Cuban patent classifications

This page will of necessity for a time be something of a "sandbox". We would like to see a formal outline, with any disambiguation in terminological usage being made fully explicit. We may be dealing with a system in its fairly early stages of usage, almost analogous to the most antique material described in Belgian patent classifications. Whereas Dutch patent classifications reflect a national government's having delayed the institution of a patent office for a time, on doctrinal grounds, while still being geographically and commercially situated close to the hotbed of European innovation and technological exchange, and whereas the Dutch system later established shows the applied wisdom of this close exposure to other European developments, in the case of Cuba we seem to be dealing with a clearer case of an industrial late-comer, lacking the above-mentioned advantages.

Though the source material found below does feature data which looks presentable, with no pencil-corrections making obvious any crude state of evolution, we do see ambiguitites in terminological usage. We are not certain as to the nature of the compiliation involved. If an "objeto" may sometimes use broad phraseology identical to that found in a "clase de marca", and at other times may use highly specific phraseology more typical to the title of an individual patent, we are lacking in clarification.

We know that these systems evolved under circumstances of legal and commercial interest. The specifics of coverage, with these exigencies in mind, were the motivating characteristic. Clarity to the historian was not an a priori concern.

That "clase de marca" might be applied either technologically or legally could present a problem.

The Cuban Boletín oficial del registro de la propiedad industrial as accessed via Hathitrust offers our first glimpse into this material.

Patents may be "classified" in terms of legal distinction, such as the patent's covering either production or sales, or patents may be classified in terms of technology, per se. This is our primary interest, and in any case we like to know the difference. The phraseology only sometimes makes this clear

Marca de Fábrica Marca de Comercio

Fábrica Comercio Modelo Industrial Dibujo(Hierro) - Drawing (Iron) Dibujo(Vista) - Drawing (View) Industrial

producto que ampara - product that protects objeto de la patente - subject of the patent

Propiedad Intelectual, Marcas y Patentes, Pedro Arango would be a fine book to have on hand.

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