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    PATENTS FOR 138 INVENTIONS GRANTED IN ARMENIA LAST YEAR

    Noyan Tapan
    Jan 17 2007

    YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. At the January 17 sitting, the
    Armenian government approved the bill on useful models of inventions
    and industrial models. The head of the Intellectual Property Agency
    of the RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development Armen Azizian
    told reporters after the sitting that the bill aims to improve the
    legislativer field on itellectual property and bring it into line
    with European standards.

    The bill envisages simplifying the procedure of granting patents for
    inventions and useful models of inventions. It was stated that the RA
    Law on Patents does not correspond to international standards as it
    stipulates a complicated procedure of granting patents. Under this
    law, two patents are granted: at first a preliminary patent for up
    to 10 years is given to the inventor, after which a second patent is
    granted for a 20-year period. The bill envisages granting one patent
    for 20 years by a simple procedure.

    A. Azizian added that at present the agency has to publish the patent
    within 1-2 months after the submission of the bid on patent for the
    purpose of general familiarization. According to the bill, the person
    submitting the bid may keep the essence of his/her invention secret
    up to 18 months.

    Last year the agency granted patents for 138 inventions, only 3 of
    which have been put in use. Most of patents are related to medicine,
    energy, mining industry.
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