FEATURES OF PATENT RESEARCH BASED ON THE NEW NATIONAL STANDART GOST R 15.011-2022

Abstract

From June 1, 2023, an updated version of the national standard GOST R 15.011 “Patent research. Content and Procedure” comes into force in Russia. It establishes requirements for conducting research in the field of intellectual property (according to the Order of Rosstandart No 1080-st dated 07.10.2022 the right of early application of this version is granted).

The purpose of the article is to study the benefits for the users of the standard due to its updating. The article reflects the prerequisites for revision of the regulatory document caused by the complexity of working with the previous edition of GOST R 15.011-96 and discusses the main changes. It shows that the new standard clearly distinguishes the roles of a patent research customer, executor of the work (e.g., a developer of the subject matter) and a party responsible for the patent research (patent department, specialized law firm or independent patent attorney), and, also, the requirements for the latter's qualification are defined. The advantages of a closed list types of patent research (prior art, patentability research, patent clearance research, targeted patent research), their relationship to the development phases and content guidelines of these types of studies are identified. Further, encountered terminological difficulties, peculiarities of patent studies for software products and regulatory documents, the role of patent landscapes and technical level studies within the framework of prior art research are considered. The features of patent research in the context of the digital transformation were investigated, and their role in the intellectual property management system of the company was analyzed. The results of the work show that the correct use of GOST R 15.011-2022 will greatly simplify the interaction between customers and executors, reduce labor costs, improve the quality of the research and predictability of its content.