WIPO Patent Information Activities and Cooperation Projects September

WIPO Patent Information Activities and Cooperation Projects September 2009

WIPO Patent Information Projects 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. PATENTSCOPE® overview Needs of member states Technical assistance projects PATENTSCOPE® - New developments Utilisation of patent information

Overview of PATENTSCOPE®

What is PATENTSCOPE® ? ► WIPO’s Patent Information Portal ► Database of 1. 6 million international patent applications (PCT) ► Main features: ► ► ► Full text search Status information Graphical analysis tools RSS notifications Technology Focus

PATENTSCOPE® Search • Full text search in Description and/or Claims text • Unlimited Keywords • Bibliographic search (classification, applicant, inventor, dates, etc) • Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), truncation, range searches

PATENTSCOPE® Documents • Published Documents and related file contents • Search reports (prior art) • Written opinions and preliminary examination reports (patentability)

PATENTSCOPE® National Phase Status • 2. 6 Million notifications from 30+ offices • Legal status (where available) • Internet hyperlinks to certain offices (further status information, translations, etc)

PATENTSCOPE® Graphics 1. Enter any search criteria 2. Click on the Graphics icon

PATENTSCOPE® Graphics

PATENTSCOPE® RSS Notifications 1 1

Needs of WIPO Member States

Dissemination of Patent Information ► Of all the patent documents in the world: ► Less than ⅓ of WIPO member states have electronic patent data • Less than 50% of documents have a searchable title • Less than 35% of documents have a searchable abstract • Only documents from a small number of offices have searchable full-text • Status information is limited

Gaps in Patent Information ► Some notable offices have limited availability of patent data and documents: ► ► ► ► ARIPO and its member states OAPI EAPO Ukraine, Belarus, … Argentina, Chile, … Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines India South Africa

WIPO Technical Cooperation Projects

Cooperation Projects in Patent Information ► Focus on developing countries where patent information coverage is currently limited (e. g. ZA, IL, MX, AP) ► Demand-driven ► Assistance with digitisation and dissemination ► Assistance with office automation

Cooperation Agreements – Dissemination Policy ► WIPO has access to offices’ patent data for internal purposes and for dissemination via PATENTSCOPE® ► The office retains ownership and control of their patent data and its dissemination ► Third parties must obtain data from the office, or with the office’s permission, from WIPO ► Offices are free to decide their own pricing and exchange policies

New Developments in PATENTSCOPE®

New Version of PATENTSCOPE® ► New search engine (open source) ► Automatic word stemming (electric, electrical, electricity, …) ► Better relevance ranking ► Better analysis tools ► Full-text search (OCR text) ► Easily extensible to new features

PATENTSCOPE® National Collections ► Same features as the current PCT version ► Extended to several national patent collections

Search Results - Tabular ►(Almost) instant analysis of thousands of search results by cluster: ► Office, IPC, applicant, inventor, and filing date

Graphical Analysis by IPO and by IPC By National Office By IPC

Graphical Analysis by Main Applicants / Year By Applicant

Graphical Analysis by Main Applicant – Bar & Pie Charts

WIPO's Activities to Support Utilisation of Patent Information

WIPO’s Activities - Rationale ► Demand from WIPO member states for access to specialized databases • WIPO Development Agenda, Recommendation 8 ► Utilization of patent information is more than access to databases, it must include capacity-building and training

Access to NPL Databases - a. RDi ► Access to Research for Development and Innovation (a. RDi) ►Purpose: Free or low-cost online access to scientific and technical journals ►Concept: Based on successful programs at WHO, FAO and UNEP in cooperation with scientific publishers ►Free access for non-profit entities and IP offices in LDC countries ►Low cost access for IP offices of developing countries authorized by the publishers

Access to Patent Databases ► Negotiations to facilitate preferential access to specialized patent databases for developing countries following the a. RDi model for eligibility criteria

Capacity Building and Support ► Support in the utilization of patent information and scientific/technical journals ► TISC = Technology and Innovation Support Centres ► Successful models in industrialized countries (e. g. PATLIB centres in Europe) ► Based in patent offices, universities, research centres, etc ► WIPO provides: • • Access to databases Support and training ► Local centre provides: • Staff and facilities

Technology Focus – Patent Landscapes

Technology Focus - Alternative Energy

Wind power: Activity index Source : WIPO, Patent-based Technology Analysis Report – Alternative Energy Technology • A country’s degree of concentration of patent filings in a particular technology • A positive value for a particular technology implies that the country has a relatively high share of patent applications published in that technology (i. e. it has a higher share in applications published in this technology relative to its share in all technologies).

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