Rospatent IP News Digest October 2022
Live vaccine for monkeypox prevention
A team of scientists at the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector” has developed a new attenuated (live) anti-smallpox vaccine of the fourth generation.
The new vaccine is based on a recombinant VAC 6 strain. The modern approach consists of introducing targeted mutations by genetic engineering methods that modify the genes controlling the body’s defense responses against viral infection, the range of susceptible hosts of the virus, etc.
This new invention is a safe vaccine against smallpox and other human orthopoxviral infections with high immunogenic and protective activity.
Patent number: 2781211
The invention can be used to scan identity documents, to read and authenticate credit cards, financial documents, and other protected documents.
The existing similar scanners are either much larger due to the significant size of the optical unit needed to obtain a good quality image without glares, or provide inferior image quality.
This invention solves the above-mentioned deficiencies; it provides high-quality images of scanned documents due to the design of the optical scanning unit, eliminating the formation of glares, reflections, and other lighting artifacts. Furthermore, it is compact and has built-in battery, so it may be used as a mobile device.
The 10th Russian-Chinese-Mongolian Intellectual Property Seminar
The 10th Russian-Chinese-Mongolian Intellectual Property Seminar, held on October 14, 2022. The topic of this year was “IP Valuation: Regulation and Experience”.
Head of Rospatent Mr. Yury Zubov, Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia Mr. Elbagsaikhan Ganbat, Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Dr. Shen Changyu, and President of the Eurasian Intellectual Property Office (EAPO) Mr. Grigory Ivliev welcomed the participants. Heads of the Offices emphasized the importance of IP evaluation for the introduction of innovative ideas into the market and countries’ economic growth.
Participants of the seminar exchanged information related to the regulatory framework of IP evaluation and discussed the evaluation practices of their countries.
Rospatent takes part in IP Conference in Minsk
On October 20, 2022 in Minsk the delegation of Rospatent headed by the Head of Rospatent Mr. Yury Zubov took part in the 2nd International Scientific Conference, organized by the National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) of the Republic of Belarus.
In his speech at the plenary session Mr. Zubov noted that the interaction between Russia and Belarus in the field of intellectual property is in constant development. Thus, Rospatent and NCIP regularly exchange patent documentation, successfully coordinate joint work and strengthen cooperation between the Offices.
It was proposed to strengthen cooperation on the commercialization of inventions, exchange experiences on the evaluation of intellectual property, as well as on the creation of taxation and financial instruments to support innovative companies.
Device for DNA sequencing and diagnosis of various genetic diseases
Patent number: 2780050
This new device is able to decipher the human genome within four hours, with the accuracy being twice as high as any other device used for DNA sequencing. Moreover, the cost of the procedure is quite low.
On October 27, 2022 the IX Congress of Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISC) started in Saransk. The key participants of the Plenary Session, moderated by Head of Rospatent Mr. Yury Zubov, were Head of Mordovia Mr. Artem Zdunov and Director of WIPO Office in the Russian Federation Mr. Pavel Spitsyn.
Mr. Artem Zdunov noted that Mordovia has become one of the regions where TISCs of all three levels have been established and is one of the leading regions in IP.
Mr. Pavel Spitsyn shared how WIPO supports TISCs. New resources developed by WIPO will expand the capabilities of TISCs, help to create and strengthen innovation ecosystems, promote the use of IP for business development and bring innovative products to the market.
During the plenary session the Head of Rospatent awarded the 15 most successful TISCs of Russia.
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