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1. Diamond File
Global
Bibliographic and Legal
Patent Data
Gert Frackenpohl
Lighthouse IP
Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

2. Content
• Content coverage update
• Introducing the Diamond Patent File
• Bibliographic and Legal IP databases
• Content
• Sourcing
• Country and years coverage
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

3. Lighthouse IP Content Coverage Update:
Patent Data
Expanding patent coverage
• 75 authorities in full text, original and English MT
• 75 authorities original documents in PDF
• 159 countries bibliographic data
• 130 countries legal data
• Access to data provided via information provider partners
Trademark Data
• 200 authorities
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

4. Introducing the Diamond Patent File
• Issues of databases today
Landscape:
• 152 countries under PCT treaty
• 191 WIPO member states (not all publish patents)
Currently available in the market place:
 48 bibliographic countries
 38 countries legal status
Gap of over 100 authorities bibliographic information
Gap of over 100 authorities legal information
The solution to this: the Diamond Patent File
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

5. Introducing the Diamond Patent File
• What does the Diamond Patent File cover:
• Regularly updated and current (the most recent official
publication from an authority is available in the dataset)
• Bibliographic data from 150+ authorities that are also PCT
authorities and 5 non-PCT authorities
• 67 authorities that are not available anywhere else
• 102 authorities that are more current than other sources
• Legal event data from 130+ authorities
• 75 authorities that are not available anywhere else
• 95 authorities that are more current than current sources
• Clustering over 4000 events into 20 categories
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

6. Introducing the Diamond Patent File
• How does it work?
• Actively collecting publications from authorities
• Permanently monitoring all new publications
• Manually capturing data from each gazette
• Adding translations of titles, abstracts and names
• First launched on March 30, 2018
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

7. The Diamond File
Biblio and legal content of the gazettes
• Bibliographic data
• WIPO ST.9, INIDs for bibliographic data
• Legal event data
• WIPO ST.17, Recommendation for the coding of headings of
announcements made in official gazettes (1990)
• WIPO ST.27, Legal Status Standardisation (June 2017)
• Clustering according to 20 Lighthouse IP Legal Event categories
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

8. The Diamond File
Sample of Biblio data input
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

9. The Diamond File
ST.9 INID Codes for Bibliographic Data Elements
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

10. The Diamond File
ST 17 Section identifiers
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

11. The Diamond File
Legal Status content processing
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

12. The Diamond File
Legal event clustering
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

13. The Diamond File
Legal event clustering
• Legal events….
• Every country does something else….
• Some follow WIPO Standards
• Some don’t follow anything
• Over 4,000 codes and events known
• Challenging to identify status from events
• Within Diamond clustering into 20 categories
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

14. Diamond
Legal Event
ID-Number
Diamond Legal Event category title ST.17
section
codes
ST.17
section
codes
ST.17
section
codes
ST.17
section
codes
ST.17
section
codes
ST.17
section
codes
ST.17
section
codes
ST.17
section
codes
ST.17
section
codes
1 Application filed AZ AA AF
2 Application discontinued/ceased FA FC FD CD CE BF FE
3 Application revived AE AD CC
4 Document published BA BZ BB
5 Search and examination EA EE
6 Right granted FG FF
7 Right ceased/discontinued CD CE
8 Right revived NF NB NZ NG
9 Right maintained LD LZ
10 Renewal or extension of term of right (SPCs) ND
11 Termination of right or application MM MK MZ MA MC ME MF MG
12 Modification of document, specification DZ DC
13 Change of names, addresses TA TB TC TF TG TZ
14 Change of owner, applicant, transfer of right PD PC GB
15 Publication of licensing QB QF GD GZ
16 Fee payment event KZ
17 Administrative event, restoration, requests EZ NA NE DA
18 Appeal to court, opposition event CA CH CZ
19 Miscellaneous event RZ
20 Erratum TK TZ HK HZ HA HB HC HE TH
The Diamond File
Legal event clustering (and relationship to ST.17)
Lighthouse IP Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice

15. QUESTIONS?
Thanks for your attention
Gert Frackenpohl
Please contact me via email
gfrackenpohl@lighthouseip.com
Gert Frackenpohl
Lighthouse IP
Diamond Patent Data,
AI-SDV 2020, Nice