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Basics of Patent Information
Why Ananlyse Patent Information
Patents are also critical source of information that may not be found elsewhere
Patents have novel information
the general practice of most commercial organizations to not publish their findings in the journal literature , the patent info is source of unique info
Patent from Business Perspective
in the territories of individual jurisdiction
which may be granted in exchange of disclosure of invention
Patents are intellectual property rights for the protection of invention
business implication
Patent represents a right to exclude other from making , selling or using the invention
in the specified Jurisdiction
Types of Patent documents
Granted Patents
A rant can therefore be taken as a quality indicator for innnovation activities
Post Grant Documents
publication following examination or opposition procedures that were initiated by third parties after the publication of grant
why significant ?
can change the scope of invention
Pregrant Publication
Publish patent application 18 months after their priority date
why significant?
May never be granted
can be considered as defensive publication
While Analysing keep them separate
Kind codes
WIPO kind codes
A1 International Application Published with ISR
A2 International Application Published without ISR
A4 Later Publication of amended claims
A8 International application re published with Corrections to the front page Bibliographical data
The kind code associated with a published patent document describes the the type of document and the stage of prosecution when the document was published
B1 European patent Specification ( patent granted)
Contents of Patent Documents
Claims
the part of patent Document which defines the matter for which protection is sought
details are important
is an essential requirement for understanding what the patent covers and how valuable it is
Description ( Disclosure)
It usually specifies the technical field to which the invention is related
brief summary of the technical background of the invention
essential features of the invention wit reference to any accompanying drawings
Front Page Bibliographic Data (Meta data)
Inventor
dates
Applicant / Assignee
Priority data
Citations
Classifications
Sources of Patent information
Primary Sources: Patent Authorities
Many patent authorities around the world have websites withdataservices that allow the general public to search and retrieve therespective patent documents
Syntax Research
Downloading
Free of cost
Free Secondary Sources
PATENTSCOPE from WIPO, from theEuropean Patent Office, or DEPATISNET from the GermanPatent and Trademark
Office.Esp@cenet
secondary patent databases which allow searching for patents from several countries together
Publicly accesible Supplementary information Associated with patent Application
Public PAIR – US Case Histories –USPTO Assignments – Re-assignments -
http://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPairhttp://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=pat
File wrappers and prosecution History
The file wrapper (dossier) becomes publicly accessible only afterthe patent application has been published (i.e. in mostjurisdictions 18 months after the filing date