State Standards of Ukraine (Derzhavni Standarty Ukrainy, DSTU)

DSTU in the Field of Industrial Property Protection

The creation of the state standards system in the field of industrial property protection in Ukraine was initiated in 1997 and the following standards have been carried into effect since January 1, 1998 (The Order of the State Standard Committee of Ukraine No. 327 of June 6, 1997):

DSTU 3574-97  “Patent Card. Basic Provisions. Drawing up and Execution Procedure”.

DSTU 3575-97  “Patent Research. Basic Provisions and Conducting Procedure ”.

The standards are developed according to the current legislation of Ukraine in the field of industrial property protection. Their requirements are mandatory for any business activity subjects acting on the territory of Ukraine, whose activities are fully or partially funded from the state budget. The requirements of the standards are of recommendatory character for all other subjects of business activity. 
 
DSTU 3574-97 “Patent Card. Basic Provisions. Drawing up and Execution Procedure”
Effective as of 1998-01-01

This standard establishes the basic provisions, procedure of drawing up and execution of a patent card - official information document attesting the state of a business activity object as a good concerning infringement of the rights of owners of effective documents of title and applicants for industrial property rights. It is applied to ensure the utilisation of a business activity object in the country and abroad without infringement of the rights of owners of effective documents of title and applicants for industrial property rights.
To simplify the drawing up and execution of a patent card, the methodical recommendations «Revealing of Infringements of the Rights of Owners of Effective Documents of Title and Applicants for Industrial Property Rights» have been developed, wherein the completion of each section of the patent card is comprehensively explained in view of the current legislative acts of Ukraine and the rules of international law in the field of intellectual property.

DSTU 3575-97 “Patent Research. Basic Provisions and Conducting Procedure”
Effective as of 1998-01-01

This standard establishes the basic provisions, conducting procedure and form of a patent research report. The standard is used in all branches of business activity on the stages of creation and utilisation of a business activity object. The substance of the patent research is to determine the patentability of the business activity objects, the situation concerning the utilisation of the industrial property rights, as well as to reveal infringements of the rights of owners of effective documents of title and the rights of applicants for industrial property rights. The legal relations in all stages of the life cycle of a business activity object have been reflected in the standard, the terms and definitions have been harmonized with those used in the current legislation of Ukraine.

To facilitate the use of this standard, methodical recommendations «Patent Research» have been developed wherein the basic provisions of the standard are explained and the explanations concerning their use are given. The possibilities of use of information base for the determination of the patent situation by means of combination of the traditional methods of information search and the modern information technologies are also covered in the recommendations.
You can familiarize yourself with the standards in the Public Patent Documents Collection (PPDC).
 
The standards can be purchased at the address:
State Enterprise “UkrNDNC”
(Ukrainian Research and Training Centre of Standardization, Certification and Quality Problems),
2 Svyatoshynska Street, Kyiv, 03115, Ukraine
Shop “Standards”, 152 Frunze Street, Kyiv, 04073, Ukraine
Tel.: (38044) 468-42-70; 468-22-30.