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- 1. Patent Search Tools& Strategies Anthony B. Yanto ITSO Staff Surigao del Sur State University Tandag City
- 2. Patent Search TYPES OFPATENT SEARCH 1. State of the Art Search/Theme Search • What solutions are there to my technical problem? • Has this technology developed over time and who has been involved in its development? • Provides an overview of patents related to your field of interest; • Helpful to determine or detect the recent trend of your technology area and to establish your R&D direction.
- 3. Patent Search TYPES OFPATENT SEARCH 2. Novelty or Patentability Search • Can I obtain a patent for my invention? • Novelty searches tend to be the most common search requested; • is conducted to determine the likelihood of getting a patent, used to determine if the technology is novel.
- 4. Patent Search TYPES OFPATENT SEARCH 3. Validity Search • Is this patent valid; can it be legally challenged? • primarily requested by a potential defendant or a defendant in an actual patent infringement lawsuit that wishes to invalidate the patentee’s patent as a defense to patent infringement; • The goal is to determine whether the identified patent is valid or enforceable.
- 5. Patent Search TYPES OFPATENT SEARCH 4. Name Search • What inventions has this individual or this company involved in? • Names are used to find information about patent documents involving specific companies or individuals, as applicants, assignees, patentees, or inventors
- 6. Patent Search TYPES OFPATENT SEARCH 5. Freedom to Operate Search • Can I produce and/or commercialize this product in that country? • sometimes called a Clearance search, determines whether it would be prudent to commercialize the product in view of existing in-force patents; • FTO search would determine if the inventor is free to operate and commercialize the invention without the fear of getting sued for infringement.
- 7. Patent Search TYPES OFPATENT SEARCH 6. Non-Infringement Opinion • Does my invention infringe an active patent? • determines if the inventor’s proposed invention will infringe a particular patent; • However, non-infringement opinions are directed to a specific patent or patents that have been previously identified.
- 8. Patent Search TYPES OFPATENT SEARCH 7. Family Patent/ Legal Status Search • Has this patent been granted? Is it in force? • Patent Family Search provide a list of all countries in which a particular was filed; • Legal status search gives the legal progressing status of a particular patent.
- 9. Where can patentdocuments be found?
- 10. Patent Search FREE PATENTDATABASES 1. Patentscope: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf
- 11. Patent Search FREE PATENTDATABASES 2. Espacenet: https://worldwide.espacenet.com
- 12. Patent Search FREE PATENTDATABASES 3. USPTO: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/search
- 13. Patent Search FREE PATENTDATABASES 4. Google Patent: https://patents.google.com
- 14. Patent Search FREE PATENTDATABASES 5. Japan Platform for Patent Information https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp
- 15. Patent Search FREE PATENTDATABASES 6. IP Australia or AusPat http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/ols/auspat/quickSearch.do
- 16. Patent Search FREE PATENTDATABASES 7. IPOPHL Patent Search http://onlineservices.ipophil.gov.ph/wopublish-search/public/patents?0
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- 18. Patent Search WIPO DistanceLearning | Adrew J. Siducon, ITSO-CvSU Technical Staff PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES 1. Keyword –Patent information data bases can generally be searched using keywords that describe the technology or problem the technology is designed or solve
- 19. Patent Search WIPO DistanceLearning | Adrew J. Siducon, ITSO-CvSU Technical Staff PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES Example: Identify keyword(s) Infusible, solvent dispersible, solvent insoluble, inherently tacky, elastomeric copolymer microspheres consist essentially of about 90% to about 99.5% by weight of at least one alkyl acrylate ester and about 10 to about 0.5% by weight of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of substantially oil insoluble, water insoluble, ionic monomers and maleic anhydride. The microspheres are prepared by aqueous suspension polymerization utilizing emulsifier in an amount greater that the critical micelle concentration in the absence of externally added protective colloids or the like.
- 20. Patent Search WIPO DistanceLearning | Adrew J. Siducon, ITSO-CvSU Technical Staff PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES Example: Identify keyword(s) Infusible, solvent dispersible, solvent insoluble, inherently tacky, elastomeric copolymer microspheres consist essentially of about 90% to about 99.5% by weight of at least one alkyl acrylate ester and about 10 to about 0.5% by weight of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of substantially oil insoluble, water insoluble, ionic monomers and maleic anhydride. The microspheres are prepared by aqueous suspension polymerization utilizing emulsifier in an amount greater that the critical micelle concentration in the absence of externally added protective colloids or the like.
- 21. Patent Search PATENT SEARCHSTRATEGIES 2. Boolean Operator –used to join keywords or concepts with defined TRUE or FALSE operators such AND, OR, NOT, XOR, NEAR
- 22. Patent Search All thingsthat are Cars All things that are Airplanes All things that are both Cars and Airplanes PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES
- 23. Patent Search • Search: Car OR Airplane • Result : Will return anything that is a car or an airplane • OR searches are inclusive and return many results! PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES
- 24. Patent Search • Search: Car AND Airplane • Result : Will only return things that are both cars and airplanes. • “AND” searches are exclusive and will narrow your results! Things that are both Cars and Airplanes PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES
- 25. Patent Search • Search: Car NOT Airplane • Result : Will return cars, but not cars which are airplanes • “NOT” searches are exclusive and will narrow your results! PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES
- 26. Patent Search NEAROperator (proximity) Documents having both the words “car” and “airplane” within a certain number of words of each other • Useful when searching variations on phrases containing two terms, e.g. “airplane with engine of car”, “car with parts of an airplane”,, etc. PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES
- 27. Patent Search NEAROperator (proximity) Example CAR prox/distance<7 AIRPLANE (Espacenet) CAR NEAR7 AIRPLANE (Patentscope) CAR NEAR/7 AIRPLANE (USPTO) Results: “airplane with engine of car”, “car with parts of an airplane”,, etc. PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES
- 28. Patent Search PATENT SEARCHSTRATEGIES 3. Nesting – Uses parentheses to organize complex statements using more than one kind of search operators.
- 29. Patent Search Examples: • wheelAND (steel OR alloy) • wheel AND steel OR alloy wheel AND steel wheel AND alloy wheel AND steel alloy PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES
- 30. Patent Search PATENT SEARCHSTRATEGIES 4. Phrases –Use quotation marks “ ” to treat a group of words into a single search term –For example • “electrical conductor” “laser beam”
- 31. Patent Search PATENT SEARCHSTRATEGIES 5. Truncation (or stemming) • uses wildcard characters such as * or ? to substitute for any other character or characters when added next to a string of search terms.
- 32. Patent Search • USING* 33 Examples: attach* - attach, attached, attaching, attachment, attachable *attach - reattach (re-attach) *attach* - reattaching (re-attaching), reattached (re-attached) PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES
- 33. Patent Search • USING? 34 Examples: speciali?ation – specialisation, specialization commerciali?ation – commercialisation, commercialization PATENT SEARCH STRATEGIES
- 34. Patent Search Source: http://www.invntree.com/blogs/how-conduct-patent-search PATENTSEARCH STRATEGIES 6. Patent classification search; - A hierarchical system in which technology has been classified; - Identify one or more classes that are relevant to your invention to conduct a classification search;
- 35. Patent Search PATENT SEARCHSTRATEGIES International Patent Classification (IPC) • A widely used system in patent classification • Regularly revise to improve the system • Organize according to hierarchical levels For more information about IPC, click the link: https://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en/preface.html https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/cpc-browser
- 36. Patent Search PATENT SEARCHSTRATEGIES International Patent Classification (IPC) Section Class Subclass Group
- 37. Patent Search PATENT SEARCHSTRATEGIES IPC Sections A Human Necessities B Performing Operation; Transporting C Chemistry; Metallurgy D Textile; Paper E Fixed Constructions F Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting G Physics H Electricity Y General tagging of new technological development
- 38. Patent Search PATENT SEARCHSTRATEGIES International Patent Classification (IPC) Example: C21B 7/10 Section C: Chemistry; Metallurgy Class C21: Metallurgy of iron Subclass C21B: Manufacture of iron or steel Main Group C21B 7/00: Blast furnace Subgroup C21B 7/10: Cooling; Devices therefore
- 39. Patent Search Source: http://www.invntree.com/blogs/how-conduct-patent-search PATENTSEARCH STRATEGIES 7. Citation based search; - A reference to prior technology; - Extract citations from all relevant documents that you found using the first two search strategies;
- 40. Patent Search Source: http://www.invntree.com/blogs/how-conduct-patent-search PATENTSEARCH STRATEGIES 8. Assignee and Inventor based search; - Extract a list of assignees/applicants from the list of relevant documents you found using the previous strategies. - Extract a list of inventors’ name from the list of relevant documents you have found using the previous search strategies.
- 41. Patent Search PATENT SEARCHSTRATEGIES Demonstration/Workshop A - document defining the general state of the art which is not considered to be of particular relevance X - document of particular relevance; the claimed invention cannot be considered novel or cannot be considered to involve an inventive step when the document is taken alone Y - document of particular relevance; the claimed invention cannot be considered to involve an inventive step when the document is combined with one or more other such documents, such combination being obvious to a person skilled in the art
- 42. Patent Search At presentno database has complete coverage of all patent documents ever published worldwide Specific patent searches are sometimes best conducted using both the information available on the Web and in patent databases. KEY POINTS
- 43. Patent Search 44 Credits to: DindoO. Dumali IP Rights Specialist II Technology Transfer Department Documentation, Information & Technology Transfer Bureau Thank you for listening!
Editor's Notes
- #11 WIPO PatenScope EPO Espacenet USPTO Patent Database JPO IPDL IPOPHL PhilPat Search
- #12 WIPO PatenScope EPO Espacenet USPTO Patent Database JPO IPDL IPOPHL PhilPat Search
- #13 WIPO PatenScope EPO Espacenet USPTO Patent Database JPO IPDL IPOPHL PhilPat Search
- #14 WIPO PatenScope EPO Espacenet USPTO Patent Database JPO IPDL IPOPHL PhilPat Search
- #15 WIPO PatenScope EPO Espacenet USPTO Patent Database JPO IPDL IPOPHL PhilPat Search
- #16 WIPO PatenScope EPO Espacenet USPTO Patent Database JPO IPDL IPOPHL PhilPat Search
- #17 WIPO PatenScope EPO Espacenet USPTO Patent Database JPO IPDL IPOPHL PhilPat Search
- #31 Using parenthesis is a way of forcing the order of processing of logical expressions Has great impact on the search results
- #33 Truncation is sometimes called stemming. As the word truncate suggests, it involves trimming or shortening of the search term. - usually substitutes zero, one, or more than one character (letters) at the front or back of a search word. ? - usually substitutes any one character. Commonly used in English and British spelling.