The objects protected by the law include inventions, utility models, production secrets (know-how), software for electronic computing machines, databases, trademarks and industrial designs.
Assessment of the intellectual property items, the system of identification and legal protection of intellectual property items, created by the enterprises of the Fuel Company, are performed in compliance with the requirements of Russian Federation legislation, Standard Industry Methodological Recommendations and local regulations together with "Nauka and Innovatsii" (Science and Innovations) JSC, the Division for Innovations Managements of ROSATOM State Corporation.
Functions of identification and legal protection of the items of intellectual property are assigned to the Patent and Licensing Department of TVEL JSC, as well as to technical departments, development design offices, intellectual property protection teams and patent-information departments of the Company's enterprises.
In 2017 there were registered 108 intellectual property items.
Table 31
Items of intellectual property | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Russian Inventions | 53 | 40 | 40 |
Foreign Inventions | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Russian Utility Models | 6 | 1 | 5 |
Foreign Utility Models | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Russian Industrial Designs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign Industrial Designs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Production Secrets (Know-How) | 96 | 61 | 62 |
Table 32
Application | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Applications for inventions: Russian | 34 | 30 | 14 |
Applications for inventions: foreign | 7 | 12 | 16 |
Applications for utility models: Russian | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Applications for utility models: foreign | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Applications for software and databases: Russian | 18 | 8 | 22 |
Applications for software and databases: foreign | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Applications for production secrets (know-how) | 92 | 9 | 8 |
As of December 31, 2017 TVEL Fuel Company holds 45 national and regional patents of foreign countries (countries of the European Union, USA, Japan, etc.) for items of intellectual activity.