Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2015 submitted
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by STATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE
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OFFICE
Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of industrial design information activities and expected time frames for their realization
The main documents that determined directions for the development of industrial design information activities in 2015 are the annual plans of activities of the State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPS) and the State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) taking into account the Priorities of the State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine for 2015-2017. The plans contain strategic directions "Patent information support in the sphere of intellectual property and provision of wide public with access to the information related to intellectual property rights acquisition" and "Implementation of moderninformation technology" which in particular include:
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In 2015, the following activities were implemented in the direction of the IT-infrastructure development towards productivizationproductivity, controllability, functionality level and security of the information and computer system operation at Ukrpatent.
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in 2014 – 2,664, in 2015 – 2,080 i.e. 21.92 % less than in the previous year.
Patents granted:
in 2014 – 2,464, in 2015 – 2,521 i.e. 2.31 % increase with respect to the previous year.
Distribution of the registrations on industrial designs in 2015 according to the following classes of the Locarno Classification:
Class 9 "Packages and containers for the transport or handling of goods" 389 (15.4 %);
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Class 23 "Fluid distribution equipment, sanitary, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment, solid fuel" 123 (4.9 %);
Class 5 "Textile piecegoodspiece-goods, artificial and natural sheet material" 118 (4.7 %);
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http://sips.gov.ua/en/normative_acts.html
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 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
Information for users on different procedures and sources of information on industrial designs, in particular information on legislation in the sphere of industrial designs, services and Office activities related to the information on industrial designs, statistical information etc. is published on the web-portal of SIPS (http://sips.gov.ua) and the web-site of Ukrpatent (http://ukrpatent.org).
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Further, all the procedures within the pendency of an application are carried out with electronic documents.
Classification and reclassification activities; classification system used, e.g., International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), other classification
The International Classification of Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), Tenth Edition, translated into Ukrainian was used for classifying industrial designs.
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For information support of the wide range of users the IRS "International Classification of Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification). Tenth Edition" was posted on the official web-portal of SIPS and the web-site of Ukrpatent and accessible free of charge.
Other activities
III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
Main types of publications in the field of industrial design information, outline of the content (industrial design applications, design patents, registrations, etc.) and medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
Information of the Office on industrial designs is provided in the following publications (official editions, patent information products on optical carriers, free electronic databases (DB) and information and reference systems (IRS)):
The Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnist" (Industrial Property) – printed periodical edition;
The analogue of the printed edition – the Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnist" on CD-ROM with search system;
DB "Electronic Version of the Cumulative Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnist" (http://base.ukrpatent.org/searchBul/);
Interactive DB "Industrial Designs Registered in Ukraine" (http://base.ukrpatent.org/searchBUL/search.php?dbname=certpp);
IRS "Industrial Design Applications Prosecution State";
(http://base.ukrpatent.org/searchPPStat);
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IRS "International Classification of Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification). Ninth Edition" (not effective, for information purposes only) (http://base.ukrpatent.org/locarno9/).
Information concerning industrial designs is published in Book 2 of the Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnist" in the following sections: "Information on the Grant of Patents of Ukraine for Industrial Designs" (contains bibliographic data and images (set of images) of the industrial designs (variants) in black-and-white), in the Indexes to this section and in the section "Notices". Color images of the industrial designs (if any) are published in the appropriate section.
The Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnist" was issued twice a month – 24 issues of the bulletin were issued during 2015. The Annual Index to the Official Bulletin for the previous, 2014, year was also published.
Publications in the electronic information resources:
- DB "Electronic Version of the Cumulative Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnist" contains information on industrial designs to the same extent as in printed edition. Moreover, information concerning 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 addition, such information is provided in the IRS "Information on Patents of Ukraine for Industrial Designs Deemed to be Invalid or Expired" and (as an extra operational component) in the relevant sections of the DB "Electronic Version of the Cumulative Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnit".
Other sources
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 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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In-house databases are updated in the course of processing applications and within maintenance of the State Register of Industrial Design Patents of Ukraine.
Replenishement Replenishment of the database of international registrations of industrial designs is carried out daily by automatic downloads from WIPO web-site ftp://ftpird.wipo.int/wipo/hague/.
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In 2015, with the aim of spreading knowledge on intellectual property, SIPS together with Ukrpatent held seminars and roundtables round-tables on the topics: "Specifics of Examination of Applications for Marks and Industrial Designs", "Practice of Forensic Examination: Problems and Solutions", "Practice of Disputes Settlement on Intellectual Property in Courts of Ukraine", "Practice of Handling Objections by the Chamber of Appeals of the State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine", "Execution of Judgments: Practice and Problems".
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The Industrial Property Internet Exchange is available at http://exchange.iii.ua.uk.
VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION
International exchange of industrial design information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
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Assistance to developing countries
Other activities
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
One of the priority objectives of SIPS 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 (International Certificate № 321012076 of 17.10.2012).
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