Rospatent: Figures, Facts and Projects 2019 Dear Friends!

ROSPATENT: FIGURES, FACTS AND PROJECTS 2019 DEAR FRIENDS!

In his traditional address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin has emphasized that “today the speed of technological change in the world is increasing manifold, and we must create our own technologies and standards in areas that define our future”. He clearly specified the key priorities of Russian technological development: artificial intelligence, genet- ics, new materials, energy sources and digital technologies. It is important to Grigory Ivliev indicate that by using intellectual property tools for the development of such Head of the Federal Service for technologies as well as for their protection we are capable to strengthen po- Intellectual Property (Rospatent) sition of the Russian Federation among technological leaders, and as a result to enhance the quality of life of our people, future generations.

The President of the Russian Federation highlighted the need for regulatory and infrastructural changes, for creating conditions for high technology development in our country. Vladimir Putin brought to the attention of min- isters, senators, members of the State Duma the pressing need to adopt a “technological legislative package” as soon as possible; to introduce pilot legal framework for the development and implementation of the newest technology; to set up a support mechanism for innovative businesses, start-ups; to support high-technology exports. According to the President, demand for innovation should be encouraged within the country.

The intellectual property system both in Russia and in the world offers great opportunities to achieve the tasks set by the President. New technologies should have timely and high-quality legal protection not only nationally, but also abroad. Patent research, patent analytics and patent technology intelligence should become an integral part of any research and development. Using them, we could wisely determine technological and research priorities in the fields defined by the President; determine the markets, where innovative patented technology is in the highest demand.

We have to further develop the technology transfer system, to involve leading research centers in the development of applied innovations, to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation between scientific, research sector and industry, business. We have to encourage authors to create unique products and to engage in the process of their implementation and commercialization. Inventors, scientists, researchers and developers should gain not only public 3

recognition, but also an adequate financial reward. We have to create financial instruments in the IP field: from lending against the pledge of IP rights, fair and transparent evaluation of intellectual assets to preferential taxes for innovative companies. We have to create the conditions for systematic strengthening of technological independence of our country, for global research and scientific cooperation, including the promotion of scientific and technological children’s creativity, education and raising public awareness of the IP sphere.

One of the major achievements was reducing the time spent on examination of applications for all types of objects for intellectual property rights protection. Provisions on IP field development were included in a number of government documents, including the Guidelines for Government Activity by 2024, National Program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”, National Project “Science”, Strategy for Services Export Development by 2025, and others. In 2019 Rospatent in cooperation with other interested authorities, business community and public organizations has begun working on a strategic document on IP field development.

We have strengthened the position of the Russian Federation in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This involves the promotion of the Russian language as a working language of the Madrid and Hague International Registration Systems, and of the increased use of the Russian language at WIPO. The Russian Federation is a leader of WIPO’s Task Forces, working on the development of new standards for 3D models and images, and Distributed Ledger Technology. We have also started work on the Accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications.

A number of bills, drafted in collaboration with Rospatent, has been submitted to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. They contribute to the development of the IP field, that is the main intangible economic asset of XXI century, the driver of technological development and the basis of social well-being.

In 2020 this work will be continued in order to establish digital intellectual property system which will allow forming a comprehensive market of intellectual property as well as adapting the legislation to the challenges of digital economy.

FIGURES FIGURES 2017-2019

Total number of filed Russian Foreign applicants, Number of granted applications applicants including under Madrid certificates/patents and Hague systems

TRADEMARKS*

58 616 28 893 87 509 +15 % 2019 66 707 +1%

49 122 26 940 76 062 2018 66 006 ® 46 600 26 910 73 510 2017 56 030 457,570™ valid registrations as * number of applications, filed under national and international procedures. of December 31, 2019

INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS*

3 363 3 557 6 920 +17,1% 2019 5 395 –14,4%

3 218 2 690 5 908 2018 6 305

3 263 3 224 6 487 2017 5 339 38,658 * Starting with 2019 actual indicators of receipt and completed consideration of interna- valid patents as of tional applications for industrial designs (the Hague Agreement) are included in total num- December 31, 2019 ber of receipt and completed consideration of applications for industrial designs. 7

Total number of filed Russian Foreign Number of granted applications applicants applicants patents

INVENTIONS

23 337 12 174 35 511 –6,4 % 2019 34 008 –4,9%

24 926 13 031 37 957 2018 35 774

22 777 13 677 36 454 263,688 2017 34 254 valid patents as of December 31, 2019

UTILITY MODELS

9 717 419 10 136 +4% 2019 8 848 –10,3%

9 262 485 9 747 2018 9 867

10 152 491 10 643 49,256 2017 8 774 valid patents as of December 31, 2019 FIGURES 2017-2019

Total number of filed Russian Foreign Number of granted applications applicants applicants certificates

APPELLATIONS OF ORIGIN

92 8 100 +1% 2019 67 +86,1%

97 2 99 2018 36

56 56 228 2017 30 valid registrations as of December 31, 2019

WELL-KNOWN valid registrations as of TRADEMARKS 207 December 31, 2019

COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATABASES, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TOPOGRAPHIES

20 693 147 20 840 +16 % 2019 20 628 +6,2 %

17 842 123 17 965 2018 19 421

15 860 104 15 964 194,096 2017 16 073 valid registrations as of December 31, 2019 9

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS Designated office Office of origin

FOR INVENTIONS AND FOR TRADEMARKS UTILITY MODELS (Under the Madrid system) (Under the PCT procedure)

18 804 +8% 2019 1 310 +21,6% 2019 1 940 +14,1 %

17 404 2018 1 077 2018 1 700

17 178 2017 1 142 2017 1 714

FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS (Under the Hague system)

872 +165 % 1,310 2019 15 +275% applications for inventions and utility models 329 (Under the PCT procedure) 2018 4

* Since 2019, the actual figures for the receipt of international applications for industrial designs (The Hague System) are taken into account as overall receipts of applications for industrial designs. TRANSFER OF RIGHTS

DYNAMICS OF THE REGISTRATION OF DISPOSAL OF THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS to inventions, utility models, industrial designs

3 257 1 553 Total number of the registered 1 270 disposals under contracts 270 147 Grant 2019 17 of the right to use

3 060 1 420 Alienation 1 193 of the exclusive right 292 147 Amendments 2018 8 to the registered disposals

2 991 1 409 Early termination 1 223 of the registered disposal 214 132 Pledge 2017 13 of the exclusive right

NUMBER OF THE REGISTERED DISPOSALS OF THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS under contracts and the number of patents in respect to which the disposals are registered

3 257 8 064 2 004 4 333 The number of the registered 989 2 369 disposals / the number of 2019 264 1 362 patents in respect to which the disposals are registered, total

3 060 7 357 1 929 4 475 of them: 907 2 093 2018 224 789 to inventions

2 991 7 356 to utility models 1 864 4 303 897 2 148 2017 230 905 to industrial designs 11

DYNAMICS OF THE REGISTRATION OF DISPOSAL OF THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS to trademarks, patents in respect to which the disposals are registered

28 188 7 563 Total number of the registered 4 658 disposals under contracts 4 678 9 057 Grant 2 128 of the right to use 2019 104

24 165 Commercial 6 176 concession 4 068 4 593 Alienation 7 417 of the exclusive right 1 774 2018 137 Amendments to the registered disposals 21 044 6 333 3 171 Early termination 4 505 of the registered disposal 5 185 1 752 Pledge 2017 98 of the exclusive right

NUMBER OF THE REGISTERED DISPOSALS OF THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS under contracts and the number of trademarks in respect to which the disposals are registered

28 188 56 748 2019 The number of the registered disposals

2018 24 165 55 352 The number of trademarks in 21 044 47 281 respect to which the disposals 2017 are registered

disposals objects of the exclusive for intellectual property 31,445 rights in respect to 64,812 rights protection

FACTS CREATING A CONVENIENT ENVIRONMENT

REDUCING THE EXAMINATION TIME 2019 FOR IP APPLICATIONS 2018 2017

AVERAGE EXAMINATION TIME OF AN APPLICATION (months)

For invention For utility models For industrial designs

5,69 1,35 4,40 8,05 2,86 5,49 9,24 3,42 6,05

For trademarks For Computer programs, Databases For ICT

5,96 0,44 0,41 7,50 1,28 1,23 8,89 1,76 1,77 15

E-FILING 2019 2018 Number E-applications share of e-applications of total applications 2017

INVENTIONS 17 271 48,64 %

15 073 39,71 %

12 413 34,05 %

UTILITY MODELS 2 938 28,99 %

2 143 21,99 %

1 327 12,47 %

INDUSTRIAL 3 485 57,62 % DESIGNS 2 545 43,08 %

344 5,30 %

TRADEMARKS, 55 719 80,98 % APPELATIONS OF ORIGIN 41 813 71,16 % 27 180 48,20 %

COMPUTER 4 660 22,36 % PROGRAMS, DATABASES, ICT 2 612 14,54 % 700 4,38 % FIPS PAID SERVICES

FOR APPLICANTS AND USERS LIST OF PAID SERVICES CAN BE FOUND ON THE FIPS WEBSITE (services.fips.ru) 17

FIGURATIVE ACCELERATED ELEMENTS SEARCH SEARCH

FIPS experts conduct a search of registered trade- Use the accelerated search service to expedite exam- marks or filed applications that are identical and/ ination of your application. or similar to the image provided by the customer using the International Classification of Goods and ADVANTAGES: the use of accelerated search service Services (NICE). allows to reduce the timeframe between the filing of an application and the first feedback up to two months and, accordingly, to reduce the overall period for a final decision on your application.

PAID PATENT DATABASE INFORMATION ACCESS SERVICES

Information Retrieval system of the Federal Institute Information products issued by FIPS on the basis of of Industrial Property (FIPS) is a search system for in- officially published information could be found on the ventions, abstracts of patent documents, promising in- website (new.fips.ru/vse-uslugi/patentno-informat- ventions, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, sionnye-produkty) classifiers in the Russian and English languages. FEATURES: a possibility to receive publications using ADVANTAGES: Multi-criteria search in the Russian the electronic communication channel via FTP (file language among Russian national patent literature. Also, transfer protocol), USB-flash drive or on CD/DVD. FIPS services allow conducting search using International Patent Classification (IPC), International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), International Classification of Goods and Services (NICE) in Russian databases. OUTCOMES OF ROSPATENT’S ACTIVITY on control, supervision and legal protection of the State interests in the established sphere of activities

AS A RESULT OF THE AUDITS CARRIED OUT IN 2019 ROSPATENT DETECTED AND 1 ISSUED ORDERS ON ELIMINATION OF DETECTED VIOLATIONS IN RESPECT OF

protectable results of intellectual results of intellectual activity, which results of intellectual activity which activity created with the federal are not included in the state inven- were not transferred to industrial budget funding, the rights to which tory system. It comprises 52,7% of the partners for their implementation are not registered (or registered total number of the results of intel- into innovation production thereby with violation of the legislation of lectual activity created under audit- violating the conditions for granting the Russian Federation); ed state contracts (agreements) on subsidies. R&Ds of civil use;

WITHIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ROSPATENT ON BEHALF OF THE “REGULATORY GUILLOTINE” MECHANISM GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN 2 ROSPATENT PREPARED: 3 FEDERATION PREPARED AND SIGNED —— draft new structure of normative regulation in the intergovernmental agreements on the mutual protection established sphere of the results of intellectual activity and enforcement of intellectual property in the course of bilateral mili- —— proposals regarding the clarification of cases of secur- tary-technical cooperation with the governments of ing the exclusive right to the results of intellectual activity Rwanda, Zimbabwe and Eswatini. created with federal budget funding for R&Ds. ADOPTED 19 LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES

GEOGRAPHICAL TEMPORARY LEGAL PROTECTION INDICATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

A new object for IPR protection – “Geographical indica- The Federal Law No. 549-FZ providing amendments to tion” is a supplementary support of Russian manufac- the 4th chapter of the Civil Code of the Russian Federa- turers in order to enter foreign markets. tion, namely introduction of a mechanism for temporary legal protection of industrial designs, entered into force The Federal Law No. 230-FZ dated July 26, 2019 introduces on July 27, 2019. to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the separate object for IPR protection – “Geographical indication”. The mechanism, at applicant’s request, provides publi- The Law enters into force on July 27, 2020 and provides cation of application for industrial design before patent applicants with more clear information on GI and AO is granted. The proposed mechanism allows receiving registration procedures as well as effective control for remuneration from a person using a similar design within preservation of specific features of such goods. the period after publication but before patent granting.

This will provide an opportunity to obtain protection documents since the publication of application information. It is especially important for manufacturers of “short-term products”, i. e. for fashion designers. KEY FACTS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

PROMOTION OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AT WIPO

The work on inclusion of the Russian The Day of the Russian language The WIPO Program and Budget for language into the languages of in- was organized at WIPO on June the period 2020–2021 includes ad- ternational registration systems for 6, 2019. ditional allocations to expand the filing applications for Trademarks number of WIPO official publications, and Industrial designs is in progress. analytical and substantive materials translated into Russian.

PROMOTION OF DIGITAL INITIATIVES

The Russian Federation was been organized to analyze current session “IP and development in the designated as the leader of the practices with implementation of digital environment” has been orga- 3D Task Force and co-leader of such technologies, as well as to nized. Russian proposals regarding the Blockchain Task Force of the identify their advantages and dis- the development of patent system Committee on WIPO Standards advantages). in terms of the digital transforma- that are working on the devel- tion of the IP field were supported opment of relevant international The WIPO Committee on Devel- (examination of inventions in the standards on 3D models and the opment and Intellectual Property field of information communication blockchain technology (working adopted Russian proposal, consol- technologies and implementation meetings and workshops have idating digital agenda. The relevant of artificial intelligence)

The Russian national evening was organized The Protocol on the Protection of Industrial at the WIPO headquarters in Geneva on Designs to the Eurasian Patent Convention October 30, 2019 within the frameworks of of September 9, 1994, was signed in the city the 59 Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of Nur-Sultan (the Republic of Kazakhstan) – of WIPO Member States. a regional system of industrial design legal protection introducing a single Eurasian patent The visit of Dr. Francis Gurry, WIPO Director for industrial design has been established. General, was organized on December 2–4, 2019. The program of the visit included the 18 workshops have been organized with meeting with His Excellency Dmitry Med- WIPO support in various Russian regions vedev, the Prime Minister of the Russian within the frameworks of the work plan. Federation. 21

A Meeting of the Coordination The Agreement on the Interaction Within the Interstate Council for Council of CISPATENT project of the Customs Authorities of the Legal Protection and Enforcement was organized, work on project CIS Member States in the Field of of Intellectual Property the work development and patent infor- Intellectual Property Rights Pro- was continued on new edition of mation exchange was initiated tection (signed on May 31, 2019 the Agreement on Measures for in Ashgabat); the Prevention and Repression of Within the CIS, Rospatent worked CIS Economic Development Strat- the Use of False Trademarks and on: egy 2030 and program of its imple- Geographical Indications. mentation activities (substantive section on IP was finalized);

Inter-office documents were (the Russian Federation) and the relating to the Cooperative Patent signed and cooperation has been Ministry of Internal Trade and Con- Classification were extended. intensified with Austria, Germa- sumer Protection of the Syrian Arab ny, Syria and Belarus Republic was signed. It was agreed to update inter-office documents on general issues and During the visit of Vladimir Putin In Moscow on the margins of the on data exchange with the German to Kyrgyzstan, the Agreement on High-Level Russian-Turkish Coop- Patent and Trademark Office. access to PatSearch system was eration Council meeting the Mem- signed. orandum of Understanding on the During the work of the Sub-Com- Patent Prosecution Highway pro- mission on IP of the Commission The inter-office Memorandum of gram was signed. on the Establishment of the Unified Understanding with Austrian Patent Scientific and Technological Space Office was signed. A number of documents on co- of the Union State there were ad- operation with European Pat- opted Guidelines on distribution During the visit of Rospatent dele- ent Office was signed: Work plan of rights on objects for IP rights gation to Syria, the Memorandum 2020–2021; the Memorandum of protection, created during Union of Understanding between the Fed- Understanding and the Agreement State programs implementation, eral Service for Intellectual Property and their inventory. DIGITAL ROSPATENT ICT ARCHITECTURE

EXTERNAL OUTLINE

OMNI–CHANNEL PROCESSES FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES International Patent ONLINE ACCESS organizations cooperation TO PATENT SEARCH SERVICES ANALYTICS OF OBJECTS FOR IPR PROTECTION

Users of Applicants System for inter-office open platform electronic interaction of Federal executive authorities

PLATFORM FOR ONLINE SEARCH APPLICANT REGISTRATION OF IPRS PLATFORM SUPPORT MANAGEMENT SERVICES Patent search

Individualization Online Rospatent means search Patent analytics 23

INTERNAL OUTLINE

SINGLE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT VISUALIZED COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCED MEANS FOR INFORMATION ENFORCEMENT CENTRILIZED ASSISTANCE Experts SYSTEM

INTEGRATION AND ACTIVITY SINGLE MANAGEMENT OF MANAGEMENT DATA LEGAL AND REFERENCE STORAGE INFORMATION Management of workflow and administrative processes

Single state register

Control for Results of intellectual activity

ROSPATENT PROJECTS PATENT ANALYTICS. DYNAMICS OF NEW PROJECTS

THE FIPS PROJECT OFFICE HAS A key feature of the Project Office consulting is in-depth technological BEEN PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY expertise. AND BUSINESS CONSULTING BASED ON PATENT ANALYTICS Our research takes into account industry-specific features at all stages FOR THREE YEARS ALREADY. of patent analytics, such as model development, technical analysis, and DURING THIS TIME AN EFFECTIVE interpretation by experts. In just three years of operation, the FIPS Project EXAMINATION METHODOLOGY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR Office has completedmore than 50 complex projects (domain-spe- A NUMBER OF ECONOMIC cific patent landscapes, patent technology intelligence, express patent SECTORS AND BUSINESS TASKS. landscapes).

2016 2017 2018 2019 PATENT ANALYTICS. 27 COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT

IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIALLY PATENTABLE SOLUTIONS based on R&D materials, initial project COMPREHENSIVE data, and other technical documentation; SUPPORT FOR THE COMPARISON OF CUSTOMER’S ACQUISITION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES WITH THOSE OF LEADING INDUSTRY COMPANIES; TECHNOLOGIES MONITORING OF TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS OF COMPETING This service includes a variety of COMPANIES; services, the final set of which is determined in course of expert SEARCH FOR TARGET COMPANIES meetings with the customer. WHICH OWN TECHNOLOGIES that are profitable for the customer to purchase;

SEARCH FOR TARGET COMPANIES – POTENTIAL PURCHASERS of the customer’s own technologies;

ASSESSMENT OF THE PROSPECTS FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF THE CUSTOMER’S TECHNOLOGIES, combining patenting and know-how for thorough legal protection of commercially attractive technologies of the customer;

SUPPORT FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD (with the involvement of specialized foreign companies) PATENT ANALYTICS. UNIQUE ADVANTAGES

INSIGHT-DRIVEN ANALYTICS

YET ANOTHER WAY OF INCREASING THE VALUE OF These anomalies can be either relatively simple trends PATENT ANALYTICS IS THE USE OF NON-LINEAR or very complex, hidden trends that require special ex- ANALYSIS OF TRENDS AND PATENTING APPROCHES pertise in the in-depth analysis of patent information. USED BY MODERN INDUSTRY COMPANIES. THIS NONLINEAR ANALYSIS IS CALLED INSIGHT-DRIVEN To develop these special competencies, the FIPS Proj- ANALYTICS. ect Office staff continuously improves its knowledge and skills by undergoing additional professional training, The peculiarity of this nonlinear analysis is that each analyzing scientific publications, and attending almost anomaly or pattern found on charts and graphs is sub- all patent analytics conferences in the world (Europe, jected to additional analysis to identify the causes and Canada, Mexico, Singapore, etc.). business consequences of such an anomaly.

An example of insight-driven analysis

PRODUCTION NODES AND FUNCTIONS EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS

ANALYSIS OF PATENT INFORMATION

WHERE ELSE IS THIS WHAT ELSE CAN BE WHERE ELSE CAN FUNCTIONALITY NEEDED MANUFACTURED WITH THIS NODE BE USED (for example, THIS EQUIPMENT (for example, a gas analyzer)? (for example, drilling sensors for security equipment)? systems)? PATENT ANALYTICS. 29 UNIQUE ADVANTAGES

IN-DEPTH STUDY OF TECHNOLOGIES

PATENT ANALYTICS WORKS ESPECIALLY WELL FOR On the basis of this breaking down, an in-depth technical TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT WHEN ESSENTIAL analysis is performed, namely: specific heat maps are DESCRIPTION OF PATENTS IS ANALYZED. formed for comparison of different technologies; highly qualified industry experts are engaged to analyze changes In different products of the FIPS Project Office, this is in technological priorities of industry-leading companies. done in a different way, but the main focus is always the same – the deepest possible immersion in the descrip- In patent technology intelligence, descriptions of technol- tions of technologies contained in patents. For example, ogies contained in patents are analyzed in detail to assign in the domain-specific patent landscape, the research to one technology the patents classified into different area is broken down into several tens or even hundreds patent families. This assignment of different technical of groups of homogeneous technologies that can be ana- solutions (patents) to one technology allows one to an- lyzed independently. Such decomposition of hydrocrack- alyze the origin and development of the technology, ing catalysts is shown as an example in the figure below. understand the company’s strategy for comprehensive protection of the technology (use of patent umbrellas, territorial coverage, etc.).

HYDROCRACKING CATALYSTS

COMPOSITION MODE OF FORM OF THE PROBLEM AREA METHOD OF – cobalt PRODUCTION CATALYST – improved energy APPLICATION – nickel – extrusion efficiency – molybdenum – electric explosion – desulphurization – … – … INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS: PROJECT “HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT”

Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of higher professional education “Russian State Academy of Intellectual Property” (RSAIP)

4 scientific 4 youth More than 500 schools projects participants

66 supplementary 435 vocational education attendees programs

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

The demand for 5 fields of study 700 professionals (undergraduate,

in the field of graduate programs) 650 IP amounts to more than + 2 postgraduate programs 600 300 000 employees 680 students 550 2017 2018 2019 31

Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS)

It is planned to complete training under the supplementary vocational education program in the IP field as a 25 part of the activities of the Federal project “Personnel supplementary for the Digital Economy”: vocational education programs 5 Federal Districts (4 – FIPS, 1 – RSAIP) 6,400 experts (4,800 – FIPS, 1,600 – RSAIP)

NUMBER OF STUDENTS 1092 1 500

attendees 1 000

500

2017 2018 2019 14 All-Russian Patent and VPTB Technical Library (VPTB) educational NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS projects 20 000

10 000 71 activities for

youth 0

10 210 participants 2018 2019 IP MARKET DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: FGBU “FAPRID Center” – Evaluation of objects for IP right protection – Role of Rospatent in the implementation of the IP-backed loans project

At the initiative of Rospatent a number of events is planned to be held from 2019 to 2024 in order to support technological FGBU FAPRID Center entrepreneurship for the devel- for the Evaluation of the objects opment of lending against the for IP right protection pledge of intellectual property rights using the opportunities of the National Guarantee System 3. and the Program of preferential Guarantee’s lending to SMEs. payment

The plan is to provide loans to IP experts (patent organi- SMEs against the pledge of IP zations / patent attorneys); rights in the amount of 31 billion Collateral evaluation rubles from 2019 to 2024. experts;

Currently, credit transactions Technology experts with two SMEs against the pledge of IP rights amounting 9. Submission of a to 165 million rubles are at the pledge agreement final stage of approval by Gaz- An appeal by an SME entity to Rospatent prombank (Bank GPB JSC). As of to the Ministry of Economic the beginning of December 2019, Development of the Russian SME Bank JSC provided loans to Federation on the provision three SMEs against the pledge of of subsidy to cover all costs of IP rights amounting to 150 million paying remuneration to SME rubles. Corporation JSC for providing a guarantee and for compen- 10. sating a part of interest pay- Appeal to the ments on a loan issued by the Ministry of Eco- nomic Develop- bank (in the amount of 1/3 of ment of Russia The Central Bank of the Rus- on the provision sian Federation key rate). of subsidies 33

4. Evalua- tion of patent “Corporation SME” and rights Regional Guarantee FGBU FAPRID Center for the Evaluation of the ob- Organizations jects for IP right protection was established to foster lending companies’ confidence in IP-backed loans 2. A loan guarantee request (including loans to SMEs) and to form common ap- 8. Guarantee’s payment upon suc- cessful evaluation proaches of defining a market value and a fair value of the objects for IP right protection. 5. Guarantee from 95 % up to 100 % based on the evaluation of patent- The Center is developing a unified list of requirements ability for evaluation purposes, supports an independent assessment of the cost of the results of research, development and technological activities for military, special and dual-use purposes.

It is planned that the Center will play an important role in the formation of the intellectual property market in the country. SMEs – patent holders

1. A security loan application 7. A loan on the basis of a guarantee with a risk of bank coverage of 5 to 0 % 6. A pledge guaranteed • “Corporation SME” expands the terms of the by AB “Corporation SME” guarantee program taking into account intellectual property

• A pledge for IP rights with “Corporation SME”

• FAPRID Center together with the Regional Guarantee Organizations (RGO) are developing their area of competence in regards to IP rights in case of a borrower’s default BANK REGIONAL PROJECTS SUPPORT

TRILATERAL AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IP SPHERE IN A FEDERAL SUBJECT Saint-Petersburg OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Moscow

Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) 02

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE AGREEMENT IS 01

THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES Ministry of Economic Development of the AIMED AT PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF Russian Federation RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RESULTS OF INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY AND IP RIGHTS IN THE REGIONS OF THE RUSSIAN Subject of the FEDERATION AND ASSISTANCE TO THE SUBJECT Russian Federation OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE IP SPHERE. 03

THE FOLLOWING REGIONS SIGNED THE AGREEMENTS IN 2019: Republic of Tatarstan Tambov Region Karachay-Cherkess Republic

Vologda Region Voronezh Region Omsk Region Ulyanovsk Region 35

Saint-Petersburg

Moscow

TOP‑10 REGIONS DIVIDED INTO INVENTIVE ACTIVITY RATIO

Saint-Petersburg 8,05

Moscow 5,88

Moscow Region 5,25

Tomsk Region 3,54

Republic of Tatarstan 3,0 3 REGIONS Ulyanovsk Region 2,86 OF 7 WHICH SIGNED THE AGREEMENT ARE Kursk Region 2,71 INCLUDED IN THE TOP‑10 REGIONS DIVIDED INTO Novosibirsk Region 2,65 * Inventive activity ratio (IAR) is a ratio of num- INVENTIVE ACTIVITY ber of applications for RATIO (INCLUDING patents on inventions Jewish Autonomous Region 2,44 UTILITY MODELS FOR and utility models filed in the region to the 2019) population multiple of Voronezh Region 2,41 10,000 NEW TISC FUNCTIONS

IN 2019, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE 7TH TISC CONGRESS THE MOST PROMISING FIELD OF WORK FOR TISCS WAS OUTLINED. THIS INCLUDED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL ECONOMY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, AND INTENSIFICATION OF REGIONAL PROMOTION OF INNOVATIONS.

On the territory of Fryazino (Moscow Region) science city nic University of Peter the Great”). New functions expand a TISC with new functions was opened. These functions TISCs’ capabilities to prepare patent applications, conduct included uniting potential and advantages of all economic analytical, patent and marketing research. entities of the special economic zone for management and commercialization of the results of intellectual ac- Novgorod State University TISC initiated the creation of the tivity. Regional Public Advisory Council under the Government of Novgorod region on intellectual property issues. It provides Regional TISCs are included in the program of creating “Re- support to “Innovation N” LLC and became a participant of gional Competence Centers” at their site (“Tatarstan TISC”, the Skolkovo grant project aimed at developing innovative Technopark “Mordovia”, TISCs of “St. Petersburg Polytech- products for the first time.

An important function of TISCs was to support youth business initiatives and projects of young scientists:

–– innovative business accelerator (Autonomous non-com- –– “Growing Innovators” programs (Astrakhan State Medical mercial organization of innovative development of educa- University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation). tion and science “FIRON”); – startup accelerator (Irkutsk 31 TISCs are regional operators of the “UMNIK” program of National Research Technical University); – small business the Foundation for Assistance to Innovations – in support support programs (Voronezh State Forestry Engineering of commercially oriented scientific and technical projects University named after G. F. Morozov, 18 TISC of Tatarstan); of young scientists.

TISCs TISCs TISCs perform the function of the perform the function of sup- perform the function of project ac- regional operator of the “UMNIK” porting youth business initiatives: tivities in terms of youth initiatives: program of the Foundation for “Innovative Business Accelera- “Schools of Innovation”, “Growing Promotion of Innovations of tors”, “Startup-Accelerators”, the Innovators”, and popularization of Young Scientists development of small businesses regional achievements in invention 170 TISCs 37 ARE OPERATING IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

27 13 39 9 52 10 14

TISC of the Peter the Great Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg participates in the project of Federal AGREEMENTS WERE SIGNED WITH significance called “IP University” (a specialized digi- AUTHORITIES OF THE REGIONS tal platform for knowledge exchange and copyright OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION management for the possibility of commercialization WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS OF of industrial property and copyright, using smart-con- 61 THE REGIONAL POLICY tracts technology).

TISCs «BRAND NEW» TISCs perform the TISC of technological innova- TISC of St. Petersburg TISC of Novgorod State University function of pilot tion type “ISTOK” performs Polytechnic Universi- performs the function of a mem- sites for regional the function of uniting busi- ty of Peter the Great ber of the regional public advisory competence ness entities in the field of IP in performs the function council on IP issues; is a participant centers the special economic zone of of a participant in the of the Skolkovo grant project, orga- the science town of Fryazino IP University nize the work of “Innovation-N” LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES

INTRODUCED TO THE STATE DUMA:

ADVANTAGES:

creating a competitive market to conduct information ORGANIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF INFORMA- search and perform preliminary patentability assessment; TION SEARCH AND PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF PATENTABILITY FOR SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE STATE REGISTRATION improving the quality and reliability of the patent by at- OF INVENTIONS AND UTILITY MODELS BY AC- tracting industry experts in a specific field of science and CREDITED ORGANIZATIONS technology;

It is intended to offer an applicant requesting a special- expanding the range of specialists with practical skills in ized organization in order to receive results of information conducting information patent search and patentability search and preliminary assessment of patentability of the assessment, analysis of patent and other documents in claimed technical solution. specialized fields of science and technology.

PROVIDING AN OPTION TO FILE FOR (reducing examination time and improving its quality), REGISTRATION VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF including through presenting the claimed technical solu- OBJECTS FOR IPRS PROTECTION IN 3D FORMATS tion in details. Over time this will allow using algorithms AS WELL AS INTRODUCING DIGITAL PROTECTION of comparison and recognition of filed 3D models with DOCUMENTS those contained in the register. Using various algorithms will provide a similarity search option.

Implementation of a function to receive and compare The proposed approach meets all market’s requirements three dimensional digital models of objects for IPRs pro- and ensures applicants’ interests, i. e. in the fields of ship- tection will allow revealing the essence of a technical building, automobiles and aircraft manufacturing, based solution more clearly, optimizing examination process in their activities on digital modeling and design systems. 39

UNDER DEVELOPMENT:

AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATION CREATING THE INSTITUTE ON WORK-RELATED RESULTS OF OF PRELIMINARY PATENT APPLICATIONS INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY To confirm the priority right one can use any written dis- In order to increase the creative activity of employees, to closure of such an invention instead of a traditional appli- stimulate scientific and technological creativity and inno- cation. Submitting this application can be delayed for up vation the Russian Federation requires to develop a sepa- to 12 months. rate federal law on work-related inventions, utility models and industrial designs, that will provide fair reward for both Establishment of the institute of preliminary applications creating new work-related results of intellectual property will increase marketing opportunities of innovative de- and concluding licensing agreements with employers for velopments, safe information disclosure during business the use of such works. meetings, in printed publications and during presentations.

IMPROVING THE QUALITY CREATING A SINGLE REGISTRY OF PATENTED ACTIVE OF PATENT ATTORNEYS’ SERVICES SUBSTANCES WITH PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

It is reasonable to draft a bill, requiring all patent attorneys To prevent any possible infringement of patent rights of to be members of professional association, such as Bar medication producers, it is proposed to create a Single associations or Notarial offices, that will be responsible for Registry, moderated by Rospatent in cooperation with the certification and complaint handling (jointly with Rospatent). Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Such organization can also be required to establish manda- tory standards and a professional code, as well as to monitor Information on patented pharmacologically active sub- its compliance, candidates’ training and advanced training. stances in the Russian Federation, including International Nonproprietary Name, patent numbers and validity term, as well as information on patentholders can be added to the Registry upon the rightholder’s request and after Rospatent’s verification. USEFUL LINKS AND CONTACTS

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Public services of Information Resources TOP‑100 Multimedia Rospatent of Rospatent inventions of the year The publication contains statistical Edited by: and analytical materials that reflect Ivliev G. P., Ph.D. legal sciences the main results of the activities of Rospatent and its subordinate or- EDITORIAL TEAM ganizations in 2019, as well as plans Team Leaders for preparing for the development of the field of a short version of Rospatent annual report: intellectual of property Zubov Yu. S., Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences; Kiriy L.L.; Solonovich A.V., Ph.D. technical science; Kiseleva E. A.; Travnikov D.V.; Mikheeva G. A.; Tereshchenko D. G.

Scientific Editors: Neretin O. P., Doctor of Economic Sciences; Sukonkin A. V., Candidate of Technical Science; Kuznetsova T. V., Doctor of Pedagogy; Ivanova M. G., Doctor of Social Sciences; Signed for publication on 03/05/2020 Arakelova A. O., Doctor of Art History; Volume 5.54 p. L. Koroleva E. V., Doctor of Economics. sciences; Format 210 × 210 mm Erivantseva T. N., Ph.D. chemical science; Order 162 Ena O. V. Circulation 500 copies. Members of the Editorial Board: Published by: Lisnik I.A.; Popov N.V.; Ivanov G.V.; Federal State Budgetary Institution Masalov P.V.; Biryukov S.E.; «Federal Institute of Industrial Ulyashina S. Yu.; Tsykorin N.N.; Property» (FIPS) Evdokimova M. I.

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