Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2019 submitted by IPO CZ
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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Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
1.1.1 Changes experienced in terms of application filings and grants with respect to the previous year
The number of patent applications filed by domestic applicants in 2019 has increased by 11% compared to 2018. Domestic applicants in 2019 filed 765 applications for inventions, with the greatest number in the fields of transport and storage; measuring, optics, photography medical, dental and hygienic preparations.
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In comparison with the year 2018, there were changes in patent and utility model activities as follows:
2019 | Compared to2018 | |
National patent applications | 813 | +11 % (732) |
Utility model applications | 1301 | +4% (1247) |
PCT international applications | 18 | -25 % (24) |
National patents granted | 509 | -1 % (512) |
Utility models registrations | 1128 | +0 % (1130) |
Supplementary protection certificate, applications | 53 | +2 % (52) |
European Patents granted | 137787 | +8 % (127625) |
IPO CZ received EP translations | 7576 | +7% (7054) |
EP patents valid in CZ | 43563 | +10 % (39612) |
National patents valid in CZ | 4851 | -11 % (5439) |
National utility models valid in CZ | 7734 | +2 % (7564) |
1.1.2 Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year
As regards the representation of individual segments, most of patent applications concerned transport and storage (15,87 %); measuring, optics, photography (9,59 %); medical, dental and hygienic preparations (5,90 %); etc.
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Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
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
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Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents
Other activities
III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
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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Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
Other sources
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)
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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Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
Other activities
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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