Patent Bits and Pieces October 10 2013 Overview
Patent Bits and Pieces October 10, 2013
Overview • • Types of Documents Types of Searches Parts of a Patent Types/Parts of Patent Numbers – Incl. Country Codes and Kind Codes • Patent Families/Equivalents • If time: INID #s, File Wrapper, Country specific sites
Patent Documents Patents Other “Documents” • • Utility Patent Design Patent (D) Plant Patent (PP) Statutory Invention Registration (H) • Defensive Publications (T) – April 1968 – May 1985 Search Report File Wrapper Change of Assignment (*) Maintenance Fee Information
Types of Searches • Preliminary/Novelty/Freedom to Operate – Classification plus Maintenance • Inventor/Assignee – New hire – Conference “expert” – Competitor • Include families to find countries important to them – Future partnership • General “State of the Art” Research
Searching is Iterative! Keyword/Text Search Classification Document/ References
Parts of a Patent Document • Bibliographic – Title, Number, Date, Inventor, Assignee, Class • • References Abstract Drawings Background Summary/Description Preferred Embodiments Claims
Patent Numbers • • 10/023130 EP 1131476 (A 1) DE 4212755 (C 2) GB 2434022 (B) US 20010023130 20011217 US H 1749 (H) US RE 42710 (E 1) WO 2008101089 (A 3)
Country Code US Publication number 6645399 Kind Code Parts of a Patent Number B 2
Application Numbers (US) • Application Number (Series/number) • Publication Number (US YY/number)
Country Codes • Based on ISO 3166 -1 • From the WIPO website - http: //www. wipo. int/pct/guide/en/gdvol 1/anne xes/annexk/ax_k. pdf • Alpha list (by code and by country) from the USPTO – (more useful for quick lookup) http: //www. uspto. gov/patft/helpctry. htm • Same codes as used for URLs
Country Codes - Answers Organization African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) Code OA African Regional Intellectual Organization Code Ireland IE Israel IL Netherlands NL Property Organization (ARIPO) AP Nordic Patent Institute XN Australia AU Norway NO Austria AT Oman OM Brazil BR Russian Federation RU Canada CA Saudi Arabia SA China CN Serbia RS South Africa ZA Spain ES Sweden SE Switzerland CH United Kingdom GB World Intellectual Property Office WO Democratic Republic of the Congo CD El Salvador SV European Patent Office EP Greece GR Iceland IS
Kind Codes US specific Kind Codes • Come at the end of the number • Vary by country/issuing authority • A letter, usually followed by a number Examples (general) • A – First publication level (application for most countries) • B – Second publication level (granted/examined patent for most countries) • C – Third publication level (granted patent in many countries, reexam certificate in US) • R - Separately published search reports • T – Publication of Translations • U, Y, and Z are 1 st/2 nd/3 rd level for utility models
Patent Numbers • • 10/023130 EP 1131476 (A 1) DE 4212755 (C 2) GB 2434022 (B) US 20010023130 20011217 US H 1749 (H) US RE 42710 (E 1) WO 2008101089 (A 3)
Patent Equivalents • Same invention / multiple countries • First application = Priority • English language publication – US, UK – English Only – EP, WO – Some English – JP (in PAJ) – English Abstracts • Patent Family = List of equivalents
Advanced Topics • INID Numbers • Patent File Wrapper • Patent Information available from other countries
INID Numbers • WIPO Handbook on Industrial Property Information and Documentation, Standard ST. 9 • Internationally agreed Numbers for the Identification of (bibliographic) Data • …a list of approximately 60 distinct bibliographic data widely used on the first page of Patent documents or in Patent Gazettes
File Wrapper • Official name for documentation that is part of the prosecution of an application/patent • USPTO – online, can download individual pieces, or just the ones you want, as PDF • EPO – “European Register” has similar information • Other countries have this online, but in their own language • Can be purchased – but $$$$
WON Website • WON – Dutch Patent Information User Group • http: //www. won-nl. org/2008/public/en/patinf. shtml • Website lists IP related sites by region/country: – – – – Home Page Bibliographic Database Register Full Documents (many are in Patent. Scope) Machine Translations (very few) Litigation Information Other
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