Annual Report 2017
President’s Foreword
The year 2017 saw not only the targets met by the Eurasian Patent Organization as set for us in 2016, but also new accomplishments that we achieved.
I am proud to report the conclusion of two international patent prosecution highway agreements that capped the work towards this goal. In April 2017, the Eurasian Patent Office and the European Patent Office signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program. September 2017 saw the signatures affixed to the Memorandum of Understanding on Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) between the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) and
Main Achievements: Facts and Figures
Innovators filed 3,302 applications for Eurasian patent protection with the Eurasian Office in 2017
3302
50384
The Eurasian Patent Office had 50,384 Eurasian application filings since the year 1996, through 2017
Total application filings made via EAPO-ONLINE system
In 2017 alone, 3,282 Eurasian patents were granted, which constitutes 6.53% growth from the previous year.
Activities of the EAPO Administrative Council
In 2017, the Eurasian Patent Organization’s Administrative Council held its thirty-third (twenty-fourth ordinary) meeting. The EAPO AC Budget Working Group had its twenty-second meeting in the reporting year. >>
Regulatory Activities
The Eurasian Patent Organization continued streamlining the Eurasian Patent Organization's regulatory framework in 2017. The team made amendments and addenda to the Patent Regulations under the EAPC, Administrative Regulations under the EAPC and the Eurasian Patent Office Staff Employment Regulations. >>
Eurasian Patent Examination
The distribution pattern for Eurasian applications by industry did not change significantly in the year under review. Similar to the previous reporting periods, the most applications were filed for inventions in organic chemistry, pharmaceuticals and medicines. >>
International applications accounted for the bulk of Eurasian applications in 2017 totalling 2,523 applications, or 76.4% of all the applications filed.
The Eurasian applications filing dynamics under the aforementioned procedures for the applicants from states party to the Eurasian Patent Convention
Oppositions and Appeals
The Eurasian patent law provides for a system of third party opposition against patent protection of inventions granted by EAPO as well as appeals filed by the applicant or patent owner against EAPO decisions taken upon the examination of Eurasian applications or in the course of processing the Eurasian applications or patents. >>
Development of Automation
As its core information technologies (IT) priorities in 2017, the Eurasian Paten Office worked to build EAPO resilience and efficiency having to adapt to the evolving legal framework amid the growing data traffic in a situation where the Office had to enhance the timeliness of Eurasian patent document publications and to reach out to wider audiences raising third-party awareness about the Eurasian Patent Organization performance. >>
International Cooperation
The Eurasian Patent Office continued strengthening and advancing the Eurasian patent system in 2017. Cooperation with Eurasian patent integration countries, international and regional IP organizations as well as with leading IP offices >>
Financial Performance
For managing its finance in the reported period, the Eurasian Patent Organization relied on the Eurasian Patent Convention, the Financial Regulations under the Eurasian Patent Convention and the effective law of the country of origin of EAPO's headquarters. >>
Eurasian Patent Attorneys
The Eurasian Patent Organization continued promoting its collaborative work with the Eurasian patent attorneys and sees it as an important corporate commitment. Twenty-seven new professionals from Moscow, St Petersburg, Perm and Kazan passed their certification tests and were certified and registered as Eurasian patent attorneys to complement the industry in 2017. >>