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Patenting of industrial design in Russia

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The patenting of industrial design in Russia is an important preliminary step that is required to protect intellectual rights before the start of manufacture, sales or public demonstration at the exhibition of a product, characterized with unique appearance or form. The patenting procedure of industrial design is managed by patent authority of the Russian Federation and upon completion the rights’ owner receives protective document (patent) with the validity term of 15 years with possibility to prolong it to the general term up to 25 years.

Besides the necessity of legal protection of industrial design, it is necessary to register the trademark in Russia as well, which will separate the products of the rights’ owner from the others on the market during the commercial journey on the Russian Federation territory.

The patenting of industrial design in Russia grants the rights’ owner:

  • To negotiate and register license agreements established for purpose of generating income;
  • To officially label the products with the owner’s patent number;
  • To defend its exclusive rights in Court and in the Federal Antimonopoly Service;
  • To execute management of exclusive rights, to execute sales or transfers in the framework of lawful succession

Expenses for patenting of industrial design in the Russian Federation

Services Official fees Attorney fees
Patent search for one variant of industrial design $ 140 $ 300
Patent search for applications filed for the registration (additionally, only if necessary) $ 90 $ 300
Preparation and filing of application on the one variant of industrial design* $ 30 $ 350
Each additional variant of industrial design included into the application $ 15 $ 50
The application expertise and obtaining of the patent on industrial design $ 60 $ 280

*Translation of patent documentation of the applicant to the Russian language is not included into the quotation for the services.

The procedure of the industrial design patenting in Russia:

  • Patent search. Up to 14 working days. As the result the customer receives full list of similar registered patents related to the same ICUM (the International classificatory of utility models). The primary goal of the search is to reveal any familiar analogues as well as to form a list of signs similar with the familiar analogues.
  • Filing application for patenting industrial design in Russia. The expertise in the patent authority takes nearly 10 months before the decision is reached. In the process the patent authority may request from applicant additional description or to submit additional information on the patented design.
  • Publication of information in the State Register and issue of the patent. After favorable decision has been announced and payment of the state fees made, the information on the new patent is introduced into the State Register of industrial designs of the Russian Federation. The rights’ owner receives the patent.
  • Maintenance of the patent validity. The patent validity should be maintained on a yearly basis by the paying corresponding state fees which depend on the year number from the registration date.

What is necessary to file application for patenting of industrial design in the Russian Federation?

  • The patented product name;
  • Short description, drawings and pictures making possible to obtain complex idea about the appearance of the patented product;
  • The company details for preparation of the contract and to issue a proxy to the patent attorney;
  • Information on the existing analogues with respective patent numbers (if available).

The services which may be of interest to you:

  • Preliminary search (trademarks, inventions, industrial design);
  • Active protection of the trademark in the Federal customs service of the Russian Federation (Customs Register of trademarks in Russian Federation — tracking, confiscation and destruction of the counterfeiting merchandise);
  • Registration of the trademark in Russia;
  • Registration of the license agreements in Russia;
  • Registration of sale/purchase of the trademark in Russia;
  • Patenting of inventions and utility models in Russia;
  • Registration of software in Russia.

Example of the document:

Patenting of industrial design in Russia