Israel Patent Office
Encyclopedia
The Israel Patent Office (Reshut hapatentim), affiliated with the Israeli Ministry of Justice, handles issues related to intellectual property
rights in Israel
, including patent
s, designs, trademark
s and appellation
s.
In September 2009, the Israel Patent Office was accepted by the Assembly of the PCT Union (International Patent Cooperation Union) as an International Searching and Preliminary Examination Authority. The building of the center will take about two years and at the first stage it will serve only Israeli PCT
applications.
As of 2011, the head of the office is Asa Kling. The office is located in the Malha technology park in Jerusalem.
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
rights in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, including patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s, designs, trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
s and appellation
Appellation
An appellation is a legally defined and protected geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown; other types of food often have appellations as well...
s.
In September 2009, the Israel Patent Office was accepted by the Assembly of the PCT Union (International Patent Cooperation Union) as an International Searching and Preliminary Examination Authority. The building of the center will take about two years and at the first stage it will serve only Israeli PCT
Patent Cooperation Treaty
The Patent Cooperation Treaty is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states...
applications.
As of 2011, the head of the office is Asa Kling. The office is located in the Malha technology park in Jerusalem.
See also
- List of Israeli inventions and discoveries
- Science and technology in IsraelScience and technology in IsraelScience and technology in Israel is one of the country's most developed sectors. The percentage of Israelis engaged in scientific and technological inquiry, and the amount spent on research and development in relation to gross domestic product , is amongst the highest in the world...
- Economy of IsraelEconomy of IsraelThe economy of Israel is a technologically advanced market economy, including a rapidly-developing high-tech and service sectors. As of 2010, Israel has the 24th largest economy in the world, and ranks 15th among 169 world nations on the UN's Human Development Index, which places it in the category...