Kan ‘crowd sourcing’ ingezet worden voor octrooiresearch ? Kunnen sociale online netwerken bijdragen aan het efficiënter opzoeken van relevante prior art, het waarderen of het invalideren van octrooien? Bluepatent legt uit hoe het werkt. Le ‘crowd sourcing’ peut-il être engagé pour la recherche de brevet? Les réseaux sociaux en ligne peuvent-ils contribuer à la recherche plus efficace du prior art pertinent, l’évaluation ou l’invalidation de brevets? Bluepatent explique comment cela fonctionne.

1. Global Expert Network for
Successful IP Research
Sirris Webinar 26.03.2013

2. Presentation Content
History of Crowdsourcing
Advantages and Limitations of Crowdsourcing in Intellectual Property
Crowdsourcing at BluePatent
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3. Crowdsourcing – The Beginning
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4. Crowdsourcing – Examples
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5. Crowdsourcing in IP?
use of swarm intelligence
for researches in intellectual
property
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6. Technical Know-how
Sorted by Languages
Rest
French Japanese
Russian
German
Englisch
Source: "Patente in der Forschung", 20.11. 2007, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Dipl.-Phys.-Ing. Rolf Klingelberger
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7. Cost of Researches in Relation to Research
Depth
EUR
70.000
?
60.000
60.000
?
50.000
40.000
30.000 25.000
20.000
12.000
10.000 6.000
1.400 3.000
300 600
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Access to the Existing Global Knowledge in Percent
Source: "Patente in der Forschung", 20.11. 2007, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Dipl.-Phys.-Ing. Rolf Klingelberger
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8. Advantages of Crowdsourcing with
Prior Art Research
Overcoming of language barriers
Access to (online) not accessible sources
„Many eyes see more than two"...
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9. History: Crowdsourcing & Prior Art
Bounty Quest Peer To Patent
Peer To Patent Peer To Patent
Article One Partners
Patexia
Peer To Patent
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10. Why BLUE Patent?
Autor 9

11. 4 Scenarios until 2025
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12. System Development
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13. Adaptability
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14. Selected Players: Crowdsourcing & Prior Art
Bounty Quest Peer To Patent
Peer To Patent Peer To Patent
Article One Partners
Patexia
Peer To Patent
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15. Crowdsourcing in Intellectual Property
Dream and Reality
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16. Crowdsourcing in Intellectual Property
Dream and Reality
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17. Search Cases at www.bluepatent.com
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18. The "BluePrint" –
Online Feature Analysis and Referencing
Nr. Element Match Reference
The revealed document shows
an air conditioning device,
1 literal Claim 1
preferably for the use in
transport vehicles.
The air conditioning device
2 comprises a main cooling literal fig. 7
zone.
The main cooling zone
includes a compressor, a main
3 refrigerant loop, a similar fig. 2
condensation stage and an
evaporation stage.
4 The revealed document was literal Publishing
published before December Date is
14th 2006. 29.3.1995
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19. Look Behind the Scenes
The Researcher Relation
A New Submission, what happends now?
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20. Look Behind the Scenes
The Detailed Examination Begins
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21. Look Behind the Scenes
Transparency and Feedback
Change of the processing status of the submission
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22. Look Behind the Scenes
The Best Submissions
Selection of the best submissions and payout of the basic rewards
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23. Look Behind the Scenes
Evaluation of Results with the Client
Final Report 009-VS (Validity) – Light Diffusor
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Our Proceeding in the Case – Light Diffusor -
1.1 Overview Case Publications
- Forums
- Social Networks
- Mailings etc.
2. Results
2.1 Categorisation of the Submissions in:
a) Detrimental to novelty
b) Detrimental to inventive step
c) Contextual relevant
d) Not relevalt
2.2 Detailed description of the top submissions
2.3 Feature Matrix of the top-documents
2.4 Possible work arounds
3. Summary
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24. Look Behind the Scenes
Final Report
Verification of achieved success criteria with the client.
Complete or partial pay-out of the main reward.
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25. BlueSearch & BlueAsset
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26. Using the Existing Expert Network for
Patent and Technology Valuation
What benefits does my Market
technology provide to users? Volume Russia:
100 Mio $
In 2015,
new regulations Simple to
will come into use
force
Are there market entry barriers
for my preferred region?
Opposing Sales
patent restricts partner
FtO identified
Product
What potential sales partners could needs to be
localised
help with the market entry?
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27. Crowdsourcing Patent and Technology
Valuation and Exploitation
Fail-Safe Smoke Detector
The challenge of the invention is to enable the continuous and
automatic setting of the light intensity threshold of a smoke
detector, ensuring fail-safe operation of the smoke detector even
Problem if the emitted light from the IR-source varies in intensity (e.g. in
case of a contaminated light source, deterioration of the light
source or the battery).
Search Type: Valuation
Reward € 1000
Category: Mechanical / Process Engineering | Physics and Electricity

28. Crowdsourcing Patent and Technology
Valuation and Exploitation
Admissible
answers
Element € Punkte
Do you know intellectual
property rights that might
10 10,- 15
inhibit or prevent the usage of
the technology?
How many standard smoke
detectors are sold in
3 Skandinavia (Denmark, 30,- 20
Finland, Norway, Sweden) in
one year?
Do you know Swedish laws
and/or official regulations that
regulate or limit the use of
4 20,- 30
smoke detectors in private real
estate or could hinder the
adoption of novel smoke
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29. BluePatent‘s Objectives
Deliver relevant prior art to companies challenged by litigation
Support research institutions and companies in exploiting inventions
and developing new markets
Contribute to maintaining and improving patent quality
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30. Global Expert Network for
Successful IP Research
Thank You Very Much for Your Attention
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