1. National IP/and or Innovation Strategy in the Slovak Republic
National IP/and or Innovation Strategy in the Slovak Republic
Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

2. The is Office is a central state administration body.
Mission of the Office
Mission of the Office
The is Office is a central state administration body.
grants protection: patents, supplementary protection certificates, utility models, designs, topographies of semiconductor products, trademarks and designations of origin/geographical indications in Slovakia
COPYRIGHT AND RELATIVE RIGHTS – Ministry of Culture of the SR!
state budget is the only source of finance and all fees and incomes for services are transferred back to the state budget.

3. „ Reliable, Understandable, and Open Office“
Strategic Plan for
Mission of the Office
Vision of the IPO SR
„ Reliable, Understandable, and Open Office“
Strategic Goals:
Modernization of IT Systems
Effective Internal Proceedings
Increasing of IP Awareness

4. Services for SMEs Information centre IP awareness: Online services:
Services for SMEs
Information centre
IP awareness:
Educational and training activities
Publications and periodicals
Exhibitions and fairs
IP Pre-diagnosis
Online services:
Free databases
Online filing

5. IP Pre-diagnosis Project objectives
IP Pre-diagnosis
Project objectives
improve the IP awareness amongst SMEs
increase the number of requests for IP applications
support innovation and competitiveness
Project successes
140 finished services
positive results of the customer questionnaire
new clients for Office
closer links with partner organizations

6. Pre-diagnosis framework
Preparation Company visit Analysis Evaluation
- gathering information – 2 hours - max. 10 pages - sent by
- preliminary research ask questions - draft recommendations - subsequently questions
- arrange meeting targeted answers - hyperlinks - feedback

7. Current state of play key to success – local and regional involvement
Current state of play
key to success – local and regional involvement
number of visits: – 2008 – 20 reports
2009 – 30 reports
2010 – 40 reports
2011 – 49 reports
Nr of employees
0-9
10-49
>50
Companies
52%
22%
26%
Recommendations
Patents
Utility Models
Trademarks
Designs
Companies
54%
46%
90%
35%

8. Feedback – filed applications
Feedback – filed applications

9. Partners Patent Information Centres - 4
Contact and Information Points - 6
(Libraries and Centre for Science and Technology Information)
Information and Advisory Points for Innovation
(INNOINFO) –
(Business Innovation Centres, Business Incubators, Regional Advisory and Information Centres
and 3 Universities)

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