The document discusses the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program which allows applicants to use examination results from one patent office to accelerate examination in another office, and describes PPH routes including the Paris route, PCT-PPH, and expanded PPH MOTTAINAI program. It also provides an example of using search results for a mobile phone multimedia controller patent to determine relevant patent classification codes between the USPTO and JPO technical fields.

1. Inquiry Based Approach -
Patentability Search
Pursue expansion of your knowledge
Chen JingFung (Grace)
@csie.ntut.edu.tw
2012/05/17
Chapter 6, “Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide” 15th, 2011, ISBN: 1413313825
JPO: http://www.jpo.go.jp/

2. Outline
• Review PPH work productions
– PPH (Paris route)
– PCT-PPH
– PPH MOTTAINAI
• Case study (2nd screen: Mobile, TV, Server)
Scenario
IPO JPO
key for
Technical fields patent map
invention
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3. IP5 – the world’s five biggest intellectual
property offices
• IP5 = EPO + JPO + KIPO + SIPO + USPTO (meeting at 2008/10/27-28)
– Support for 90% patent application filed worldwide + 93%
work under PCT
– Reason:
• The world sees economic barriers between nations fade away
– Vision:
• The elimination of unnecessary duplication of work
– recognising the growing number of filings & pending applications in all five
offices
– recognising the urgency of taking action
• The enhancement of patent examination & Guarantee of the
stability of patent right:
– recognising the impact on the operation of the patent system 3
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4. PPH Portal Site
• Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Portal Site
– Describe the activities among international patent
offices
Ref: http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/linke.cgi?url=/ppph-portal/index.htm Ref: JPO
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5. Current PPH Guidelines
Short name Important date description
PPH (Paris route) Start pilot 2007/9/4(UK) Using the national work products
Start JP,EPO:2010/1/29 KR:2010/6/1 PPH using PCT international work
PCT-PPH
During = 2 yrs products
PPH MOTTAINAI Start (8 countries) 2011/7/15 Easing of PPH (Pairs) Requirements
OSF/OLE/Office of Filing
OFF/OEE/ISA or IPEA
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6. PPH (Paris Route)
• USPTO is currently in negotiations with other
Patent Offices to become PPH partners
– OSF can utilize search & examination results from the
OFF to accelerate examination
• Improve quality of examination, and avoid duplication of
work
OFF
Patentable/Allowable
application
Priority
claim
OSF
Request for PPH
application
Ref: finland’s NBPR http://www.prh.fi/en/patentit/pph/request_for_pph.html + USPTO worksharing program
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7. [PCT-PPH] Triway Pilot program
• Triway pilot program is limited to 100 applications
of diverse technologies
– Member offices: USPTO + EPO + JPO
– During = one year [2008/7/28 ~ 2009/7/28]
Ref: JPO
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8. PPH MOTTAINAI Pilot program-1
• MOTTAINAI(もったいない, 勿体無い)
– "a sense of regret concerning waste when the
intrinsic value of an object or resource is not
properly utilized”
• PPH MOTTAINAI
– Make PPH program more available for patent
applicants
Important date # Participators (offices)
JPO, USPTO, UK-IPO, CIPO (Canada), IP Australia, NBPR
2011/7/15 (launch) 8
(Finland), ROSPATENT (Russia) & SPTO (Spain)
2012/1/29 1 EPO (European Patent Office)
2012/7/14 (end): all decision regarding extension and termination of the pilot
affects only the respective bilateral offices concluding agreements
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Ref: PPH MOTTAINAI http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/mottainai.htm Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut

9. current PPH scheme
(2011/7/15~)
• OFF has to provide its examination results
before the other offices accept PPH requests
– the OFF does not always conduct the examinations
before the OSFs do theirs
– Therefore, 8 patent offices agreed to lunch a
revised PPH (called PPH MOTTAINAI)
• an applicant can make PPH requests at OLE by using the
examination results of the OEE,
• provided that the OEE and OLE have a PPH MOTTAINAI
agreement
OLE (the Office of Later Examination)
OEE (the Office of Earlier Examination)
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Ref: PPH MOTTAINAI http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/mottainai.htm Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut

10. PPH MOTTAINAI Pilot Program -2
Case 1: OSF (Office B) provides the examination result to the OFF (Office
A).
OFF
OSF
Case 2: OFF is other than Office A or Office B.
OFF
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Ref: PPH MOTTAINAI http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/mottainai.htm Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut

11. Activities JPO
• Examination activities & Appeal examination
activities
New Route
Patent Prosecution Triway Pilot
Accelerated examination btw JPO &
Highway (PPH) Program
activities USPTO
Portal website Including 1 link
Including 4 links (last Including 1 link
including 2 links (last (last updated
updated 2010 ~ 2012) (last updated
updated 2012/4,5) 2009/7)
2008/1)
Examination on Patent
Right & Utility Model Examination on Appeal
Right Design Right Examination
Including 5 links (last Including 1 link (last Including 1 link (last
updated 2002/11, 2005/9, updated 2005/2) updated 2006/4)
2006/3[2], 2007/2)
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12. Accelerated examination
activities
– improve the consistency examinations to map JPO’s
division(code) by IPO’s technical fields
Zeebox is your TV sidekick
Ref: http://zeebox.com/
Scenario
IPO JPO division/
(technical subdivision (code)
fields)
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13. Roles, architecture, application for
TV & mobile sync
Interactive
spot
Interactive
spot
Advertising agent IDTV provider
advertiser
Id
Feedback info
User’s profile, Interactive
interactions… spot
User’s
STB preferences
iSpotManager
(dictionary)
Diaz Redondo, etc (2012). Bringing Content Awareness to http://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/projects/
Web-based IDTV Advertising. IEEE transactions on systems, 13
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14. Interactive application –
mobile multimedia controller (2nd screen)
• US8014768 (2011)
Mobile phone
multimedia controller
Assignee Disney enterprises, Inc.
U.S. Class 455/420 ; 340/3.1; 340/3.71; …
International H04N 7/14 (20060101); G06F 19/00 (20110101); G06F 17/00 (20060101);
Class (IPO) A63F 13/00 (20060101); A63F 9/24 (20060101); H04N 7/173 (20110101);
G05B 11/01 (20060101); G05B 23/02 (20060101)
IPO JPO division/
(technical subdivision (code)
fields)
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15. how to extend IPO’s technical
fields?
Current US8014768 (2011) Mobile phone multimedia controller
International H04N 7/14 (20060101); G06F 19/00 (20110101); G06F 17/00 (20060101); A63F
Class (IPO) 13/00 (20060101); A63F 9/24 (20060101); H04N 7/173 (20110101); G05B
11/01 (20060101); G05B 23/02 (20060101)
IPO (fields) JPO division/ subdivision (code)
E-Commerce Technology Division(5L)
Video System Division (5C)
Interface Division(5E)
US8014768 (2011) Data Processing Division(5B)
Mobile phone G06F
H04N multimedia Electricity Transmission and Distribution
controller /Data Transfer Sub-Division(5T) within
Telephonic Communications Division(5G)
Ref: JPO: outline of technical fields examination (1st - 4th), 2012/4/1 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut 15

16. Technical fields examination –
H04N & G06F
JPO division/ subdivision (code) IPO classification
Video System Division(5C) H04N(5/38-5/46,5/76-5/956,7/10-7/173,7/20-7/22,9/79-9/89)
Television Sub-Division(5P) H04N(3/-5/335,5/50-5/74,7/00-7/093,7/18,9/00-9/78,11/-17/)
Still Picture Sub-Division(5V) H04N(1/)
H04MQ(1/-5/)
Telephonic Communications
H03J(9/)
Division(5G) H04Q(9/)
Electricity Transmission and H01M(10/42-10/54)
Distribution /Data Transfer H02HJ
Sub-Division(5T) G06F(3/00,3/06-3/08,3/18,13/00-/14,13/20-/42)
G06F(19/00-19/28)Q(10/-99/)
Electronic Commerce C40B(30/02,50/02)
Technology Division(5L) G06Q(50/00)
G06Q(10/10)F(17/40)
Image Processing Sub- G06T(1/00-17/50(except 7/))
Division(5H) G06K(9/)T(7/)
Database and Language G06F(17/30)
Processing Sub-Division(5M) G06F(17/20-17/28)
G06F(17/50) 16
Ref: JPO: outline of technical fields examination (1st - 4th), 2012/4/1 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut

17. Technical fields examination –
G06F
JPO division/ subdivision (code) IPO classification
G06F(1/00)
G06F(3/01-3/048,3/14-3/16)
Interface Division(5E) G06CDEGJ
G06F(5/00-7/78)
Memory Control Sub- G06F(12/00)
Division(5U) G06F(12/00-12/12,12/16,13/16-13/18)
G11C(5/-99/)
G06F(9/22-9/42,9/46,15/00-15/78,17/00-17/18)
G06F(9/00-9/06,9/44,11/28-11/34)
Data Processing Division(5B) G06F(11/00-26)
G06N(1/-7/08)
Memory Management Sub- G06K(1/-7/,11/-21/)
Division(5N) H02G(1/-3/,7/-15/34)
Information Security Sub- G06F(21/00,21/20-21/22)
Division(5S) G06F(12/14,21/02-21/06,21/24)
G09C
H04KL(9/)
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Ref: JPO: outline of technical fields examination (1st - 4th), 2012/4/1 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut

18. IPO fields to JPO division/subdivision (code)
as a mind-map
• Via the branches of a mind-
map tree structure
– Those hierarchies presented
with more linear visual cue Image Processing Sub-Division(5H)
– FreeMind mapping software Database and Language Processing Sub-
Division(5M)
can help you
E-Commerce Technology Division(5L)
Television Sub-Division(5P) Memory Control Sub-Division(5U)
Still Picture Sub-Division(5V) Interface Division(5E)
Memory Management Sub-Division(5N)
Video System Division (5C)
Information Security Sub-Division(5S)
US8014768 (2011) Data Processing Division(5B)
Mobile phone G06F
H04N multimedia Electricity Transmission and Distribution
controller /Data Transfer Sub-Division(5T) within
Telephonic Communications Division(5G)
Ref: JPO: outline of technical fields examination (1st - 4th), 2012/4/1 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut 18

19. FI/F-term search
inquiry (G06F): IPC-FI(File Index)
G06F
JPO-PMGS(En) http://www5.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/pmgs1/pmgs1/pmgs_E
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20. Select a main group
G06F7/00
– G06F7/00 (English version) Methods or arrangements
for processing data by operating upon the order or
content of the data handled (logic circuits H03K 19/00)
– G06F7/00 (Japan version) - subgroup
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21. Sub Group G06F9/00
F-term list (patents)
– 9/00 Arrangements for programme control, e.g. control unit
(programme control for peripheral devices G 06 F 13/10; in
regulating or control systems G 05 B)
• 9/06630E . . Timing/schedule management of correction(New, Apr. 2000)
F-term list: “5B376:stored programmes”
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22. Interactive application –
mobile multimedia controller (2nd screen)
• US8014768 (2011) Mobile phone Filing date: 2004/4/30;
multimedia controller (abstract) Issue date: 2011/9/06
– … A software application is provided
for the mobile phone which receives
inputs entered by a user on the
mobile phone's keypad and translates
the inputs into commands that are
recognized by a multimedia device
• Ex. the multimedia device may be a TV,
set top box, or a digital video recorder
such as a Tivo or ReplayTV
– …Mapping of the commands entered
on the mobile phone into commands
recognized by the remote device may
occur on the phone, at a central
server, or at the device itself 22
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23. US8014768 (2011)
Mobile controller – Claims 1
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24. US8014768 (2011)
Mobile controller – Claims 2
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25. Write you comments for
US8014768 (2011) vs. US2004/0259537
US2004/0259537 claims US8014768 claims
• A method of remotely controlling a device • A central server,
using a mobile phone … comprising …
• A method of remotely controlling a a modem …
multimedia device using a mobile phone …. a processor …
• A method of controlling a multimedia device wherein ...
using a mobile phone … • The central server
• A method of participating in an interactive according to claim 1 ….
experience …. (configured … mapping …)
• My summary
– a modem manages multi-networks including mobile phone & other nodes
(devices). A server’s processor can be configured to convey the remote device in
a special format.
This server (as a multiplayer game device) also can configure to transmit
mapping software
• Might improve point (ref: F-term)
– Content management: Take over data btw version (AA26)
– Seamless transmission: distributing programmes simultaneously (AB02)
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26. Summary
• Describing complex activities among multi-
patent offices
• Using a connected network (mobile-modem-
server) case with IPO (technical fields) -> JPO
FI/F-term
– Mining out more other knowledge domain…
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27. HW
• Do patent search again
– Patent DBs: USPTO, EPO, JPO …
– Method:
• Find 1~2 patents
• using JPO’s FI/F-term map to extend your team’s
innovations
– Write down
• your journey
• Comparison your team idea & those patents
• Combine your idea to group
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28. Reference
• David Pressman, chapter 6, “Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step
Guide” to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office, 2011, 15th edition, ISBN-
10: 1413313825
– Reference by “Previous Course Slide” record set: introduce invention,
evaluate invention, WM2Patent, Patent Requirement (novelty &
nonobviousness), Patent search (classification search, foreign
protection & gain your skill)
• Blog: http://fungsiong.blogspot.com/
– Introduce hybrid TV/Smart TV (hbbTV) including widget design,
Android technology (API), system, ecosystem, framework, service,
application…,
– Agile for progressing:
http://fungsiong.blogspot.com/search/label/Agile
• About how to teamwork
– Some programming info. as Apache wookie, refactoring tech, CE-
HTML, a solution about removing a backdoor “Trojan” &
surveillance paper
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