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Where URLs are requested below, it is preferred that either URLs which a= re likely to remain stable over time (three years or more) are provided, or= home (main) page URLs are provided with a short explanation of how to acce= ss the corresponding information.
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 2006 in Austria=
are presented together with the number in 2005 (=3D100%).
National patent, applications
2.647 in 2006 + 5 % compared to 2005
2.505 in 2005 +- 0 % compared to 2004
2.514 in 2004 + 5,94 % compared to 2003
2.373 in 2003
Granted national patents
1.564 in 2006 + 66 % compared to 2005 (due to the influence of a new paten=
t law which caused the statistic comprising nearly 1 1/2 year of grantings =
for this time)
0.938 in 2005 - 7 % compared to 2004
0.961 in 2004 - 29,29% compared to 2003
1.359 in 2003
Granted European patents with AT as designated state
34.540 in 2006 + 20 % compared to 2005
28.640 in 2005 + 1,5 % compared to 2004
28.223 in 2004 + 5,91% compared to 2003
26.646 in 2003
Utility model, applications
1.019 in 2006 + 3 % compared to 2005
0.989 in 2005 - 7,3 % compared to 2004
1.067 in 2004 + 1,62% compared to 2003
1.050 in 2003
Utility model, registrations
787 in 2006 + 1 % compared to 2005
776 in 2005 + 6,2 % compared to 2004
731 in 2004 + 2,81% compared to 2003
711 in 2003
Supplementary protection certificate, application
42 in 2006 +- 0% compared to 2005
43 in 2005 + 34% compared to 2004
32 in 2004 - 3,03% compared to 2003
33 in 2003
Supplementary protection certificate, registration
45 in 2006 + 15% compared to 2005
39 in 2005 + 56% compared to 2004
25 in 2004 - 16,67% compared to 2003
30 in 2003
PCT ISA-Search Reports
1.006 in 2006 +11% compared to 2005
0.904 in 2005
Corresponding to the structure of the Austrian industry the majority of =
applications were filed in the fields of
23% process engineering and transportation
21% human necessities
15% mechanical engineering
14% fixed construction
10% 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.
Homepage
http://www.patentamt.at
Statistics 2006 for patents, utility models, trade marks and designs
Statistics for 2006 are in the Patent Gazette "Patentblatt" April 2007
Link: http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/P=
B2007004I.pdf
or by following this navigation path:
http://www.patentamt.at
protection of invention
publications
Austrian Patent Gazette
PBl 4 / 2007 15.4.2007 Patentblatt April 2007 I. Teil
Statistics for 2005:
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/PB20060=
04I.pdf
PBl 4 / 2006 15.4.2006 Patentblatt April 2006 I. Teil
Statistics for 2004:
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D18515&filename=3DPBl2005003I.=
pdf
PBl 3 / 2005 15. Marz 2005 Patentblatt Marz 2005 I.Teil
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.
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 http://www.patentamt.at/Home/daspatentamt/PubServ/Pu=
bserv.html.
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 applications are published in image format.
Preparation of documents of granted patents is outsourced. Documents are O=
CR-treated and result in full-text files in .doc and .pdf format.
Both kinds of documents are published on the publication server.
Homepage
http://www.patentamt.at
Publication Server: (documents from September 2005 onwards)
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/daspatentamt/PubServ/Pubserv.html
Patent Gazettes
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/21468.h=
tml
Navigation:
http://www.patentamt.at
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Publications
Gazettes 2007
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/21468.h=
tml
Gazettes 2006
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/17390.h=
tml
Gazettes 2005
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Publikationen%202006/12487.h=
tml
Patent applicants have to provide an abstract drafted according to natio=
nal rules similar to WIPO Standard ST.12/A in german language. This abstrac=
t is subject to the examination as to formal requirements. The abstracts ar=
e 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 (8th edition). Search reports =
contain the classification according to IPC and to ECLA. Mentionning of ECL=
A on Search reports was introduced 2006 with Austrians participation in the=
UPP project (Utilisation Pilot Project: EPO, UK, DE, DK and AT)
For search purposes the IPC, ECLA and the Japanese classification systems =
are used. Reclassification 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.
Since 2006 the Austrian Patent Office uses the IPC advanced level for clas=
sification.
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 international organisations EPO, EAPO and WIPO.
These documents can be searched in the library of the Austrian Patent Offi=
ce, 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.
Several Data from the host system are copied to a MS-SQL-database. This da=
tabase is used for preparing letters in MS-Word, for statistics, preparing =
the publication documents (first page) ...
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.
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.
Examiners can store one or more keywords together with a file and can se=
arch for these keywords.
No defined standard for these keywords.
The library is a public library. 29 million patent documents, more than =
99.000 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 most of them delivered within 24 hours by the st= aff of the library.
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.
The Austrian Patent Office offers free information services concerning l=
egal questions, details of registration procedures, property rights or due =
fees, which can be submitted verbally (personally or by phone, e-mail to in=
fo@patentamt.at).
Legal and technical experts of the Austrian Patent Office can be consulted=
for legal and technical questions in connection with an intellectual prope=
rty right, a pending application or for an intended application. The legal =
information service is available personally or by telephone or by e-mail to=
info@patentamt.at free of charge on all working days.
At the information centre in the Austrian Patent Office information is pro=
vided by telephone, e-mail or face-to-face about all national intellectual =
property applications and granted rights, about published European and inte=
rnational patent applications designated for Austria, as well as about regi=
stered international trademarks with effect for Austria, and about communit=
y trademarks of the European Union and about national and Community designs=
. This information covers all bibliographic data of the mentioned protectio=
n rights. This inquiry can also be made in the library by self-service (wit=
h support of the library personnel) on computer workstations.
The register administrators of the Austrian Patent Office provide informat=
ion concerning the current legal status of all effective patents, utility m=
odels, semiconductor rights, supplementary protection certificates, tradema=
rks and designs. The officials in charge can be consulted at their consulta=
tion hours about specific applications, e.g. the correct trademark or desig=
n classification of a sign or product.
Information services of the Service and Information Center (serv.ip, forme=
r TRF)
The Service and Information Center of the Austrian Patent Office (serv.ip)=
started its activities in the fall of 1994 pursuant to the appropriate reg=
ulations of the amendment of the Patent Law of 1992 and the corresponding o=
rdinance of 1994. The central purpose of the founding of this enterprise wa=
s to offer customer-oriented service and information products in the area o=
f patents, trademarks and designs in a commercial manner. The following ser=
vices are offered:
The Express Search
is a search of the state of the art and serves to determine the point of d=
eparture for new developments in all technical areas including sequences. T=
he Express Search provides a valuable basis for solving technical problems,=
prefiling evaluating the novelty of inventions, judging the current market=
situation and estimating future market developments. The Express Search al=
so provides relevant documents for oppositions or nullity proceedings.
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In Addition to the Express Search in the Patent filed, serv.ip offers:
- trademark similarity search
- a similarity record including colour images
- trademark monitoring
- information in written form
- uncertified register extracts
- express services concerning national and international trademark
similarity searches, register extracts as well as written information
- external on-line information
- translation of the list of goods and services from the German into
French or English
Express service:
Register extracts as well as written information are supplied within 24 ho=
urs after receipt of order by fax and by email upon request.
External on-line information:
Internet access to the database of the Austrian Patent Office for informat=
ion concerning patents, utility models, designs and supplementary protectio=
n certificates is available. Registry status for industrial design is avail=
able online.
The homepage of the Austrian Patent Office contains general information as=
well as detailed references for applicants concerning forms for applicatio=
n and the current fees for all industrial property rights, namely patent, u=
tility model, trademark, design, supplementary protection certificate as we=
ll as semiconductor protection. All bilbiographic data, and information abo=
ut time limit and amount of the next renewal fee, are free of charge. Full =
access to the database of the Austrian Patent Office, which covers all prop=
erty rights for Austria according to different search criteria, e.g. owner,=
inventor, international patent classification, application and register nu=
mber, is made possible by using a password.
Address of the Austrian Homepage: http://www.patentamt.at
Online database access concerning all Austrian patents and utility models =
in force is given directly at the information centre and via Internet. Info=
rmation is also provided by telephone, e-mail or as answers to written requ=
ests.
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 NEWS
new developments in the office, announcements for seminars and training-co=
urses are published.
Navigation:
Homepage: http://www.patenamt.at
Protection of inventions
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http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Formulare/12832_1.html
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PATENTS
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Information sheet / Patent applications
PA 144 17.10.2006 Infoblatt Patentanmeldung
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D20970&filename=3DPA_144_2005.=
pdf
Addition to the information sheet, together with an example for preparing =
a patent or Utility Model application:
Erlauterung Erlauterungen zur Abfassung von Patent- bzw. Gebrauchsmusteran=
meldungsunterlagen (inkl. Beispiel)
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D20975&filename=3DErlauterung.=
pdf
Explanations for patent applicants
PA 3 h 17.10.2006 Grundsatzliches zur Patentanmeldung / Beilage zum Vorbes=
cheid
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D20972&filename=3DPA_3_h_2005.=
pdf
Patent application form:
PA 1 22.11.2006 Anmeldeformular Patent [Word]
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Formulare/PA_1_2005.doc
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PA 1 22.11.2006 Anmeldeformular Patent [PDF]
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Formulare/PA_1_2005.pdf
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Application forms for entering PCT national phase in Austria:
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PA 1 PCT 25.8.2006 Patentanmeldung (PCT) Einleitung der nationalen Phase (=
Word)
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Patent/PA_1_PCT_3.doc
PA 1 PCT 25.8.2006 Patentanmeldung (PCT) Einleitung der nationalen Phase (=
pdf)
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Patent/PA_1_PCT_3_.pdf
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PCT fees:
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Patent/PCTGebuehren.pdf
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UTILITY MODELS
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Information sheet
GM 144 17.10.2006 Infoblatt Gebrauchsmuster
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D20977&filename=3DGM_144_2005.=
pdf
Application form for AT national application
GM 1 18.1.2006 Anmeldeformular Gebrauchsmuster [Word]
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D21514&filename=3DGM_1_2005.do=
c
GM 1 18.1.2006 Anmeldeformular Gebrauchsmuster [PDF]
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D20819&filename=3DGM_1_2005.pd=
f
GM 1 PCT 25.8.2006 Gebrauchsmusteranmeldung PCT) Einleitung der nationalen=
Phase
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Gebrauchsmuster/GM_1_PCT_3.d=
oc
GM 1 PCT 25.8.2006 Gebrauchsmusteranmeldung (PCT) Einleitung der nationale=
n Phase
http://www.patentamt.at/Home/Erfindungsschutz/Gebrauchsmuster/GM_1_PCT_3_.=
pdf
SPC "Schutzzertifikate"
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Application Form
SZ 1 18.1.2006 Anmeldeformular Schutzzertifikat [Word]
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D21536&filename=3DSZ_1_2005.do=
c
SZ 1 18.1.2006 Anmeldeformular Schutzzertifikat [PDF]
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D21535&filename=3DSZ_1_2005.pd=
f
Topographies of semiconductors
Application Form
HT 118.1.2006Anmeldeformular Halbleiter (Topographie) [Word]
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D21534&filename=3DHT_1_2005.do=
c
HT 118.1.2006Anmeldeformular Halbleiter (Topographie) [PDF]
http://www.patentamt.at/dms/dms.php?id=3D21533&filename=3DHT_1_2005.pd=
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mailto: Gerhard.Koller@patentamt.at
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,A1,A2,A3,A4,A8,A9, B,B1,B2,B8, =
B9, U1,U2,U3,U8,U9) is included in the BNS system of EPO.
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.
Exchange of information with the Chinese Patent Office during 2006.
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Austria did also participate in the international Conference about "The ro=
le of the patent offices in the innovation processes" and the seminar "Fore=
ign and international patenting and registration" in Astana, Kasakhstan.
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 2006 came from China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mala=
ysia, Mongolia, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine and Vietnam.
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. 17 applications from Vi=
etnam and 1 from Chile were transferred for treatment to the Austrian Paten=
t Office in the context of this International Cooperation for Search and Ex=
amination of Inventions (ICSEI) project in the year 2006.
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), Forschungsfoerderungsgesells=
chaft (FFG), technology transfer centers, universities, other authorities, =
inventors federation or the bar association. The cooperation with partners =
frequently improves the contacts with the target groups using the existing =
communication structure. Seminars take place also in cooperation 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 2006. 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.
In spring 2006, the information tour gedanken.gut.gesch=C3=BCtzt, started =
2005 and realized by the APO and partners to improve information on industr=
ial property protection especially for SMEs , was completed with events in =
Vorarlberg, the Tyrol and Upper Austria. This information campaign by the A=
ustrian Patent Office and its numerous partners was able to reach a total o=
f more than 600 companies. And with a total of 255 media reports the covera=
ge of this tour is also notable. The focus of attention was on the various =
forms of protection, strategies to avoid duplicate inventions, as well as n=
umerous support and exploitation opportunities for patents.
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.
Apart from the road show, the Austrian Patent Office was also presented at=
55 other events, seminars and trade fairs with over 3000 participants.
Austrian Patent Gazette
The Austrian Patent Gazette is published by the Austrian Patent Office on =
the 15th of each month.
Part 1 (I Teil) is the general part and contains decisions, notices, law, =
and the organsational changes of the Austrian Patent Office etc.
Part 2 A(II Teil A) contains bibiliographic data concerning national Austr=
ian patents and supplementary protection certificates.
Part 2 B(II Teil B) contains bibiliographic data concerning European paten=
ts with designation Austria.
Please note: PCT Electronic Gazette available under:
http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/
Austrian Utility model Gazette
The Austrian Utility model Gazette is published by the Austrian Patent Off=
ice on the 15th of each month and contains bibliographic data about Austria=
n utility models.
You can order previous issues at:
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ml
For further information about activities of the office, one may also ref=
er to the Annual Report of the Austrian Patent Office, published in German =
and English on the Homepage of the office
2006: http://www.patentamt.at/geschaeftsbericht2006/frames.html
2005: http://www.patentamt.at/geschaeftsbericht2005 .
Since 2007 the Austrian Patent Office offers a Newsletter-Service availa= ble under http://www.patentamt.at/Home/daspatentamt/Newsletter/21583.html.<= /p>
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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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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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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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