1. Patent Information System of Georgia: Activities and Challenges David Gabunia Director General National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia “SAKPATENTI” WIPO GLOBAL Symposium of Intellectual Property (IP) Authorities Geneva, Switzerland, September 17 and 18, 2009 “SAKPATENTI”

2.  1. Providing of high-quality national patent documentation in accordance with generally accepted international standards.  2. Creation of national patent databases and ensuring their accessibility for users within the country and abroad.  3. Establishment of the IP library and rendering patent information services to the general public.  4. Increasing of public awareness in the sphere of patent information, as well as teaching methods of carrying out patent information searches.  5. Participation in international cooperation related with the formation of regional and international databases. Main Goals of Patent Information Activities

3.  In 1993, the first Official Bulletin on paper was published (Georgian, English, Russian)  In 1999, SAKPATENTI started to produce the trilingual Official Bulletins on CD-ROMs.  In 2009, the first Official Bulletin for the Protection of New Plant Varieties and Animal Breeds was published. Official Bulletins

4.  In 1995, the first LAN was installed and the in- house automated system was launched  In 2004, upgraded in-house automated system and DBMS ORACLE were set into operation Implementation of Automated Information System and Databases

5.  Monitoring the application workflow: - application filing and preprocessing, - application filing and preprocessing, -examination as to formality requirements, -examination as to formality requirements, - substantial examination, - substantial examination, - publication, - publication, - registration and grant of a title of protection, - registration and grant of a title of protection, - payment of fees, etc. - payment of fees, etc.  Performing necessary changes in the records in accordance with the existing legislation and examination rules  Generating various statistical data and XML format documents in accordance with WIPO st.36 standard. Functional capabilities of the Automated System

6. SAKPATENTI Webdatabases  Inventions, Granted Patents  Utility Models  Trademarks  Industrial Designs Registered Search criteria Search criteria Inventions and Utility Models Keywords in title and abstract, Application or patent numbers, Classes (IPC), Names of applicants or inventors, Publication date, etc. Trademarks Keywords in word trademarks, Registration numbers, Classes (Nice and Vienna), Names of owners, Keywords in the list of goods and services, etc. Industrial Designs Keywords in title Registration numbers Classes (Locarno) Names of owners, etc.

7. Already translated into Georgian and published Already translated into Georgian and published  International Patent Classification (Classes and Summary of Main Groups, in 2007)  Locarno Classification for Industrial Designs (in 2008) Classifications

8. Services rendered to the public Services rendered to the public  Instructing on the use of different databases,  Recommendations for drafting patent applications,  Presenting useful materials.  Assisting the visitors in the search and retrieval of patent documentation  Providing trainings on how to conduct patent searches in Sakpatenti and external databases.  Pre-Application Searches,  State-of-the-Art Searches,  Novelty Searches,  Patentability or Validity Searches,  Name Searches,  Technological Activity Searches,  Patent Family Searches, and  Legal Status Searches. Activities in IP Library

9. –ESPACENET (database of the European Patent Office), –USPTO database, –DEPATISNET (database of Germany), –Database of ROSPATENT, –EAPATIS (database of the Eurasian Patent Organization), –DELPHION (patent databases of leading countries), –STN (scientific-technical network), –ScienceDirect, etc. Databases available in the library search room:

10.  Espace Access - first pages of European patent applications,  Espace Bulletin - European patent bulletin,  Espace Preces - patents from region of eastern and central European countries,  Russian patent applications,  CISPATENT - patents of CIS countries,  Espace GlobalPat - first pages of the patents of the leading countries Enables high-speed automated search of many CD/DVD-ROMs in the batch search mode Enables high-speed automated search of many CD/DVD-ROMs in the batch search mode Online System of CD/DVD-ROM Databases with Batch Search Function

11.  Creation of new databases: - copyright - copyright - plant varieties and animal breeds - plant varieties and animal breeds - applications on inventions and utility models - applications on inventions and utility models - an electronic catalogue of the library collections - an electronic catalogue of the library collections  Expanding the IPDL by new MIMOSA-type disks  Teaching of a special course of patent information  Fostering cooperation with Georgian leading universities in patent information matters  Translation of Nice Classification for Goods and Services Future Plans

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