The Patent Office of REC "Kuzbass" organized an online seminar for Kuzbass exporting enterprises on the issues of registration of international patenting applications under the PCT procedure

29/01/2021
The Patent Office of REC "Kuzbass" organized and moderated a seminar for representatives of regional businesses on the issues of patent and legal protection when processing international patent applications under the PCT procedure (Patent Cooperation Treaty).

Experts introduced representatives of business and scientific and educational organizations to the specifics of submitting and reviewing international applications, the costs of paying fees associated with these procedures, and existing state support measures in the region.

Speakers of the online seminar were representatives of JSC " Russian Export Center "(Alexander Zvezdov, Krasnoyarsk), ANO" Kuzbass Export Support Center "(Ivan Chertenkov, Kemerovo), ANO "Kuzbass Scientific and Educational Center" (Sergey Nikitenko, Anton Protsenko, Maria Mesyats, Kemerovo).

Currently, exporting companies have the opportunity to take advantage of such compensations, which are provided for at the regional and federal levels.

Subsidies for patenting under the PCT procedure are available with the assistance of the Kuzbass Export Support Center for Small and Medium-sized Businesses. Compensation for actual expenses incurred in connection with foreign patenting is carried out with the support of the Russian Export Center in relation to intellectual property objects for small, medium and large businesses.

For example, small and medium-sized businesses can benefit from a program to compensate for the costs associated with the registration of intellectual property rights in foreign markets in the amount of 70 to 100%.

Recall that one of the priority goals of the Patent Office of the Kuzbass REC is to provide support to small, medium and large businesses in the registration and management of intellectual property rights.