1) Up to 75% of a company's value is in its intellectual property, and up to 70% of influential inventions originate from universities. Patenting is key to achieving revenue from licensing intellectual property or starting a business. 2) Russian innovations in the US are led by Kaspersky Lab, with 200 US patents filed by Russian inventors in 2009. Software is a leading technology for Russian patents. 3) Filing patents first in Russia then in foreign countries provides protection in those countries, while learning from US patents implemented in Russia is legal if not patented there. The Patent Prosecution Highway Program allows fast patenting in the US based on a granted Russian patent.

1. Nadya Reingand,
Patent Hatchery LLC, Washington DC, USA
From Science to Business
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2. http://us-patent.ru

3. World
economy
University
invention
Intellectual
property
protection
“Up to 75% of the company
value is in its intellectual
property”
Up to 70% of most influential inventions
originated from universities

4. patent licensing
acquisition
Company
revenue

5. Role of patenting
patenting
Two options:
Licensing IP via Office of Technology Transfer
Creating a start-up and starting business yourself
In both cases patenting is a key element of achieving revenue

6. Patent filings in 2012
Data from World Intellectual Property Organization, Switzerland
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1Kkm2-
ULHTyakc7wJmBjGzrH9Wt1_HIBdWznwPHQ#map:id=3

7. What Russian scientists think about IP?

8. Student developer Tony Brown:
NearBuy for an Apple iPad and iPhone 4
Students are “not for hire”!
Inventing is a part of “work-for-hire”
university owns the intellectual property
30% of profit
goes to the
inventor
30% of profit
goes to the
inventor

9. Current situation with patenting
Russian innovations in USA
USPTO: 200 US patents
of Russian inventors
2009

10. Leading companies of “Russian” patents
Kaspersky Lab is the third-largest
consumer security software vendor in the
world
RU

11. Leading technologies
software

12. Geography of Russian
innovations

13. Importance of US market
Number of US patents:
- US origin
- Foreign origin

14. Nobody in other country can get a patent for the invention which
copies your patented invention
BUT
Anyone can produce and sell your invention in other country,
for example, produce in China, sell in Germany
Positive effect:
It is legal to learn about certain technology (e.g. nanomaterials)
from US patent and implement it in Russia
if nobody patented it in Russia
If you file patent application in Russia, it is
NOT protected in other countries

15. U.S. - Russian Patent Offices
Fast-Track Deal
Patent Prosecution Highway Program:
Get US patent based on granted RU patent
Very fast c

16. Russian legislationСтатья 1395. Патентование изобретений или полезных моделей в
иностранных государствах и в международных организациях
How one can obtain Russian patent?
via application
in Russian Patent office (Rospatent)
in Eurasian Patent Office
In Russian Receiving Office of the European Patent
Office (Patent Cooperation Treaty “PCT” application)
How one can obtain foreign patent?
Via application:
in national Patent office
Patent Cooperation Treaty “PCT” application
Patent filing: First in Russia, then in the foreign country
c

17. Russian patent
Territory:
Russian
Federation
c

18. Eurasian patent
Territory -9 countries:
Turkmenistan,
Republic of Belarus,
Republic of Tajikistan,
Russia,
Azerbaijan Republic,
Republic of Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Republic of Armenia,
Republic of Moldova.
Filed through PCT
Filed directly
http://www.unece.org/ceci/ppt_presentations/2008/ip/kryukova.pdf
Filed through
PO of
contracting
states
c

19. Rospatent
Eurasian Patent Office
Advantages of Eurasian patent filing:
• Faster prosecution
• The granted patent is valid in all 9 countries
c

20. PCT countries
Non-PCT countries
c

21. FROM: OECD patent statistics manual
By Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004
c

22. Legal issues
publication
Provisional
Application
filing
Nonprovisional
Application
filing
12 months 12 months ~ 3 years
Patent issued
Time
Accelerated
Examination
patent
issued
US patent timeline
EU
patent
story
starts
here
12 months
c

23. Once again about timing and sequences
Generally:
Sometimes:
Almost never
National
patent
filing
PCT
patent
filing
National
patent
filing
Other
country
patent
filing
PCT
patent
filing
National
patent
filing
Other
country
patent
filing
National
patent
filing
National
patent
filing
c

24. Rank Country Institution 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
1 USA California University 366 395 275 256 371
2 USA Stanford University 173 174 123 131 95
3 USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology 172 190 141 138 144
4 USA Wisconsin University 144 140 119 90 95
5 USA Texas, University of System 138 141 116 90 100
6 China Tsinghua University CN 118 130 62 41 25
7 USA California Institute of Technology 113 138 94 106 117
8 Taiwan National Taiwan University TW 104 56 40 20 19
9 USA Illinois, University of 97 93 70 51 47
10 USA Michigan, University of 93 86 69 80 67
11 Korea Korea Advanced Institute of Science
and Tech KAIST KR
87 85 51 38 32
12 USA South Florida, University of 86 88 38 34 28
13 USA Columbia University 80 84 50 56 58
14 USA Johns Hopkins University 77 85 62 70 69
15 USA Northwestern University 71 63 39 30 24
c

25. a. IP gives strategic edge and provides protection against infringement
b. The cost of R&D goes up and up and investments MUST be protected
c. It is not worth to invest $$$$ if you know that someone can just
use results for free
d. What is company worth – buildings, equipment, people?
IP assures that the effort will be
rewarded
c
Buildings you can build, equipment gets obsolete quick,
people you can hire. But IP is unique, and it stays.
Avoiding risk of law suit from IP owner

26. Thank you for your attention
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