To the 100th anniversary of the first issue of the patent bulletin “Inventions Committee Herald”

Abstract

The release of the first official publication of the “Inventions Committee Herald” in November 1924, in which information about all industrial property objects registered in our country was published on a regular basis, marked a new stage in the domestic patent documentation publishing system development and became an important milestone in the domestic invention history. The relevance of this article is determined by the fact that it can contribute to a better understanding of the role and significance of patent information as the most effective source of knowledge about the latest developments and innovations. The historical and legal research method was used for this article, allowing to study the object from the moment of its appearance and to trace the process of its development. The article is based on the author’s study of archival materials and documents, on the author’s research of legislative and regulatory acts and various periodicals, in which information about inventions was published. Patent information development and inventions information publication history from 1814 to 1924 is highlighted. The prerequisites contributing to the unified publication emergence are considered, the content, structure and composition of information published in the “Herald” are analyzed.