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European Patent Officeepoline®
Using patent information:a workshop for scientists,
tradesmen and IP specialists
Bazna 15 March 2007
European Patent Officeepoline®
About this workshop:
Patents - what are they?Debunk the mythsWhy should I be interested?The Patent Information Journey.How can I find out about them?What can I find out?
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Patents - what are they?IP Right -1-
Public Information -2-
Scientific, Technical, Legal, Commercial and Financial Information -3-
See "European Patents and the grant procedure"
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Debunk the MythsPatents are secret
Patents make you rich
Patents allow illegal R&D
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Why should I be interested?Scientific, Technical, Legal, and Commercial Publications
Impact on new technologies
Impact on new businesses
Impact on economy
Public interest
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The Patent Information Journey...................
1a) Ignorance
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The Patent Information Journey.....................
1b) Ignorance
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The Patent Information Journey.......................
2) Discovery
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The Patent Informatin Journey........................
3) Prospecting
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The Patent Information Journey.....................
4) Surveying
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The Patent Informatin Journey........................
5) Active Development
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The Patent Information Journey......................
6) Exploitation
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Ignorance Discovery Prospecting Surveying Development Exploitation
Cost
Impact
Risk
Increasing Sophistication
Patent Offices and Patent Information Centres
Commercial Vendors
Consultancies Custom Products
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Why should I be interested? Because you are a prime source of
information to your stake holders, be it students, enterprises, patent applicants, decision makers
(politicians,...).
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How can I find out about patents ?
What's on offer?
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Patent
Database
2 points of view
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What do you know, typically?Inventor
The organisation he works for
His invention
Patent number
Brand name
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What can you find out?Who else is working in the field
Competitors
Rival technologies
Other patents
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For science, technology and innovation:
esp@cenet
www.espacenet.com
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For business law and economics
Register Plus
www.epoline.org/registerplus.htm
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Patent informationRegister Plus
Register Plus automates access to the
- bibliographical and procedural data relating to European and international applications in which EPO member states are designated
- legal status data that is also available for the national phase of the European applications
- original European and international patent application files
→ find all the information relating to a European patent application
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Patent InformationRegister Plus
You can
- access about two million EPO patent documents
- view the status of an application
- view the latest change to an application
- use truncations * , ? , #
- search by 11 different categories
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For daily monitoring and alerts:
WebRegMT
www.epoline.org/webregmt.htm
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Patent informationWebRegMT
- stands for "Web Register Monitoring Tool"
- triggers automatic e-mail alerts when changes are made to the Register
- monitors up to 250 cases per e-mail address
- is only available within the secure My.epoline® portal
- can be used with username/password or smart card
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Don't underestimate the power of:
and Google...
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Distributing Patent Information
It's our job
