Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Russia)
The Federal Service for Intellectual Property, commonly known as Rospatent (Russian: Федеральная служба по интеллектуальной собственности (Роспатент), romanized: Federalnaya sluzhba po intellektualnoi sobstvennosti), is a Russian governmental agency in charge of intellectual property. Its former name was "Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent)".[2]
Федеральная служба по интеллектуальной собственности (Роспатент) | |
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Formed | 9 March 2004 |
Headquarters | Berezhkovskaya Naberezhnaya, 30/1, Moscow, Russia |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Economic Development |
Website | Rospatent.gov.ru |
In the former Soviet Union, Goskomizobretenie (Russian: Госкомизобретений), which stood for Gosudarstvennyi komitet po delam izobretenie i otkrytii, was the State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries. It maintained a registry of inventions and discoveries and gave out authors certificates and patents.
As of 1 August 2020, 476,905 national trademarks and 220,513 international trademarks were registered at the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, and it issued 266,104 patents.[3]
References
- "Grigory Ivliyev". Government of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- RU Russian Federation (name of Office; fees), PCT Newsletter, November 2012, p. 4.
- Statistics, Intellectual Property in Russia, August 1, 2020