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Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2018 submitted by Industrial Property

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Office of Czech Republic

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

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In comparison with the year 2017, there were changes in patent and utility model activities as follows:



2018

Compared

to2017

to 2017

National patent applications

 732

-15 % (860)

Utility model applications

1247

-3% (1279)

PCT international applications

24

-4 % (25)

National patents granted

512

-23 % (669)

Utility models registrations

1130

+2 % (1107)

Supplementary protection certificate, applications

52

-13 % (60)

European Patents granted

12762312765

127623

+21 % (105635)

IPO CZ received EP translations

7054

+2% (6912)

EP patents valid in CZ

39612

+11 % (35639)

National patents valid in CZ

5439

-9 % (5985)

National utility models valid in CZ

7564

-7 % (8166)

Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year

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Use of an electronic classification system to check IPC (International Patent Classification): http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsificationclassification-systems/classification-patents.html

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Patent classification system: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsificationclassification-systems/classification-patents.html

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  • Internal SyPP2 database – contains all pending as well as decided applications
  • Internal database of patent and utility model applications since 1991
  • EPO search tool EPOQUEnet – moreover within this tool: external databases BIOSIS, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PUBCHEM, Non-Patent Literature)
  • STN International
  • Science Direct database
  • Freely accessible databases on Internet: Esp@cenetEspacenet, Google Patents, National Office databases, for example

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The Office provides free access to the database comprising the data concerning the published patent applications since 1991, granted patents, European patents valid in the territory of the Czech Republic and the registered utility models at the IPO CZ website http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/patent-and-utility-model-databases.html. In summer 2018, the Office launched a pilot version of new national industrial property rights information databases in parallel with existing national databases. Until the end of 2018, when the original databases´operation databases' operation was ended, users had the ability to test these databases and provide their suggestions and observations.

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Patent library stores more than 40 million patent documents from more than 20 countries including EPO and PCT documents. The collections of paper documents are arranged according to the IPC classification, the collections of national documents are arranged according to the IPC classification and by numbers. Due to electronic availability of documents paper collections are no longer built. All the national documents are also available in electronic version (Internet) in the national Pantent Patent and utility Model Database (patent applications published since 1991, European patents valid in the Czech Republic,  granted patents from No. 1 and registered utility models.). New patent documents are available in electronic form only. The CDs and DVDs with full text and searchable collections are also available. The documents can be studied in the public reading room equipped with PC workstations available for visitors.

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The IPO CZ joined the UIP project to use the results of search work of National Patent Offices of the EPO Member States by the European Patent Office. The UIP project saves work and resources by making available to the EPO national search reports, information on classification and preliminary opinions on the fulfilment fulfillment of requirements of patentabilitypatent ability.

Various courses and seminars were organized for students and representatives of SMEs or research institutions; Groups of university students were accepted for excursions and guided tours in the Office’s premises.

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The Industrial Property Office continued to fulfil fulfill responsibilities resulting from the Czech Republic's membership in the European Union especially related to the area of industrial property protection. It participated in the meetings of the EU Council Working Group on Intellectual Property.

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