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Work on the creation of the CARKS ADID will be continued in 2020.
2. Creation of the Online Customer Account for Services provided by Ukrpatent (OCAS).
The following functionality was implemented in the OCAS:
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Development of the OCAS software packages was completed at the end of 2019.
3. Creation of the specialized information system to provide access to the relevant data related to pendency of applications and maintenance of the state registers of IP rights titles of protection.
The Special Information System of Ukrpatent (SIS) ensures Internet access to information on any IP right in the close-to-real-time mode. The system search tool which has a general purpose search interface provides open and authorized access (with the use of a qualified electronic signature) to any document of the electronic dossier of an IP right. The SIS has two search engines – a simple and an advanced one. There is a simplified search form for the simple search. The advanced search has additional range of search tools which allows restricting the search by the type of IP right and by legal status. According to the selected type and legal status it is possible to select any parameter for the search.
Development of the SIS software packages was completed in 2019.
4. The project on creation of the automated system for the Systemic Means of Creation and Use of the Information Registers of the Ukrpatent information system objects (SMCUIR).
The set of functions for maintainance maintenance and use of the classifiers and registers have been implemented within the framework of the development of this project, which provide provides unambiguous classification and record of objects in the Ukrpatent information system environment, creation of services for the use and identification of the Ukrpatent information system objects, creation of tools for the Ukrpatent organizational structure management, providing access to the system-wide classifications of any Ukrpatent information system components.
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The main types of industrial design information activities include support of examination of industrial design applications, the in-house database updating for the use in the examination body, publication of official information about registered industrial designs in the bulletin, creation and improvement of the interactive databases and information and reference systems for information support of a wide range of users via the Internet. Information on industrial designs is also published on optical carriers.
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In 2019, measures were taken to update computer and telecommunications equipment, software, as well as to update security hardware and software. In particular, in 2019, local area switches were put into operation. The switches are designed to replace the core of the Ukrpatent local network to increase its capacity and bandwidth to 40 Gb, as well as to improve fault tolerance and high availability of network equipment.
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All application materials for industrial designs irrespective of the way of their filing, namely in electronic form, on paper carriers, by e-mail, fax and other telecommunication networks, are entered automatically or after scanning and stored in the electronic document archive and used by technological systems in the processing of applications. Further on, all the procedures within the pendency of an application are performed with electronic copies of documents.
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For information support of the general public users the IRS "International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification)" for LOC (12) translated into Ukrainian was made accessible at the Ukrpatent website for free. The form and contents of the system fully conform to the official online publication of the Locarno Classification by WIPO.
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Information concerning industrial designs is published in Book 2 of the Bulletin "Industrial Property" in the following sections: "Information on the Grant of Patents of Ukraine for Industrial Designs" (contains bibliographic data and images (set of images) of industrial designs (variants) in black-and-white), in the Indexes to this section and in the Notices section. Color images of industrial designs (if any) are published in the appropriate section.
The Bulletin "Industrial Property" was issued twice a month – 24 issues of the bulletin were issued during 2019. The Annual Index to the Bulletin for the previous 2018 year was also published.
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- DB "Electronic Version of the Cumulative Official Bulletin "Industrial Property" – contains information on industrial designs in the same scope as the printed edition. Moreover, information on the legal status of patents (as an extra operational element) is provided in the section "Information on the Grant of Patents of Ukraine for Industrial Designs";
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In 2019 works started on creation of the comprehensive automated record keeping system for applications for designations and industrial designs (CARKS ADID). The CARKS ADID provides for the following procedures performance:
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While developing the CARKS ADID, the organization of electronic interaction with relevant parties at all stages of the life cycle of an IP right was provided for: from the application filing to the acquisition of legal protection and maintenance of rights. The specified electronic interaction occurs:
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In 2019, the subject of automation was researched, the concepts were developed for the state registers constituting a part of the CARKS ADID, development specifications for the CARKS ADID subsystems were drafted, the System settings were made, the "Users" and the "Application Filing" modules were developed. The developed software testing took place.
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- the separate Checkpoint SandBlast Appliance TE100X. Threat Emulation device, which further prevents infection of networks from unknown sources, protects against the zero-day vulnerability and targeted attacks;
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The server infrastructure is completely virtualized. The Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 and VMware ESXi operating system is used on physical servers which allow to create and operate the productive virtual servers. The servers of virtualization are grouped into Hyper-V clusters which allow to organize high availability of the productive servers with the Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2012R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 and CentOS 7 operating systems.
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The Veeam company software product – Veeam Backup & Replication, which ensures continuous protection for reliable recovery of virtual and physical servers, is used for data backup. The plan of upgrading all servers and services after a failure was adjusted.
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The activities on the IT infrastructure development, carried out over the reporting period, were aimed at building the fail-safe core of the computer network, increasing its bandwidth, security and manageability, replacing the obsolete components of a hardware part of infrastructure, consolidation and virtualization of the servers. The servers of virtualization are integrated into clusters, which ensure high availability of all systems.
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- the database of international registrations of industrial designs. The information is downloaded to this database from the WIPO website.
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In order to satisfy public needs for patent information in Ukraine necessary for studying and analysis in the process of creating, legal protection and use of IP rights, the Public Patent Documentation Collection (PPDC) functions within the structure of the Department of Patent Information Services, Consultations and Innovation Activity Promotion of Ukrpatent. The PPDC is the most comprehensive patent library in Ukraine available to the public (Intellectual Property Office Library).
International exchange, in particular, with foreign patent offices has long remained the main source of foreign industrial property documentation of the PPDC, including information on industrial designs. Such international cooperation allowed to accumulate a considerable amount of current and retrospective foreign patent documentation, in particular, Official Bulletins of numerous countries, primarily on optical carriers, with information on industrial designs. The PPDC also contains methodological, information and reference and periodical editions.
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The PPDC visitors enjoy free access to its materials in the reading room. In 2019 the PPDC was attended by 82 users, 5 % of which were legal entities and 95 % – individuals.
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The PPDC is located on the premises of the Department of Patent Information Services, Consultations and Innovation Activity Promotion of Ukrpatent in three specially adapted and equipped areas (two depositories with a total area of 81 sq. m. and a reading room of 40 sq. m.). The PPDC is equipped with 10 up-to-date computers with appropriate licensed software, as well as scanners, printers and xerographic copying machines.
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Periodicals, e.g. the scientific and practical magazine "Intellectual Property in Ukraine", which is distributed as a paper and electronic edition over the territory of Ukraine by subscription, publish articles (including by the specialists of the state system of intellectual property legal protection) on various matters, in particular relating to legal protection of industrial designs. The printed edition of the magazine is available for free at the PPDC of the Department of Patent Information Services, Consultations and Innovation Activity Promotion of Ukrpatent.
The list of articles, speeches, slide presentations, methodical recommendations and practical manuals on topical issues of intellectual property, prepared by specialists of Ukrpatent for the period from 2004 to 2019, is available on the website of Ukrpatent. A certain part of the documents is available in electronic form.
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One of the priority objectives of the examination body is to ensure effective functioning of the Quality Management System (QMS) of the examination procedure for industrial property rights applications introduced in 2012 at Ukrpatent. Certificate No. 321012076/2 concerning the Ukrpatent QMS compliance with the requirements of the ISO 9001:2015 international standard is valid till September 14, 2021.
In August 2019, the independent certification organization carried out the inspection (supervisory audit) of the QMS compliance with the requirements of the ISO 9001: 2015 standard at Ukrpatent. According to the results of the inspection, the QMS meets the requirements of the ISO 9001: 2015 standard.
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