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Patent Information
• Part I – Patent overview & US Patents
• Part II – International & Trademarks
Intellectual Property
• Copyright (LC)
• Trademarks (USPTO)
• Patents (USPTO)
• Trade Secrets
Patents
• What is a patent?
• Why search for patents?
• How are searches performed?
What is a patent?
• Roots in Constitution of United States– -Article 1, Section 8, clause 8
• “…to promote the progress of science and the useful arts…”
Granted US Patent
• “-…grants to the person having title to this patent the right to exclude others from making, using or selling the invention throughout the United States…”
• Claims define the patent• Duration
– 20 years from date of application
• Fees
Patent Application
• Invention must be:– Useful– Novel– Unobvious
• Defined in law 35 USC and court cases
Patent Application
• Must contain:– Name of inventor– Enablement/Best Mode– Drawing– A Claim
Priority
• Date patent application is received by 1st patent office.
• For US – provisional application
Types of Patents
• Utility
• Design
• Plants
Basic Parts of a Patent
• Title
• Abstract
• Background
• Summary of invention
• Brief description of the drawing
• Detailed description
• Claims
Patenting process
• Have idea
• Reduce to practice
• Submit application to USPTO
• Wait
Why search the patent literature?
• Technical information
• Legal Status
• Competitive Intelligence
• Patent family
Technical Information
• State of the art
• Patentability
• Information
Legal Status
• Infringement
• Validity, reexamination, fees
Competitive Intelligence
• In what areas are companies researching?
• Who is inventing what?
Searching for Information
• Subject
• Bibliographic
• Cited
Subject Oriented databases
• Chemical Abstracts– (STN – structure, Dialog, Questel-Orbit)
• DerWent World Patents Index– (STN, Dialog, Questel-Orbit
• USPatents Full Text (Dialog, STN)
• Claims
Searching:
• Chemical – chemical structures– Chemical Abstracts– DerWent chemical code– Markush
• Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical– Can use words, International Patent Codes
Bibliographic oriented databases
• Chemical Abstracts
• DerWent World Index
• Inpadoc
Patent citation index
• Not like Web of Science
• Database of patents cited by applicant and examiner to justify application
Patent help
• Patent tutorial
• Patent Information User Group (PIUG)
Patent information via Internet
• Micropatent
• QPAT
• Chempats plus
• USPTO
• Delphion
Class exercise
• Fluoxetine
• Method for exercising cat
• Voice interface vehicle navigation
Some Patents
• In case you think patents are dry:– USD406614 – boardgame– US5917146 – fireworks– Guardian Home Page, Feb 29, 2000 – Poet and
casino waitress – attempting to become first person to patent herself!
Assignment
• Search SciFinder and find a US patent
• Access the USPTO website and look at the patent.– Find the claims– Find the description
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