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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.
The numbers of applications, grants and registrations in 2005 in Austria=
are presented together with the number in 2004 (=3D100%).
National patent, applications
2.373 in 2003
2.514 in 2004 +5,94% in view of 2003
2.505 in 2005 +- 0% in view of 2004
Granted national patents
1.359 in 2003
0.961 in 2004 - 29,29% in view of 2003
0.938 in 2005 -7% in view of 2004
Granted European patents with AT as designated state
26.646 in 2003
28.223 in 2004 + 5,91% in view of 2003
28.640 in 2005 +1,5% in view of 2004
Utility model, applications
1.050 in 2003
1.067 in 2004 + 1,62% in view of 2003
0.989 in 2005 -7,3% in view of 2004
Utility model, registrations
711 in 2003
731 in 2004 + 2,81% in view of 2003
776 in 2005 +6,2% in view of 2004
Supplementary protection certificate, application
33 in 2003
32 in 2004 - 3,03% in view of 2003
43 in 2005 +34% in view of 2004
Supplementary protection certificate, registration
30 in 2003
25 in 2004 - 16,67% in view of 2003
39 in 2005 +56% in view of 2004
Corresponding to the structure of the Austrian industry the majority of =
applications were filed in the fields of
26% process engineering and transportation
22% human necessities
14% mechanical engineering
13% fixed construction
12% physics
These leading industrial sectors correspond to the leading sectors of the =
preceding years, only the sequence within these sectors changes from year t=
o year.
The Patent Gazette and Utility Model Gazette are published monthly on th=
e Internet and in paper form. Copying is done by a private company by order=
of the Austrian Patent Office.
AT examined patent applications laid open for public inspection (laid open=
for a time period of 4 months) are stored for 4 months in a document datab=
ase which is accessible in the library of the office. The laid-open documen=
ts are also published on CD-R. This was valid for patents granted before Ju=
ly, 1st 2005.
With July 2005 a new patent law has entered into force. Since then, Austri=
an patent applications are published 18 months after the priority date, lik=
e in most other countries. For this, a publication server, based on the pub=
lication server of the European Patent Office, has been installed and is ac=
cessible under http://www.patentamt.at/Home/daspatentamt/PubServ/Pubserv.ht=
ml.
Since then, unexamined Austrian patent applications are published as A1 (w=
ith a search report), A2 (without a search report), A3 (only the search rep=
ort) 18 months after the priority date. The ST.16 code A4 is used for publi=
shed unexamined applications which are published together with the granted =
patent before 18 months.
Online information about Austrian property rights is accessible at termina=
ls in the library and information centre.
Internet-access (number search) to bibliographic data and about amount and=
time-limit for the next renewal fee is given for free. Priced Internet acc=
ess for more search criteria and to register information is given to regist=
ered users since January 1999.
Patent Gazette, Utility Model Gazette, Internet, in-house online databas=
e.
An Internet Publication server for patent and utiltiy model documents is o=
nline since September 2005.
Austrian patent and utiltiy model specifications are published on CD-ROM=
(MIMOSA). Since September 2005 also on the Austria's Patent Office web sit=
e / Publication server.
Paper forms, microfilm, microfiche, CD, DVD are used as mass storage media=
.
Mostly MS Word ist used, except some letters generated on the legacy hos= t-system.
Since July 2005, the patent applications are scanned by an in-house scan= ning team with EPO-Scan and prepared for the publication on the Internet pu= blication server.
Patent applicants have to provide an abstract drafted according to natio=
nal rules similar to WIPO Standard ST.12/A. This abstract is subject to the=
examination as to formal requirements. The abstracts are only published on=
the first page of patent documents (Ax, Bx).
Austrian patent documents are reviewed by Derwent Publications Limited and=
available through the Derwent World Patents Index databases (WPI).
Filed patent and utility model applications and published documents are =
classified according to the last IPC edition (7th edition). For search purp=
oses the IPC, ECLA and the Japanese classification systems are used. Reclas=
sification of patent documents is not carried out.
Internal training courses on the use of the IPC, ECLA and the Japanese cla=
ssification systems were held for the technical examiners in 2005.
Preparatory work on the implementation of the new reformed IPC system has =
been undertaken. With 2006 the Autrian Patent Office uses the IPC advanced =
level for classification.
The classified search files of the technical examiners cover all documen=
ts of the PCT minimum documentation.
Since 2003 the APO uses the full version of EPOQUE via Patnet.
The Austrian Patent Office receives patent documents from: Armenia, Aust= ralia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Georg= ia, Italy, Japan, Serbia and Montenegro, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembo= urg, Moldova, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Ru= ssia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Tajikistan, Czech Rep= ublic, Ukraine, Hungary, Uzbekistan, United States of America, United Kingd= om, Vietnam and from the four international organisations ARIPO, EPO, OAPI = and WIPO. These documents can be searched in the library of the Austrian Pa= tent Office, too.
The legacy systems are running on a SIEMENS mainframe (SR2000), providin=
g administration of bibliographic data, of patent, trademarks and utility m=
odels as well as industrial designs in the whole application process.
Online registry information is provided via internet.
It is planned to migrate the existing legacy-systems relating to patents a=
nd utility models to common software soprano (toolbox-concept of EPO) in 20=
07.
Access to EPOQUE-NET, epoline, QUESTEL, STN, Internet- databases (ELSEVI=
ER, IEEE... )
Internet Access is available to all examiners at their desk top.
The paperless administration system for search and examination requests,=
including PCT international applications, was extended to the processing o=
f patent and utility applications and became operational in May 2002. The S=
QL-based system allows the input of all reports in the area of patents and =
utility models directly on the terminal with transfer to a host and process=
ing of the fair copy.
Statistical tools are employed to ensure quality and time-limits.
The register still works with the legacy host-system and it is planned to =
move to Soprano with 2007.
Hardware: Pentium III 800 MHz for all examiners via Ethernet-Lan, leased=
lines to Internet and EPO (Vienna, The Hague); Host Siemens BS2000.
Software: Windows Operating System (Win2000, WinXP), MS-Office, B-DOOR/Fir=
stPage+, MS Internet Explorer, STN-Express, Questel Imagination, In house d=
ocument-management systems for establishing search & examination-report=
s.
The library is a public library. 38 million patent documents, more than =
98.000 volumes of non-patent-literature and 90.000 privileges (forerunners =
of patent documents) are the basis of the collection.
The catalogue of the stock of the documentation is online accessible for i=
n-house purposes and for the public.
The Austrian Patent Office receives the patent documentation according t= o free-of-charge-exchange agreements between offices. Non-patent-literature= from other libraries and documentation centres in Europe is ordered by the= members of the office and delivered within 24 hours by the staff of the li= brary.
A list of the complete patent documentation and the non-patent literatur= e is published on Intranet.
The library of the Austrian Patent Office is not a lending library. Inte=
rlibrary lending is done to a small extent for other patent offices and gov=
ernmental institutions.
The PATLIB network in Austria consists of 8 patent information centres all=
over Austria.
Online database access concerning all Austrian patents and utility model=
s in force is given directly at the information centre and via Internet. In=
formation is also provided by telephone, e-mail or as answers to written re=
quests.
From journals containing general information about patents and patent info=
rmation (WPI, etc.) single articles are treated as a complete monograph and=
put into the online-catalogue. These articles can be found under the autho=
r or/and the catchword.
The Homepage of the Austrian Patent Office is accessible in German and Eng=
lish.
The address is: www.patentamt.at . Under the heading =E2=80=9CNews=E2=80=
=9D new developments in the office, announcements for seminars and training=
-courses are published.
As the Austrian Patent Gazette and the Austrian Utility Model Gazette ar= e published on the Homepage most of the countries stop the exchange of pape= r copies.
Priority documents are exchanged in paper form.
Applications can be filed in paper form or submitted as telefax.
Since 2003 the Austrian Patent Office has stopped the publication of the=
paper version of the Patent Gazette and the Utility Model Gazette and has =
changed over to put these publications on Internet. Since that time the pap=
er production was reduced.
Austrian Patent specifications are published on CDs from 1991 onwards.
The whole Austrian patent documentation (A, B, B8, B9, U1,U2,U3,U8,U9) is =
included in the BNS system.
The Austrian Publication Server covers Austrian patent documents published=
by the Austrian Patent Office from 2005/09/25 onwards. Each monthly XML fi=
le in the list contains the list of Austrian patent documents published at =
the corresponding date.
Training courses and exchange of information were held for participants =
from Bahrain, China, GCC and Korea during 2005.
Audiovisual means: Power Point Presentations.
Training courses are held for patent experts from developing countries i=
n co-operation with the WIPO since 1977. Patent information and documentati=
on are the main topics. The participants in the WIPO/Austria Training Cours=
e 2005 came from Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Ma=
lawi, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Thailand and Ukraine.
The program of the course provided practical training in the use of the In=
ternational Patent Classification for file organization and searching as we=
ll as in the methodology of retrieving information from patent literature i=
n search files and from online databases for patent examination, state-of-t=
he-art searches and other technological information purposes.
Furthermore the curriculum included a demonstration of the Austrian Patent=
Office's operation and administration, applications of the Internet as wel=
l as CD-ROM technology and utilization.
The training course provided also information about international treaties=
such as TRIPS, PCT, SPLT and EU-COMPAT as well as basic knowledge about tr=
ademarks and design.
The Austrian Patent Office participates in the examination of patent appli=
cations, which were submitted by patent offices of developing countries on =
the basis of an agreement with the WIPO since 1986. 38 applications from Vi=
etnam were transferred for treatment to the Austrian Patent Office in the c=
ontext of this =E2=80=9CInternational Cooperation for Search and Examinatio=
n of Inventions=E2=80=9D (ICSEI) project in the year 2005.
Since the 1980=E2=80=99s the Austrian Patent Office has been organizing =
training courses and seminars to an increasing extent both in the office an=
d externally in Austria=E2=80=99s provinces in order to facilitate an effic=
ient use of industrial property rights in the practical business and to inf=
orm future decision makers about the instruments of intellectual property. =
External seminars are frequently organized together with partners, like th=
e Chamber of commerce (WK=C3=96), Institute for Promotion of Trade and Indu=
stry (WIFI), Austria wirtschaftsservice (AWS), Forschungsf=C3=B6rderungsges=
ellschaft (FFG), technology transfer centers, universities, other authoriti=
es, inventor=E2=80=99s federation or the bar association. The cooperation w=
ith partners frequently improves the contacts with the target groups using =
the existing communication structure. Seminars take place also in cooperati=
on with other patent offices.
In order to expand these demanded training course activities additionally =
two seminar series were started in the Austrian Patent Office in 2001, whic=
h are organized by the Austrian Patent Office/serv.ip (Service and Informat=
ion Sector.) As a result of the interest, these seminar series were continu=
ed in 2005. One of said seminar series concerns an overview of the industri=
al property rights. The second seminar series deals with special topics, e.=
g., software protection, biotechnology, national, community and internation=
al trademarks etc., and is arranged under consultation of external experts =
in the respective area.
Furthermore, 2005 a tour (roadshow) in Austria=E2=80=99s provinces was rea=
lized by the APO and partners with the goal to improve information on indus=
trial property protection especially for SMEs.
A further important information platform, in particular for professionals,=
who are potential clients of the patent office, but did not yet contact th=
e office due to a lack of basic information, are domestic and international=
trade fairs. The Austrian Patent Office was represented in the year 2005 i=
n four fairs.
Summarising the activity in this field:
in total 46 seminars and events for universities, high schools, SMEs and t=
he general public with 8875 participants.
Fur further information about activities of the office in 2005, one may = also refer to the =E2=80=9CAnnual Report of the Austrian Patent Office 2005= =E2=80=9D, published in German and English on the Homepage of the office ht= tp://www.patentamt.at/geschaeftsbericht2005 .
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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