical, systematical and namely indexes of applications and published c=
ertificates for new plant varieties and animal breeds
The Annual Report of the Bulgarian Patent Office for 2006 has been prepare=
d in Bulgarian and in English.
In the year 2006 Bulgarian Patent documentation was stored on paper, mic= roforms, on CD/DVD - ROMs
In the year 2006 texts of 403 specifications with totally 7000 pages and=
12 regular numbers of the Official Bulletin and 12 regular numbers of The =
Patent Abstracts of Bulgaria were composed by means of word processing and =
circulated for public use.
From N1/06 the Official Bulletin of BPO in its part of inventions and util=
ity models is available on the website of the Office.
In 2006 the BPO website has been regulary updated, completed and maintaine=
d.
Access is provided throughout two different interfases - Bulgarian and Eng=
lish.
The website contents information about:
main tasks, function and structure of the BPO
Official publications
legal texts
Central Patent Library activity and information sources
services of the Office for the public
service prices and fees
forms for applications for different titles of protection
texts of classifications in the IP field
list of patent representatives
news, contacts, jobs,FAQs,etc.
an information system for searching all national trademarks registrations =
BPO online
The website provides links to esp@acenet, National Offices' websites and I=
nternational organizations.
According to the agreement between EPO and BPO for the implementation of t=
he automation tool-box system EPTOS the equipment was received and installe=
d.The system was integrated in IT structure of the BPO.
In 2006 keying-in into the Common Software of English language abstracts a=
nd titles of published patent and utility model applications and granted pa=
tents continued. Abstracts and titles for all documents announced in the Of=
ficial Bulletin from issue N 1/06 to issue N 12/06 were entered into the sy=
stem.
Information for all records made in the State Registers concerning License=
agreements has been entered in Common Software as well. All changes in the=
legal status of applications and granted patents for inventions and utilit=
y models published in the Official Bulletin have been reflected property in=
the automation system.
From January 2006 applications and granted patents for inventions and ut= ility models which were included in Bulgarian official publications were cl= assified according to IPC - R -advanced level. The BPO implemented the new = IPC on January, 2006 as it was specified in WIPO ST.8 and WIPO ST. 10/C.
Hybrid system indexing is used in cllassifying of patent applications.= p>
During the year 824 specifications (412 of them - in the systematically =
ordered files and 412 - in numerical files) of patents for inventions and u=
tility model patents were prepared and ordered for examiners' use in the Bu=
lgarian patent file.
321 firs pages of published patent applications and 428 specifications of =
rejected applications for patents for inventions, which are published and e=
xamined since 01.06.1993 onwards, were lodged into file.
106 accepted applications for inventions deemed to be withdrawn (for non-p=
ayment of the fees) were also lodged into the file.
In the systematic file on paper were also lodged 617 European patents whic=
h came into force in Bulgaria in 2006 and 6 EP applications for provisional=
protection.
In 2006 the Central Patent Library has continued to maintain and update = the specialized paper file for the examination including the patent documen= ts of Bulgaria, Germany, and Russia as well as the first pages of patent do= cuments of Great Britain.
In 2006 the speciaized search file on paper for the examination includin= g the patent documents/first pages of Bulgaria,Germany, Great Britain and R= ussia applications has been continuously maintained and updated.
Common Software for patents is used in everyday work of the patent exami= ners.
Epoque-net, esp@cenet - BG server.
Access to EPOQUENET from 5 work stations via Petnet - 2 is gave up to the =
patent examiners.
GID server with WOM application is used. The CD collections are not loaded=
fully.
Common Software is running in version 3.3.2.
EPTOS Large Configuration, actual version 04.12.02. Currently the Project =
"Initial analysis to migrate BPO from CS to SOPRANO (patens)" by the Bilate=
ral transitional cooperation arrangement between the BPO and the EPO is und=
er implementation.
The system NIPIES (National Network for Co-operation and informatoin Excha=
nge for Intellectual and Industrial Property Right Protection), developed a=
nd installed under PHARE Project is working and give up information and ser=
vices to the other beneficiaries of the system, the State Administration an=
d the public.
Hardware
-Server HP rp 5430
-GID-IBM x 346 series
-Workstations Intel Pentium based PCs, about 120
-Network - LAN 100 Mbps
Software
-Server Unix 11.xx as OS, informix 7.3 as DBMS
-Workstations Windows 98 and Windows 'XP as OS, MS Office as documents man=
agement, etc.
-carriers used: CDs, DVDs
The Central Patent Library automation center disposes of 4 work-stations= placed in the public library for retrieval purposes and facilitating the a= ccess to the specialized collection and data bases on electronic carriers a= nd in the internet.
The annual increment to the paper collections in the Central Patent Libr=
ary for 2006 amounts to approximately 37 378 patent documents of 4 countrie=
s and 2 International orgenizations (EPO and WIPO).
657 Official Bulletins of National patent offices and International organi=
zations and 198 new issues in the field of IP protection were received and =
placed at public disposal.
In the year under review the existing electronic collections containing th=
e patent documents of 30 countries and 2 International organizations has be=
en completed with approximately 948 discs.
The Central Patent Library presently disposes of some 20 million patent = documents on paper of 30 countries and 2 international organizations.
In the year 2006 the Bulgarian Industrial Property Network has been esta=
blished with the cooperation between BPO and EPO.It includes PATLIB centers=
and Industry Property Points in Universities (IP-points). The BPO provided=
the following centers with technical equipment, patent information resourc=
es and education of their staff.
PATLIB center Plovdiv and PATLIB center Rousse were established with the c=
ooperation with the Bulgarian Industrial Association - regional branches. <=
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Five IP-points have been created to assist scientist and students in their=
innovative activities and to help them to use patent information:
IP-point in Technical University - Sofia
IP-point in Technical University - Varna
IP-point in the Rousse University "Angel Kanchev"
IP-point in University "Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov" - Bourgas
IP-point in Medical University - Sofia
Two days educational seminar (elementary level)for coordinators from PATLI=
B centers and IP-points took place in the Central Patent Library of BPO in =
December 2006.
In 2006 the Central Patent Library reading room was visited by some 2124=
customers who made use of total 12 675 folders containing patent documents=
on paper,official gazetts, theoretical materials and CD/DVD-ROMs. Copies o=
f some 17 000 documents on different media have been made. With the assista=
nce of the library's specialists approx. 3574 searches in BPO patents and u=
tility models bibliographic database, in the electronic collections and the=
internet databases - were carried out.
The Annual Catalogue of the new literature including antries with bibliogr=
aphical data in the original language of the publication has been prepared.=
In 2006 following number of charged preliminary searches has been carried =
out for public use:
-in the field of inventions 616
-in the field of marks 4933
-in the field of industrial designs 295
In answer the specific needs in the field of IP protection (for the Police=
, Law court, etc.) 6069 searches were made.
Copies of 11 877 documents stored on different data carriers have been pro=
vided to the IP information users.
Bibliographic data and abstracts (the name of appliciant/owner/, invento=
r/patent attorney, transliterated in English language) of patent applicatio=
ns and granted patents for inventions and utility models published in 12 is=
sues of the Official Bulletin (up to N 12/06) has been sent to INPADOC-EPID=
OS-Vienna and to the European Patent Office Branch in the Hague.
In 2006 the BPO continued sending to ARCANUM Informatics Ltd., Budapest,Hu=
ngary patent specifications of all granted patents for inventions (scaned E=
POSCAN technology) to be incorporated in the ESPACE-PRECES product. 334 spe=
cifications, included in the Official Bulletiin from N 1/06 to N 12/06, wit=
h totally 7000 pages and files containing bibliographical data and abstract=
s in Bulgarian were being sent during the year. In the frame of the mutual =
exchange of patent information 389 specifications (on paper) were being sen=
t abroad during the year. The Offiocial Bulletin of the BPO was being sent =
monthly to 78 subscribers in Bulgaria and 48 foreign subscribers in 39 coun=
tries. 7 issues of Patent Abstracts of Bulgaria in English were being sent =
to 7 Industrial Property Offices and libraries abroad.
Loading of national data in abulgarian and English language to the Bulgari=
an esp@cenet server continued. All bibliographic data of published applicat=
ions and grants for inventions and utility models for the period from Janua=
ry to December 2006 have been extracted from the internal databases and sen=
t to the EPO Branch in the Hague in both languages - Bulgarian and English.=
The specifications of all granted patents for inventions and utility model=
s have been scaned by Eposcan-OCR technology and sent to Document Acquisiti=
on Department,EPO,The Hague for integration in BNS and other EPO databases.=
A back-file of all granted patents for utility models, also scanned by Epo=
scan, has been sent to be integrated in esp@cenet.
National data to be incorporared into UPOV-ROM database for new plant vari=
eties have been sent to UPOV.
According to the Bulgarian Patent Law submitting of priority document on=
paper in the three months period after application date is obligatory to c=
laim the priority (if any, in less then twelve months period before the app=
lication date). Bulgarian Patent Office grants priority documents for Bulga=
rian patent applications filed abroad and requires providing of the same on=
paper for foreign applications filed in Bulgaria.
During the year 28 priority documets of Bulgarian patent applications were=
granted and sent abroad.
At present the paper is the only medium for filing applications accordin= g to the Bulgarian patent legislation and the requirements of the Patent Of= fice. The appliciant or his/her representative should file the application = in the required form on paper. Applications forms are available at the BPO = website (www.bpo.bg).
According to the main trend for translation to electronic carriers of pa=
tent information the BPO in the framework of the mutual documentation excha=
nge sbmits its patent documents on ESPACE-PRECES and ACCESS-PRECES CD-ROM c=
ollection. The Office receives and maintains CD-ROM files foe examiners use=
(in the Information and Publications Dept.) and for the public use (in the=
Central Patent Library). The collections for the examiners at present are =
as follows:
-ESPACE-EPA since 1978 up to now and continues;
-ESPACE-EPB since 1980 up to now and continues;
-ESPACE-WORLD since 1978 up to now and continues;
-ESPACS-UK-A since 1995 up to now and continues;
-ESPACE-PRECES since 1993 and continues;
-ESPACE-ACCESS PRECES since 1997 up to now and continues;
-ESPACE-FIRST since 1988 up to now and continues;
-ESPACE-BULLETIN since 1978 up to now and continues;
_ESPACE-ACCESS since 1978 up to now and continues;
-ESPACE-ACCESS EP-B since 1978 up to now and continues;
-ESPACE-LEGAL since 1992 up to now and continues;
-ESPACE-ACCESS-EUROPE since 1978,transformed into ESPACE-ACCESS-EPS in 200=
5 and continues;
-BREF since 1978 (FR-A,WO-A,EP-A) up to now and continues;
-PAJ since 1976 to 1993 (according to the IPC) and since 1994 up to now an=
d continues (according to the number of patent); since 1989 to 1997 - unexa=
mined patent applications of foreign applicants, ordered according to IPC (=
sections A-H);
-USAPAT since 1994 up to now and continues;
-USAPat Backfile since 1790 to 1994 and continues;
-USAApp since week 11.2001;
-GLOBALPat since 1971 to 1996 (according to the IPC) and since 1997 to 199=
9 (according to the IPC and the document publication date);
-USPS since 1975 up to now and continues;
-CASSIS-BIB since 1969 up to now and continues;
-CASSIS-CLASS since 1995 up to now and continues;
-CASSIS-ASSIGN since August 1980 and continues;
-CASSIS-ASSIST since 1995 up to now and continues;
-DIAPAT-RU since 1924 up to now and continues;
-PCT Gazette since 1999 up to 2001;
-UPOV since January 2005.
The collections on CD-ROM for public use in Patent Library are from 30 cou=
ntries and 2 international organizations.
BPO continued to provide patent information to the EPO branches in Vienna =
and in the Hague in the framework of the mutual data exchange. Loading of d=
ata to the Bulgarian esp@cenet server has been regularly made in 2006.
In the year 2006 the Bulgarian Industrial Property Network has been esta=
blished with the cooperation between BPO and EPO. It includes PATLIB center=
s and Industry Property Points in Universities (IP- points).The BPO provide=
d the following centers with technical equipment, patent information resour=
ces and education of their staff.
PATLIB center =E2=80=93 Plovdiv and PATLIB center =E2=80=93 Rousse were es=
tablished with the cooperation with the Bulgarian Industrial Association =
=E2=80=93 regional branches.
Five IP-points have been created to assist scientists and students in thei=
r innovative activity and to help them to use patent information:
IP-point in Technical University =E2=80=93 Sofia
IP-point in Technical University =E2=80=93 Varna
IP-point in The Rousse University =E2=80=9CAngel Kanchev=E2=80=9D
IP-point in University =E2=80=9CProf. Dr. Assen Zlatarov=E2=80=9D =E2=80=
=93 Bourgas
IP-point in Medical University - Sofia
Two days educational seminar (elementary level) for coordinators from PATL=
IB centers and IP-points took place in Central Patent Library of BPO in Dec=
ember.
Awareness-raising activities for mass media and electronic media:
Educational activities and seminars "Basic knowlege of Intellectual Proper=
ty Rights" have been carried out.
Approximately 170 publications were provided in 15 newspapers, 5 magazines=
, 3 information agencies, in the biggest national radio sttions and TV prog=
rams and at the most popular websites. The aim was to highlight the economi=
c importance of IP protection and the fight against copyright piracy.
Events which took place in Bulgaria
-Seminar "IP - basic terms" - for participants working in the mass media, =
Bankja, February;
-Seminar and training cource for participants from Balkan countries "Paten=
t Cooperation Treaty" with the cooperation with WIPO and the Bulgarian Cham=
bers of Commerce and Industry, Sofia, March;
-Participation in Annual Exhibition of Bulgarian producers of vines and sp=
irits "Vinaria 2006", Plovdiv, March;
-Seminar "Protecting inventions and utility models:tools to foster busines=
s development" and celebration of The World Intellectual Property Day - wit=
h the cooperation with European Patent Academy, BPO and the Association of =
IP Representatives of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, April;
-Participation (lectures) in conference and exhibition "Machinery, Technol=
ogies and Materials 2006" - organized by Bulgarian Federation of Engineerin=
g Associations in Bulgaria, April;
-Regional seminar "Basic terms of IP Rights" - for participants from the A=
rmaments factory "Arsenal" and from Medium and Small Enterprises from the r=
egion, Kazanlak, April;
-Campaign dedicated in the fight against copyright piracy with the coopera=
tion with Bulgarian Ministry of Culture; Festival "IP Rights", Rousse, May;=
-Participation in the 7-th International Exhibition of Defense Industry "H=
emus 2006", June;
-Conference "Innovation and innovative entrepreneurship", Bourgas, June; <=
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-Seminar "Challenge to a criminal prosecution of IP violations", Hisar, Ju=
ne;
- National conference "Unity of action between National and European insti=
tutions a key factor for IP development", Sofia,October;
-Participation in discusion "Bulgaria joing the European Union - how to so=
lve problems of border and custom control and IP protection", Varna, Novemb=
er;
-Seminar "Bulgarian Patent Law - new aspects", Rousse, November;
-Seminar JS05 - 2006 - "IP protection", intended for judges, organized wit=
h the cooperation with European Academy, Sofia,December;
-Regional seminar "Changes in IP protection legislation", Plovdiv,December=
.
Events which took place abroad
-Working Party on Technical Information ,April, Vienna;
-Electronic Publication Seminar, May,Vienna;
-PATLIB 2006,May, Sevilja;
-Epoline conference;
-SCIT/SDWG, May, Geneva;
-esp@cenet Promotion Meeting, June, Vienna;
-EPIConference,November,Cyprys.
All National, European and International laws,regulations and tariffs re= lated to IPR was available at the BPO website www.bpo.bg
The Annual Reports of the Bulgarian Patent Office from 2002 to 2005 are =
available at the website in two languages Bulgarian and English.
The Annual Report for 2006 is available in Bulgarian language.
1. | Classification is=
allotting one or more classification symbols (e.g., IPC symbols) to a pate=
nt application, either before or during search and examination, which symbo=
ls are then published with the patent application.
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2. | Preclassification=
is allotting an initial broad classification symbol (e.g., IPC class or su=
bclass, or administrative unit) to a patent application, using human or aut=
omated means for internal administrative purposes (e.g., routing an applica=
tion to the appropriate examiner). Usually preclassification is appli=
ed by the administration of an office.
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3. | Reclassification =
is the reconsideration and usually the replacement of one or more previousl=
y allotted classification symbols to a patent document, following a revisio=
n and the entry into force of a new version of the Classification system (e=
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