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1. By
Kartik Puttaiah
Brain League IP Services now BananaIP
PATENT MINING
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2. AGENDA
•What is patent mining?
•At what stages should we mine for patent documents, and how
patent mining will be useful at each of these stages?

3. WHAT IS PATENT MINING?
Systematic scanning and analysis of patent documents

4. PROBLEM
CONCEPT
R&D
PRE-LAUNCH
LITIGATION
WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

5. SOLVING A PROBLEM…
•Identify the problem
•Gather facts related to the problem
•Analyze the way others have solved the problem
•List the possible solutions to the problem
• Determine the best feasible solution
Dr. Joe Daniele, former Director of Licensing at Xerox -
“IP management is the direct connection of R&D to the marketplace”

6. PROBLEM
CONCEPT
R&D
PRE-LAUNCH
LITIGATION
WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?
PATENT
LANDSCAPING

7. PATENT LANDSCAPING…
Vehicle Transmission
Continuously
Variable
Transmission
Roller Driven
Transmission
Manual
Transmission
Automatic
Transmission
Belt Driven
Transmission

8. PATENT LANDSCAPING…
Class
Class 2
Class 4
Class 1 Class 3
Class 5

9. Information through data
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
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100
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400
450
500
550
600
Numberofpatents
Years
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3

10. Top 5 companies in Class 3
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
Numberofpatents
Years
Company 1
Company 2
Company 3
Company 4
Company 5

11. Information through data
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
Numberofpatents
Years
Company 1
Company 2
Company 3
Company 4
Company 5

12. Information through data
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
Numberofpatents
Years
Company 1
Company 2
Company 3
Company 4
Company 5

13. Patent Expiry Chart

14. PROBLEM
CONCEPT
R&D
PRE-LAUNCH
LITIGATION
WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?
PATENT
LANDSCAPING
PATENTABILITY
ALALYSIS

15. Example...

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17. PROBLEM
R&D
LITIGATION
WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?
PATENT
LANDSCAPING
FREEDOM TO
OPERATE
PATENTABILITY
ANALYSIS
CONCEPT
PRE-LAUNCH

18. Example...

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20. Example…

21. PROBLEM
WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?
PATENT
LANDSCAPING
FREEDOM TO
OPERATE
PATENTABILITY
ANALYSIS
CONCEPT
R&D
PRE-LAUNCH
LITIGATION
INFRINGEMENT
ANALYSIS

22. Patent Analysis Overview
Analysis Relevant section of a
patent document
Relevant
jurisdiction
Patentability analysis Complete patent
specification
All over the world
Freedom to operate Claims section of patent
specification
Countries in which
product has to be
launched
Infringement analysis Product specification
and elements of
patent claims
Patent Invalidation
search
Complete patent
specification
All over the world
Landscape analysis Claims and detailed
description of the
patent specification
All over the world

23. PATENT ANALYTICS
IP STRATEGY
Patent
Landscaping
Patentability
Analysis
Freedom to
Operate
Infringement
Analysis
Invalidation
Study

24. THANK YOU
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