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Table 1 (attached) shows the data for 2007-2008 for the filing of applications for and grant of RF patents for inventions.
The patents granted for inventions in 2008 were distributed according to the sections of the International Patent Classification (IPC) (see Table 2 attached.)
In 2008, the same distribution trends were preserved according to the sections of the IPC as in 2007. The largest number of patents for inventions in 2008 was granted to Russian applicants for Section A of the IPC - Human Necessities; and to foreign applicants for Section C - Chemistry and Metallurgy.
The least popular among both Russian and foreign applicants was Section D - Textiles and Paper. The number of patents granted under this Section in 2008 constituted only 0.90 per cent of the overall number of patents granted for inventions.
In 2008, the positive trend in utility model applications received was preserved (growth - 9.13 per cent compared to 2007), and the number of certificates (patents) granted remained virtually at the level of the previous year (a slight fall of 0.86 per cent). See Table 3 attached.
In Table 4 are the data for the distribution of utility model patents (certificates) according to sections of the IPC.
The leading section of the IPC in 2008 was once again Section B - Performing Operations and Transporting, and in second place Section A - Human Necessities. The one in least demand remained Section D - Textiles and Paper (according to the number of certificates issued it is the least numerous), and also 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 gives information on the main types of Office communications in the field of patent information.
In 2008, an annual index to the gazettes for 2007 was issued:
• for the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette on paper - five volumes (eight parts).
In 2008, the 2007 Rospatent Annual Report was prepared and issued.
The Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette on electronic CD-ROM carrier, with search system, and corresponding paper Gazette are distributed by subscription. The last three Gazettes are available on the Rospatent site.
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Mass storage media used (paper, microforms, optical storage, etc.)
Optical and paper carriers as well as databases were used as means for storing data files. There follow a list and a short description of the means for storing data files:
- In 2008, the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette was published on CD-ROM, with a total of 36 issues during the year;
- Alongside the Official Gazette, Gazettes were also published on paper with the same frequency;
- From 2008 onwards, the publication of a new product - a description of utility models for RF documents providing protection for 1994-2008 began on DVD;
- Annual retrospective sets of invention descriptions for USSR author's certificates and RF patents for 1924-2007 on DVD (a total of 99 disks);
- An information search mechanism for descriptions of inventions in Russian and English for 1994-2008 on DVD - quarterly, cumulative;
- Title sheets of utility model descriptions for RF documents providing protection for 1994-2007 on DVD - one disk; for 2008 - one disk;
- Descriptions of patent inventions on paper - 25,000 units;
- Title sheets of utility model descriptions on paper - 10,000 units;
- Annual index for the Inventions and Utility Models Gazette on paper - five volumes;
- IPC, 2006 edition (IPC-2006), both core and advanced levels on CD-ROM, with the parallel paper edition;
- In 2008, publication of the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette continued on the Rospatent Internet site, as did updating of the registers of Russian inventions and utility models with details of their legal status.
Table 6 contains information on the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS) inventions and utility models databases, the number of documents contained therein, a retrospective and the frequency with which they are updated.
Table 7 contains data on open FIPS registers, the number of documents contained therein, a retrospective and the frequency with which they are updated.
In 2008, the most important stage in the creation of the PatSearch patent search system was completed for examination purposes, which resulted in the downloading and indexing of basic search arrays of PCT minimum national patent documentation.
At the current time, the basic information arrays in the system are:
• USSR invention descriptions for 1924-1993;
• Description of RF inventions from 1994 to the present;
• Abstracts of RF invention descriptions from 1994 to the present in English;
• Utility model claims from No. 1 to the present;
• Invention application claims;
• Unpublished invention applications;
• Abstracts of patent documents from leading countries of the world in English (DWPI);
• PCT minimum national invention descriptions, including
• PCT applications
• European Patent Office (EPO) documents
• USA documents
• Japan documents
• Germany documents
• Great Britain documents
• France documents
• PCT minimum documents from other countries
• Invention descriptions from CIS countries with abstracts in Russian (CISPATENT).
The possibility of searching the EPO Espace@net system is also provided.
Word processing and office automation
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The FGU FIPS VPTB's overall readership stands at 20,400; in 2008, there were 1,500 newly registered readers and the annual number of visits was 91,600.
Users were granted around 34.5 million copies of patent documents, including on paper - about 7.8 million copies; on microcarriers - 12,600 copies and on optical disks - about 26.7 million copies of patent documents.
General and specialized reading rooms operate in the FGU FIPS VPTB for the comfort of readers who wish to work. These rooms provide:
- an information bibliography service;
- industrial designs;
- microcarriers;
- optical disks and remote databases.
Visits to the Library and service for all categories of users are free of charge. In addition to conventional forms of service, in 2008 access for readers to automated databases in the FGU FIPS VPTB was extended and improved. More than 200 databases are currently fully installed and in use.
The FGU FIPS VPTB provides both a fixed service for information users and also a service for remote users, employing all forms of communication currently in existence: post, telephone, facsimile and electronic mail.
In order to simplify access to information resources, the VPTB provides patent-information services for remoter users at their request, including a thematic selection of patent documentation, a search by systematic indexes, a search in automated databases, a search for patent-analogs and others, representing more than 30 designated services.
In 2008, for readers visiting the FGU FIPS VPTB directly and regional and foreign users by correspondence around 13,700 patent information services were provided, including 303,200 pages of copies of patent documentation, which were produced. Currently, more than 506 organizations and private individuals are remote subscribers to the FGU FIPS VPTB.
In 2008, patent information users were given the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette on CD-ROM, with 36 issues per year. Alongside the Official Gazette, paper gazettes were published with the same frequency.
In 2008, a new product - descriptions of utility models for RF documents providing protection from 1994 to 2008 - was made available to users on DVD.
In addition, in the interests of users the following information products were distributed:
• Annual retrospective sets of invention descriptions for USSR author's certificates and RF patents, from 1924 to 2007, on DVD (a total of 99 disks);
• An information search system for invention descriptions in Russian and English, from 1994 to 2008, on DVD - quarterly and cumulative;
• Title sheets of utility model descriptions for RF documents providing protection, from 1994 to 2007, on DVD - one disk; for 2008 - one disk;
• Patent invention descriptions on paper - 25,000 units;
• Title sheets of utility model descriptions on paper - 10,000 units;
• An annual index to the Inventions and Utility Models Gazette, on paper - five volumes;
In 2008, subscribers were offered the 2006 edition of the IPC (IPC-2006) with the core and expanded levels on CD-ROM, and also a parallel paper edition.
All products on CD-ROM and DVD were distributed with MIMOSA software, allowing all forms of patent searches to be carried out.
In 2008, publication of the Inventions and Utility Models Official Gazette continued on the Rospatent Internet site and the registers of Russian inventions and utility models were updated with details of their legal status being provided.
Also on the Internet, users were granted free access to information on patent application filings in the Russian Federation for inventions and utility models. Information on the prosecution of applications is available for applications which were received after January 1, 2007.
On the basis of official information relating to inventions and utility models, thematic databases (on RF patent documents) relating to users' special orders are produced.
Users' work with information search system
Examiners are given the opportunity to work with all inventions and utility models databases. Access for external users to full-text inventions and utility models databases is granted on the basis of agreement.
As part of the Rospatent Program of Cooperation with the regions of the Russian Federation, 130 organizations obtained free access to full-text inventions and utility models databases.
External users are provided, free of charge, with access to:
on inventions:
- abstract databases in Russian and English;
- a future-oriented inventions database;
- a full-text database containing documents published in the last three Inventions and Utility Models Gazettes;
- the IPC database.
on utility models:
- an abstract database;
- a database containing documents published in the last three Inventions and Utility Models Gazettes;
- the IPC database.
The search system provides the possibility to carry out a search simultaneously in the databases of inventions, utility models, published applications and author's certificates.
Table 8 contains information on the number of inquiries made by internal and external users when choosing any inventions or utility models databases.
Table 9 contains data on the number of database inquiries for invention, utility model and published invention application registers.
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide information on business procedures such as: filing, publication, examination and grant procedures related to patents; opposition and appeal procedures related to patents; etc.
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