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In 2022, 15 patent applications, 43 utility model applications and 46 applications for supplementary protection of medicinal products and plant protection products were filed. Estonian applicants filed 10 patent applications and 35 utility model applications. Estonian applicants filed 1 international patent application for forwarding to WIPO. The Estonian Patent Office made 77 examination decisions (including 54 for supplementary protection of medicinal products and plant protection products) on patent applications and granted 9 patents. 49 examination decisions on utility model registration applications were made and 36 utility models were registered. The office made 54 decisions on applications for supplementary protection of medicinal products and plant protection products, and 37 supplementary protection certificates were granted. By 31 December 2022, the number of pending applications was 44 patent and 54 utility model registration applications and 111 applications for supplementary protection of medicinal products and plant protection products.
General info: https://www.epa.ee/en/patents-utility-models/patent/what-patent
Employees of the patent department started to participate in the work of the EPO’s IT cooperation groups in 2020. In 2022, Raul Kartus participated in the EPO “Quality Management and Process Mapping” (QM&PM) working group and Tiina Lillepool in the “Cooperative Patent Classifier” (CPC) working group.
Employees of the patent department started participating in the work of the EPO’s working groups on the unification of procedural practice in 2020. In 2022, Aare Abrams participated in the work of the EPO working group WG-6 “Expertise practice with computer-related inventions (CII) and artificial intelligence (AI)”.
The Estonian Patent Office joined the international pilot program of Global Patent Prosecution Highway – GPPH. Under GPPH a patent examination system is applied where – upon the request of the applicant – a participating patent office uses the results of other participating offices that have examined the same patent application, resulting in faster examination of the application. By the end of 2022, the search results of Estonian examiners have been used 21 times (US – 16, AU – 2, DE – 2 and RU – 1) and the Estonian Patent Office has used the results of USPTO twice. The statistics are published on the web page of the Japan Patent Office.
On 1 January 2017 the Estonian Patent Office joined the WIPO Digital Access Service (WIPO DAS), an electronic system for accessing priority documents. The DAS system allows applicants to:
Service is applicable for national patent applications and utility model registration applications. Access to priority documents is only available to patent offices participating in WIPO DAS system. In 2022, 14 priority documents have been added to the WIPO DAS database upon the applicant’s request (7 patent applications and 7 applications for registration of a utility model).
https://www.epa.ee/en/office-news-contact/patent-office/statistics#2022
https://www.epa.ee/en/news/industrial-property-registration-statistics-2022 (trends 2021-2022: https://www.epa.ee/uudised/toostusomandi-registreerimise-statistika-2022-kohta)
Annual report: https://aastaraamat.epa.ee/en/annual-report-2022/inventions
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https://www.epa.ee/en/patents-utility-models/search-databases/inventions-databases
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https://www.epa.ee/en/patents-utility-models/registered-patents/estonian-patent-gazette
https://www.epa.ee/en/patents-utility-models/registered-patents/estonian-patent-gazette
https://www.epa.ee/en/patents-utility-models/search-databases/inventions-databases
https://www.epa.ee/en/patents-utility-models/search-databases/inventions-databases#others
https://www.epa.ee/en/patents-utility-models/search-databases/inventions-databases
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Estonian Patent Office's IT has been consolidated to the Estonian IT Centre, which is responsible for all hardware, software, and servers.
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In Estonia, there is no institution such as a patent library, all patent-related activities have been centralized into the office
https://www.epa.ee/en/patents-utility-models/additional-info/instructions-and-brochures
https://www.epa.ee/en/additional-info/free-consultations
https://melon.rik.ee/en/types-intellectual-property
https://www.epa.ee/sundmusedInformation on the following topics is desired:
https://avaandmed.eesti.ee/datasets/patendiameti-avalikud-andmed
Espacenet
Federated European Patent Register
PATENTSCOPE
WIPO DAS
WIPO Authority files (https://www.wipo.int/standards/en/authority_file.html)
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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.
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.
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.