INVENT&PATENT

Principal items of intellectual property, subject for registration in the Russian Federal Agency for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks, are inventions, utility models, industrial designs and trademarks.

 

The documents, granting the exclusive right for the abovementioned items, may be

 

• Patents for inventions and utility models;

• Patents for industrial designs;

• Certificates for trademarks.

 

Listed below are the main stages of registration of each abovementioned item. We always keep the client informed about the current status of the application preparation for registration, as well as about the paperwork stage in the Patent and Trademark Office in connection with the application. Also, our website provides links allowing checking the current status of an application by its number.

 

Trademark registration in the Russian Federation

 

Trademarks (commercial names) are the designations for branding goods. It is quite common, when the same relates to service marks, which are for branding works and services.

 

Protected as trademarks are verbal, figurative, three-dimensional, and some other (such as acoustic trademarks) designations, and also the combinations thereof.

 

Trademark registration stages in the Russian Federation

 

1. The designation, which is selected for registering, should be searched for among those trademarks already registered in the Russian Federation, to minimize the risk for refusal. We provide this service for free, and also we provide detailed information on similar registered designations, should such similar designations be found among those already registered.

2. To have even better chances for passing the examination successfully, we highly recommend also to order us searching for similarities for your designation among those designations and/or web-domain names, which have not been granted registration so far, yet being already claimed for.

3. It is together with you, that we formulate the list for goods and services (according to the International Classification of Goods and Services), which would be covered by the trademark to be registered.

4. We prepare the set of documents for filing the application for registration, we proceed with paying corresponding fees, and we actually file the application for registration.

5. Following next is the application examination. The Examiners from the Russian Federal Agency for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks verify the application materials for meeting the requirements by the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as check, whether or not the claimed designation itself matches the criteria, which are critical to have a trademark registered.

6. We make all the necessary correspondence with Examiners of the Patent and Trademark Office, including filing additional materials, requests, responses for Office actions. For example, should an Examiner from the Patent and Trademark Office have doubts, the Examiner addresses the applicant with a corresponding Office action. Together with you, we formulate a legitimate response for such Office action.

7. After the positive resolution is issued, we finalize the procedure in connection with the trademark registration and receive the Certificate.

 

Usual response time for application consideration and trademark registration may be around one year (provided all the necessary documents are filed, and all the necessary fees are paid, in time).

 

Registering an invention and a utility model in the Russian Federation

 

Protected as an invention may be a technical solution in any art in connection with a product (more particularly, a device, a substance, a microorganism strain, plant or animal tissue culture), or with a method (a process of carrying out actions on a tangible object by tangible means), as well as in connection with using the product or the method for the new intended purpose. It is the Patent, which acts as a protection document that verifies the copyright, the priority and the exclusive right for an invention.

 

Protected as a utility model may be a technical solution in any art in connection with a device only. It is the Patent, which acts as a protection document that verifies the copyright, the priority and the exclusive right for a utility model.

 

Invention and utility model registration stages

 

1. Patent information search to reveal technical solutions, which may be selected as analogs and the prototype when describing your solution. In addition, based on such search, it is the analysis of the materials found that help with making a preliminary judgment on your solution potential patentability, and with defining the legal protection form – whether it would be a utility model or an invention.

2. We formulate the claims of the invention (the utility model), together with its description and abstract, all in accordance with the corresponding Regulations, also we prepare drawings. You certainly see the prepared documents before the documents are to be filed with the Patent office, thus any correction, should it be needed before your approval, will be uncomplicated.

3. We prepare the set of documents for filing the application for registration, we proceed with paying corresponding fees, and we actually file the application for registration.

4. Following next is the application examination. The Examiners from the Russian Federal Agency for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks verify the application materials for meeting the requirements by the legislation of the Russian Federation, and also the technical solution is examined substantively for meeting patentability criteria as an invention and a utility model, correspondingly.

5. We make all the necessary correspondence with Examiners of the Patent office, including filing additional materials, requests, responses for Office actions. For example, should an Examiner from the Patent office have doubts, the Examiner addresses the applicant with a corresponding Office action. Together with you, we formulate a legitimate response for such Office action.

6. After the positive resolution is issued, we finalize the procedure in connection with the invention or the utility model registration and receive the Patent.

7. To keep the Patent valid, corresponding annual patent fees must be duly paid.

 

Usual response time for application consideration and invention registration may, too, be around one year (provided all the necessary documents are filed, and all the necessary fees are paid, in time).

 

Industrial design registration in the Russian Federation

 

Protected as an industrial design may be a solution in connection with visual appearance of an item, manufactured as an industrial or a handicraft version.

 

Industrial design registration stages

 

1.  Patent information search to reveal solutions, which may be selected as analogs and the prototype when describing your solution. The search includes searching through trademark databases to exclude the possibility for any solution, which might have been protected as an industrial design, or a trademark, earlier, to influence the outcome. In addition, based on such search, it is the analysis of the materials found that help with making a preliminary judgment on your solution potential patentability as an industrial design.

2. We formulate the description of your industrial design, all in accordance with the corresponding Regulations, and based on the subject matter images that you provide.

3. We prepare the set of documents for filing the application for registration, we proceed with paying corresponding fees, and we actually file the application for registration.

4. Following next is the application examination. The Examiners from the Russian Federal Agency for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks verify the application materials for meeting the requirements by the legislation of the Russian Federation, and also the solution is examined substantively for meeting patentability criteria as an industrial design.

5. We make all the necessary correspondence with Examiners of the Patent office, including filing additional materials, requests, responses for Office actions. For example, should an Examiner from the Patent office have doubts, the Examiner addresses the applicant with a corresponding Office action. Together with you, we formulate a legitimate response for such Office action.

6. After the positive resolution is issued, we finalize the procedure in connection with the invention or the utility model registration and receive the Patent.

7. To keep the Patent valid, corresponding annual patent fees must be duly paid.

 

Usual response time for application consideration and invention registration may, too, be around one year (provided all the necessary documents are filed, and all the necessary fees are paid, in time).

 

The exact amounts of fees to be paid by an applicant are listed on the website of the Federal Agency for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks and are available         .