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Abstract

Straipsnyje trumpai supažindinama su patentų sistemos ištakomis pasaulyje, patentinės informacijos apibrėžimu ir svarba. Pristatomas Lietuvos technikos bibliotekos Patentinės informacijos centras (PIC) ir jo paslaugos visuomenei, kurias galima išskirti į kelias grupes: dokumentų skolinimas, informacijos paieška ir stebėsena, konsultavimas, leidyba. Aptariama Lietuvos patentinės informacijos centrų tinklo struktūra, pasaulio patentinės informacijos sistemos ateities perspektyvos, svarstoma, kokie galėtų būti šio ir kitų šalies patentinės informacijos centrų vystymosi keliai bei teikiamų paslaugų spektras, kad geriausiai atitiktų pramonės ir mokslo lūkesčius, tuo pačiu prisidedant prie technologijų inovacijų lygio kėlimo šalyje.

The present article, which has been prepared on the basis of a presentation made in a conference called “Scientific Library under Conditions of Cultural Change and Technology Innovation” in May 2012 in Vilnius, gives a concise introduction to the origin of patent system, patent information definition and its importance. There are many reasons to use patent information, e. g. when there is a need to know what is invented; to monitor and know who does what; when willing to avoid infringing upon the rights to technology owned by others, etc. The article introduces the Patent Information Centre (PIC) established in Lithuanian Technical Library in 1999 and its services to the society. The services can be divided into several groups: provision of documentation, information search and monitoring, consultation and publishing. To fulfill the needs of the society there is a public reading room, descriptions of the inventions are provided and copies of the documents are delivered on request. For various user groups patent information search and monitoring services are offered. Visitors of PIC are consulted on matters such as search of information, patenting of inventions and intellectual property management. The Patent Information Centre publishes and distributes a publication called “Protection of Industrial Property” as well as other information and bibliographic publications. The network of Lithuanian patent information centres is composed of the State Patent Bureau, the Lithuanian Technical Library and its branches in the Kaunas, Klaipėda and Panevėžys. In turn, these centres are part of the European PATLIB network. The European Patent Office, the main patent policy maker in Europe, in the recent years announced its guidelines concerning a reformulation of patent information policy and a reorientation of PATLIB centres. In order to successfully operate in the future, PATLIB centres have to create more value-added services and relevant services that would stand out in quality and the provision of knowledge concerning industrial property rights usage.