Application of ST.96 XML and other WIPO XML standards at ROSPATENT
Federal Institute of Industrial PropertyFederal Institute of Industrial Property
(ROSPATENT)(ROSPATENT)
Yury Zontov
Engineer at Software Application Development Division
ApplicationFormal examination
ExaminationRegistration of IP
PublicationRegistration of changesPublication of changes
The IP life cycle
Operational•International applications via Madrid System
(MECA)•Electronic application system
(Not ST.96)
In developmentNew electronic application system
(ST.96)
Electronic applications
Registration of IPRegistration of changes
Use of XML
Operational•Electronic Register of Trademarks and Service marks , Wellknown marks and geographical indications (ST.66)•Electronic Register of inventions, industrial designs and utility models (ST.96)
In development
•Electronic Register of computer programs, databases and topologies of integrated circuits
IP State Electronic Registers
•Record of registration + Actual state•Records of changes + Actual states
Structure of record in Electronic Register
Change• Author• CorrespondenceAddress
•Continuation• Group of invention patent renewal• Invention patent renewal
•Discontinuation• Total patent termination• Partial patent termination
• Author's certificate termination• Invention patent termination• Group of invention patent termination
•LegalStatus• Alienation of the exclusive right• Transfer of the exclusive right
•Licence•Other
Types of changes stored in Electronic Register
Example of actual state
Example of ST.96 XML describing actual state
Example of XML describing changes
Publication
Prospects of official publications of Rospatent in XMLProspects of official publications of Rospatent in XML
New publishing system (2014-…)
• Official publication on website in continuous mode
• Printing of formal documents immediately after registration
• Publication of full descriptions for invention applications
• XML formats: ST.96 after complete
Prospects of official publications of Rospatent in XMLProspects of official publications of Rospatent in XML
Primary tasks and functions
• Office Open XML (.docx) to XML ST.36/ST.96 converter
• user-friendly profiles for displaying XML in browsers (tune-up on-fly XSL)
• publication in PDF/A (with ontology in RDF)
• repository of XSL, DTDs, XSD
• web-service for retrieving data via XML interface
• publication of current state of IP object
Prospects of official publications of Rospatent in XMLProspects of official publications of Rospatent in XML
Examples of “current state indicator”
• green: patent in effect,
fee for last year
• yellow: patent may be discontinued,
no fees for last year
Prospects of official publications of Rospatent in XMLProspects of official publications of Rospatent in XML
Examples of “current state indicator”
• red: patent terminated,
no fees or 20 years have passed
Prospects of official publications of Rospatent in XMLProspects of official publications of Rospatent in XML
Thank you!
Prospects of official publications of Rospatent in XMLProspects of official publications of Rospatent in XML