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The term "patent" covers utility models and Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs). Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in their Annual Technical Reports on Industrial Design Information Activities.
177 Patent applications (152 international, 25 domestic) were received in 2003 against 138 patent applications in 2002
47 patents were granted in 2003 against 29 in 2002
There is no remarkable change with respect to the previous year
Official Gazette
If the application meets the condition stipulated in the national patent law, the registrar declares his acceptance of it, then grants the applicant a preliminary acceptance; after that, he publishes a notice in the OG including the abstract of the invention
The OG also includes a list of expired patents and void patents.
Patent applications and granted patents are entered in a computer database for storage and easy searching.
Every member of the 4-member staff has an access to internet.
The main office productivity software is Microsoft Office 2000.
The patent databases were done by Oracle System and the automation features are accessible by members of staff but not the public as yet.
Most of the office reports, notices and letters are sent to applicants in paper form
All application forms are available on the Ministry of Industry and Trade web site. A Patents guide is also available on the web site.
Abstracts of accepted patent applications are published in the OG, in Arabic and English languages.
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The national patent documents are maintained in paper format in our archives. Jordan Patent Section/ Industrial property protection directorate is using CD-ROM’s produced by EPO, JP and USPTO for searching purpose as well as Internet.
The patent databases were done by Oracle system and the automation features are accessible by members of staff but not the public as yet.
In the patent registration office we browse external data bases such as (EPO, USPTO) for more information about patents in the world.
Administrative support system has been established for renewals, publication fees, and preliminary acceptance fees, status of files and location of files
The JO Patent section uses an internal network system for communication pc's for the staff (Intel Pentium processor) win 2000.
The Patent registration section is a part of the industrial property protection directorate in the ministry of industry and trade.
Information services are available to the public only on request.
As for patent document exchange, JO Patent section received official gazettes, comprising publications on inventions from the USPTO and the EPO, as well as from the International Bureau of WIPO, which sent its official bulletin, “PCT Gazette”.
On paper only
Application filing was allowed only on paper.
In the scope of harmonization of our patent law with the International treaties, a working group is working on the project of “Renewal of national law. In this task, the views of other related governmental institutions and attorneys have been taken into consideration.
Our staff employees have attended many training courses at WIPO and EPO in 2003.
IP week was held on August 2003 in Amman.
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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