One of the most famous and successful companies specializing in matters of intellectual property and legal aspects of technological transfer is Transtechnology, a company of patent attorneys created in 1989. "Secret" of Transtechmology's Success of, which works today at intergovernmental, state and interfirm levels, is rather simple: keeping to professional standards, high qualification and practical experience of the staff, together with developed informational resources and infrastructure.

Transtechnology's staff has a multi-year experience of providing of consultation services on a wide range of issues related to legal protection, transfer and enforcement of various subject matters of intellectual property as well as legal aspects of technology commercialisation in Russia and overseas. Among our clients are the world largest industrial companies and corporations. Transtechnology's foreign partners are prestigious firms of patent attorneys of USA, Europe and Asian countries, as well as industrial and research organisations.

Transtechnology enjoys a rich experience of consulting, analytical and information support of the bodies of executive and legislative power of the Russian Federation. It takes active part in drafting of federal laws and other legislative acts in the field of intellectual property and innovation development.

Transtechnology's officially registered Russian and Eurasian patent attorneys, as well as experts in the sphere of legal protection, pricing, marketing, patent information, licensing trade will offer you the whole range of services on legal protection and commercialisation of intellectual property, in particular:

• Preparation of applications for registration of different subject matters of intellectual property (inventions, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks and service marks, computer programmes, databases, and topologies of integrated microcircuits);
• Consultations on issues of protection, transfer and enforcement of intellectual property and know how;
• Conduction of patent research;
• Preparation of license agreements, contracts for rendering engineering and consulting services, agreements on scientific and technical and industrial cooperation, etc.;
• Determination of a size of license fee;
• Legal assistance in case of infringements of rights to patents and trademarks and unfair competition;
• Legal assistance in revocation or premature termination of legal instruments;

The word “patent” comes from Latin “Litterae Patentes” which means “open letters.”

It is believed that the first patent was issued in 1421 in Florence. But the history of patent law began in the Venetian Republic, where in 1474 a decree provided for reporting inventions put into practice to the government was enacted. The decree was aimed to prevent use of invention by third parties. Patents were issued by the Doges on the recommendation of the Council. In 1594 G. Galilei was granted a patent of Venice for “instrument for pumping water.”

History of patents in Russia

Before the law of 1812 was enacted “privileges” and not patents were granted in Russia. The first mentioned privilege was granted to Polotsk tradespeople for free trade “of all sorts of goods” in the town of Polotsk in 1654.

In total by 1812 were granted 76 privileges for “trades and inventions in the field of crafts and arts.” And on June 17, 1812 a Manifest “On Privileges for Inventions and Discoveries in Crafts and Arts” was signed. The Manifest was the first patent law in Russia.

The Soviet patent law originates in 1919 when V.I. Lenin signed a “Resolution of the Council of People’s Commissariat on Inventions.”Patent was renamed into “Author’s Certificate” and from now on an inventor was deprived of the right of ownership to invention, which declared to be the property of the country. The author was eligible to the fee in case the invention was put into practice and created economic effect in the amount of 2% of the annual economic effect.

In 1924 to 1931 patents with acknowledged rights of ownership of authors to inventions were again legitimatized, though granted in small numbers and only to foreigners. “Author’s certificates” until quite recently were the only instrument of protection of inventions in the USSR.

The Law on Inventions enacted in 1990 in the USSR abolished author’s certificates and made patents the only document of protection, but due to breakdown of the Soviet Union it was in force for only a year.

The Supreme Soviet of Russia adopted a Patent Law of the Russian Federation in 1992. Under this Law patent for invention is a document of protection issued by a National Patent Office of the Russian Federation acknowledging the right of its owner to invention.

Patent for inventions are valid for 20 years, counting from the date when the application is received by the Patent Office. Patents establish priority, authorship and exclusive right to use invention.

With humour about serious things

A clock displaying "“real”" age of an animal (PATENT US No. 5  023  850)

A device and special clock for calculating age of any pet defined in terms of average lifetime of a human being. For a dog one year of its lifetime is equal approximately to 7 years of its owner. Thus, availability of this device allows exactly tell the age of your dog in terms of years and days defined in human terms. The device is useful in calculating age for retirement if having " “dog’s”" life.

User-Operated Amusement Apparatus for Kicking the User's Buttocks (PATENT US No. 6 293 874)

The proposed apparatus allows amuse by receiving blows to the user’s buttocks, wherein the frequency of "self-kicking” is determined by the user himself depending on the speed with which the user moves the crank.

It should be noted that shoes with which he receives the indicated kicks according to the claims of the invention are made of flexible material. The goal of invention is formulated just in general terms: entertainment.

All Terrain Stroller (Patent US No. 2,224,452)

The first all terrain stroller for children allowing to overcome all obstacles on the way. Provided with a parking brake. Our pedestrian ways, are apparently, better.