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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 Institute for Standardization, Metrology and Patents was established=
in October 1992. Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted the former Yugoslav Law on=
industrial property protection with some changes. This Law on patents and =
distinctive signs was published in the official Gazette on June 9, 1994.
On August 3, 2001 The Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted the new=
Law for establishing our Institute. The name of Institute was changed. The=
new name is Institute for Standards, Metrology and Intellectual property o=
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The new Law on industrial property protection was adopted on January 17, 2=
002 and was published in the official Gazette on February 19, 2002. This La=
w entered into force on February 27, 2002 and started to apply six months c=
ounted from that date. (December 2003)
The new patent law is harmonized with TRIPS (Trade Related Aspects of Inte=
llectual Property Rights) and the European Patent Convention.
In 2004, our office received 347 applications for invention, out of which =
59 applications were from national applicants and 288 from foreign applican=
ts.
22 patents were granted in 2004.
The numbers of patent applications for the period between 1993 and 2003 ar=
e shown in the following table (Attached document- pa and pct tables.doc) <=
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In 1996 Bosnia and Herzegovina became a party to the PCT Convention.
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The numbers of PCT patent applications in Bosnia and Herzegovina as design=
ated state for the period between 1997 and 2004 are shown in the following =
table (Attached document- pa and pct tables.doc).
The Institute as Receiving office sent 30 PCT patent applications. The Int=
ernational Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Auth=
ority for our patent applications is EPO.
The Institute for Standards, Metrology and Intellectual property of Bosn= ia and Herzegovina issues the official Gazette =C2=BBGlasnik=C2=AB. The Gaz= ette is issued four times a year, every three months. In this official Gaze= tte bibliographical data, abstract and technical drawings (one characterist= ic drawing) for patent applications are published. Some other relevant info= rmation regarding industrial property protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina = are also published in the official Gazette.
All patent documentation is classified according to the IPC classificati= on (6 edition of IPC).
The patent documentation is of paper kind and is kept in the Patent Depa=
rtment. The documentation is updated continuously.
We do not make the search reports.
There are two patent experts. They have their own PC station and they ar= e connected into a LAN. Everyday work is based on the following software: M= icrosoft Windows and Microsoft Office. The database of filed patent applica= tions and the granted patents are developed within Microsoft Access.
In the Information Center of the Institute there are patent literature a= nd all kinds of non-patent literature as well as Official Gazettes from man= y countries available to the public free of charge. In addition, all inform= ation regarding patent documentation, at present not available in the Infor= mation Center, can be obtained via the Institute.
The Institute has an agreement for exchange of patent documentation with=
some other Patent Offices.
The Institute receives the following CD-ROMs, which are available to the p=
ublic in the Information Center:
1. ESPACE ACCESS CD-ROM, EP-A and WIPO
2. ESPACE WORLD CD-ROM, WO
3. ESPACE ACCESS-EUROPE CD-ROM (Patent bibliographic data from 6 patent of=
fices, PIIE, NIPO/BIE, ECO/SPI, IGE/IPI, The Patent Office INPI)
4. ESPACE SI CD-ROM, Slovenian Patent Documents
5. GLOBALPAT CD-ROM (Text and drawings from patent first pages, US, WIPO, =
EPO, GB, DE, FR and CH)
6. JPO CD-ROM, Patent abstracts of Japan
7. WIPO HANDBOOK CD-ROM
8. WIPO IPC CD-ROM
CLASS (from the 6th edition of IPC)
CATCHWORD indexes and revision Concordance tables from the 2,3,4,5 and 6 e=
dition of IPC.
The official gazette =C2=BBGlasnik=C2=AB issued by the Institute is regula=
rly sent to the following countries: AT, AZ, CA, HR, EE, DE, HU, CZ, JP, NL=
, LV, AL, SK, SI and MK.
The Institute receives gazettes and annual reports from the following coun=
tries: HR, SI MK, LT, TJ, UA and NL.
The staff from the Institute have attended some training courses and par= ticipate in the seminars organized and paid by WIPO, EPO and other Patent O= ffices. Since we have a finance problem we are not able to send our patent = examiners to attend necessary training which is not paid.
The European Patent Office (EPO) has informed WIPO that, following the e=
ntry into force of agreements on cooperation in the field of patents betwee=
n the European Patent Organisation and Bosnia and Herzegovina (on 1 Decembe=
r 2004), it is now possible, in respect of international applications filed=
on or after 1 December 2004, to extend such protection to Bosnia and Herze=
govina.
It is recalled that Agreements between the European Patent Organisation an=
d Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) on the extension of the effects of European p=
atent applications and patents entered into force on 1 December 2004, respe=
ctively. Under that agreement, it is possible to obtain patent protection i=
n BA by requesting the extension of a European patent to BA. The extension =
procedure is also available, if the necessary requirements are met, via the=
PCT. Note that BA is not party to the European Patent Convention (EPC) and=
cannot be designated for a European patent (EP).
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=
.g., the IPC). The new symbols are available on patent databases. &= nbsp; |