Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2021 submitted by Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO)

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• Link to pages with information in English, Spanish, or French
• The URL will remain stable over time (at least three years, preferably more)
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The term "industrial designs" covers industrial designs and models.

Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.

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

Information on the following topics is desired:

1. Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of industrial design information activities and expected time frames for their realization
2. New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies(plans) mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
3. Main areas of industrial design information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
4. Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants (registrations) with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
5. Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.

NB! From 2016 the full annual report is only available in Norwegian. Local translation to English is needed.
The annual report covers all three domains 
https://www.patentstyret.no/en/about-us/annual-reports/

Usable start pages in English (cross domain)
https://www.patentstyret.no/en/services/

https://www.patentstyret.no/en/services/short-cuts/

Statistics: https://statistics.patentstyret.no/

II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

1. Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) - URLs
2. Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
3. Classification and reclassification activities; classification system used, e.g., International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), other classification
4. Other activities

https://services.patentstyret.no/#/
Digital cross domain services for filing, payment, search, alerts, digital dossier, digital correspondence, statistics, and more.

III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

1. 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)
2. Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.
3. Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases
4. Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)

5. Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)

6. Other sources

Design gazettes, bi-weekly, PDF, Norwegian with INID-codes:
https://www.patentstyret.no/en/services/designs/norwegian-official-designs-gazette/

Design procedures: https://www.patentstyret.no/tjenester/design/

All national registered designs digitally searchable (free for public); from 2022 it has 100 % historic digital coverage https://search.patentstyret.no/advanced/#/design?size=50

IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

1. Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
2. Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
3. Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
4. Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
5. Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
6. Other matters

IPR reception, processing and register maintenance system, SANT. Cross domain system with high automation (WF) based on Ptolemy framework, since 2003. Tailored application based on MS.Net4.5 framework by Coexya. Oracle, Documentum, Abbyy, ++, fully virtualized environment with virtual clients only.

Acsepto suit for coding and search.

Haag integrations, www.Altinn.no, self services, electronic payment.
HR and ERP: Unit4 (saas)

Main supplier/contractor: www.coexya.eu

V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

1. Office's library (if deals with industrial design information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
2. Publications related to different business procedures and industrial design information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.

3. Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.

4. Education and training: training courses, e learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
5. Other activities

 Courses:
https://www.patentstyret.no/en/courses-list/

Customer service centre  https://www.patentstyret.no/en/about-us/contact-us/  (Winner of national service award three years in row)

VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

1. International exchange of industrial design information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
2. Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to industrial design information

3. Assistance to developing countries

4. Other activities

Formal participation in WIPO, EUIPO (observatory), EPO (member), PCT, Madrid, Hague, ICT Road Map ++

Exchange: TMview, DSView, EPIDOS/INPADOC, EPO.Assistance to developing countries in cooperation with WIPO.

VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS