Analyzing information resources for patent research in the regional institutions

Knowledge, information and commercial ideas along with other resources make the factors of the added value of products and services. The region's competitiveness depends on intellectual activity and the status of patent information resources. Designers and inventors have to study the global experience in designing technological objects and to know the trends in their area of specialization. This task can be accomplished, in particular, through the patent research using information resources. When designing new products and upgrading the old ones, a person demonstrates his or her creativity and solves many inventive problems. Recommendation to include clauses on legal protection of intellectual products into the state contracts is substantiated. The conclusion is made that efficient implementation of modern information technologies ensures efficient building, dissemination and use of patent knowledge.