Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2016 submitted by

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the Estonian Patent Office

I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PATENT INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of patent information activities and expected time frames for their realization

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

 

http://www.epa.ee/en/inventions-patents-and-utility-models/global-patent-prosecution-highway-gpph-program

Main areas of patent information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year  

http://www.epa.ee/en/additional-info/free-consultations

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

http://www.epa.ee/en/additional-info/statistics

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

http://www.epa.ee/en/additional-info/statistics

II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT 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 

http://www.epa.ee/en/general-info/e-services

Availability of the application dossier in electronic form 

http://www.epa.ee/en/general-info/e-services

Classification¹, preclassification² (if applicable), reclassification³ activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information 

http://www.epa.ee/en/patent-information-and-services/patent-information

Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents 

http://www.epa.ee/en/databases/inventions-databases

Other activities 

http://www.epa.ee/en/patent-information-and-services/patent-information

III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

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Main types of publications of the Office (patent applications, full text, first pages, abstracts, bibliographic data, granted patents, etc.), medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)

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

http://www.epa.ee/en/publications/official-gazettes 

The Estonian Patent Office publishes the following official gazettes:

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

http://www.epa.ee/en/patent-information-and-services/patent-information

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

http://www.epa.ee/en/patent-information-and-services/patent-information

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

http://www.epa.ee/en/patent-information-and-services/patent-information

Other sources 

http://www.epa.ee/en/patent-information-and-services/patent-information

IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements

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

http://www.epa.ee/en/databases/inventions-databases

Other matters

V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF PATENT INFORMATION

Patent library: equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries

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238 people received 169 hours of advice on inventions.

VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION

International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information

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Assistance to developing countries

Other activities

VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

 

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1.Classification is allotting one or more classification symbols (e.g., IPC symbols) to a patent application, either before or during search and examination, which symbols are then published with the patent application.

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