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Inventions
Table 1 shows the data for 2010-2011 for the filing of applications and grant of Russian Federation (RF) patents for inventions.
The patents for inventions granted in 2011 were distributed according to the Sections of the International Patent Classification (IPC) as follows: see Table 2.
In 2011, the trends in distribution by IPC Section changed slightly compared to 2010. The largest number of patents for inventions granted to Russian applicants in 2011, as in previous years, was for Section A of IPC – Human Necessities. The largest number of patents granted to foreign applicants in 2010 was, however, for Section B – Performing Operations and Transporting – whereas in 2011 it was for Section C – Chemistry and Metallurgy.
The least popular Section among Russian and foreign applicants alike remains Section D – Textiles and Paper. The number of patents granted for this Section in 2011 comprised only 1.003 per cent of the overall number of patents granted for inventions.
Utility Models
See Table 3
In 2011 the positive trend in applications received for utility models continued and the number of patents granted rose by 4.71 per cent.
Data on the distribution of patents for utility models by IPC Section are shown in Table 4.
The leading IPC Section in 2011 remained Section B – Performing Operations and Transporting – while second place was taken by Section G – Physics. Section D – Textiles and Paper – continued to be the least in demand, with the lowest number of patents granted, along with Section C – Chemistry and Metallurgy.
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URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide statistics related to patents
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Table 5 contains data on the main types of Office publications in the field of patent information, carriers and also the frequency of publications.
The Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette on CD-ROM electronic carrier with search system and the corresponding paper gazette are distributed by subscription. The three most recent Gazettes are available on the Rospatent website.
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Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of patent information
The forms of notifications concerning inventions and utility models published in the Rospatent Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazettes are described in Table 6.
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Word processing and office automation
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The web page addresses of Office websites providing information relating to Office publications are:
• the Administrative Regulations for performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of State functions relating to the keeping of registers of registered intellectual property subject matter, publication of information on registered intellectual property subject matter, applications filed and patents and certificates granted therefor, on the validity, termination and renewal of validity of legal protection in relation to intellectual property subject matter, the transfer of rights in protectable subject matter, and the official registration of intellectual property subject matter: http://www.rupto.ru/norm_doc/sod/prikaz/minobrnauka/346_07/Po_vedeniyu_reestrov_zaregistrirovannih_obektov.htm#1;
• Regulations on official publications of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks in the Patent Information Products section:
http://www1.fips.ru/wps/wcm/connect/content_ru/ru/publishing_activities/publication_act
• Prospectus of publications and databases in the Patent Information Products section:
http://www1.fips.ru/wps/wcm/connect/content_ru/ru/publishing_activities/ .
The addresses of web pages on the Office site providing access to online publications are:
• Inventions and Utility Models in the Electronic Gazettes section:
http://www1.fips.ru/wps/wcm/connect/content_ru/ru/inform_resources/electron_bulletins/inventions_utility_models/;
• in the Information Resources section, International Classifications subsection:
http://www1.fips.ru/wps/wcm/connect/content_ru/ru/inform_resources/international_classification/;
and the Open Registers of Russian Patent Documents subsection:
http://www1.fips.ru/wps/portal/Registers/.
From the above page, a user may refer to the following resources by means of the appropriate link:
Register of Inventions of the Russian Federation
Register of Utility Models of the Russian Federation
Register of Applications for the Grant of a Russian Federation Invention Patent
Register of Applications for the Grant of a Russian Federation Utility Model Patent.
III. Matters concerning abstracting, classifying, reclassifying and indexing of technical information contained in patent documents
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Documentation from patent offices in other countries received on optical disks as part of international exchange for inclusion in the electronic GPF, including the PatSearch system:
- documentation from PCT minimum countries and international organizations (WIPO, EPO, the United States of America, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, Australia, the Republic of Korea, the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) and Canada);
- other countries: China, Denmark, Belarus, Spain, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland and others;
- CISPATENT regional disk (descriptions of inventions from CIS countries).
V. Activities in the field of computerized and other mechanized search systems
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The structure of FPE consists of current and retrospective sections. The current section provides national patent documentation and patent-associated literature. The retrospective section provides foreign patent documentation.
The national patent documentation of FPE on paper includes descriptions of USSR inventions (from 1924), descriptions of RF inventions and utility models (applications, patents and certificates), and the USSR and RF Official Gazettes to date. Arrays arranged separately are USSR and RF documentation and a collection of descriptions of RF utility models.
The patent collection is an assortment of literature that includes scientific and technical literature in the form of books and periodicals, as well as patent law, standards and methods, and reference literature.
The paper patent documentation of FPE is organized by IPC classification: each section is arranged by country, each country by year of publication and then in numerical order. The documentation is stored in cases on shelves.
As at January 1, 2012, TSPF held 102.2 million copies of patent documents on various carriers, including the foreign patent documentation collection of 95 million items.
In 2011, TSPF acquired over 4.1 million copies of national and foreign patent documents on optical disks.
The TSPF collections on paper are arranged along geographical-systematic-numerical lines.
The storage conditions for collections are determined primarily by the type of information carrier:
- patent documentation on paper is stored in cases on shelves;
- patent documentation on microform is stored in metal boxes in film library files (microfilm) and in metal cupboards (microfiches);
- patent documentation on optical disks is stored in special cupboards;
- in automated databases.
Interlibrary lending, resource sharing, networks of patent libraries in the country
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X. Other relevant matters
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| 1. | Classification is allotting one or more classification symbols (e.g., IPC symbols) to a patent application, either before or during search and examination, which symbols are then published with the patent application.
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| 2. | Preclassification is allotting an initial broad classification symbol (e.g., IPC class or subclass, or administrative unit) to a patent application, using human or automated means for internal administrative purposes (e.g., routing an application to the appropriate examiner). Usually preclassification is applied by the administration of an office.
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| 3. | Reclassification is the reconsideration and usually the replacement of one or more previously allotted classification symbols to a patent document, following a revision and the entry into force of a new version of the Classification system (e.g., the IPC). The new symbols are available on patent databases.
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