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Inventions
Table 1 shows the data for 2002-2003 for the filing of patent applications in the Russian Federation (RF), for inventions by national and foreign applicants.
The largest number of applications for inventions by Russian applicants were filed under Section A of the International Patent Classification (IPC) – Human Necessities, and by foreign applicants under Section C – Chemistry and Metallurgy.
The least popular among both Russian and foreign applicants was Section D – Textiles and Paper. The number of applications filed under this section in 2003 was less than one per cent of the overall number of applications for inventions received.
Utility models
In comparison with 2002, the growth in the overall number of applications filed in 2003 by approximately 13.8 per cent should be noted. The number of applications filed by foreign applicants also increased by 13.6 per cent.
The leading section of the IPC in the past year was Section B – Performing Operations and Transporting, where the number of patents granted in this area increased in relation to the previous year by 33.1 per cent and was at a maximum. Section A – Human Necessities was also a leading category (27.2 per cent). The lowest number of applications was again filed for Section D – Textiles and Paper, which was the least numerous in terms of the number of patents granted, and also for Section C – Chemistry and Metallurgy.
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, distribution and use of primary and secondary sources of patent information
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During 2003, Rospatent issued 50,000 invention-related publications, including: 24,727 patent specifications; 25,043 application specifications; 230 previously unpublished invention specifications; and 8,311 utility model specifications.
All the information published in official Rospatent paper editions is issued on optical CD-ROMs and DVDs, and is available on the Internet.
Table 3 shows the rate of orders for full annual sets of invention descriptions both on paper and CD-ROM. During the past five years, the total number of sets distributed annually on CD-ROM has increased by 220 per cent. The table shows that in the past year the number of orders for this information on CD-ROM has increased by 10 per cent, compared to the previous year.
In addition to subscribing to current acquisitions, it is possible to order retrospective information arrays on inventions. During the past five years, prices for official information on CD-ROM have been continuously reduced. On the whole, between 1999 and 2003 the prices for annual sets of invention descriptions on CD-ROM were reduced by 210 per cent and the prices for sets of abstracts 1.6 times.
In 2003, permanent CD-ROM database subscribers were given the possibility to carry out free searches of Internet databases.
Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of patent information
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