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Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
http://www.epa.ee/en/statistics/statistics-2015
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
http://www.epa.ee/sites/www.epa.ee/files/elfinder/dokumendid/aasta2015.pdf
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
http://www.epa.ee/en/additional-info/free-consultations
Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
http://www.epa.ee/en/additional-info/forms
Classification1, preclassification2 (if applicable), reclassification3 activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information
http://www.epa.ee/en/patent-information-and-services/patent-information
Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents
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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)
http://www.epa.ee/en/official-gazettes/estonian-patent-gazette
Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.
http://www.epa.ee/en/additional-info/publications
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases
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Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
http://www.epa.ee/en/databases/inventions-databases
Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
http://www.epa.ee/en/databases/inventions-databases
Other sources
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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Patent library: equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries
Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
http://www.epa.ee/en/publications/methodical-publications
Office's initiatives on providing foreign patent information in the local language(s) (e.g., machine translation tools, translation of abstracts)
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Cooperation with universities, research centers, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
http://www.epa.ee/et/seminarid/rss
Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
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International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information
http://www.epa.ee/en/patent-information-and-services/patent-information
Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information
http://www.epa.ee/et/uudised/wipo-avas-uue-ulikoolidele-ja-teadusasutustele-suunatud-veebilehe
Assistance to developing countries
Other activities
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
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