The document discusses Mexico's efforts to promote innovation and the use of intellectual property resources among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It describes the creation of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) to manage industrial property in Mexico. IMPI has established several initiatives to help SMEs, including regional offices, patenting centers located in universities and research centers, and the PYMETEC website which provides free access to patent information. The goal is to make technological information more accessible and usable for SMEs to help solve technical problems and support innovation.

1. MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
MRS. ANGELICA ELIA SILIS REYES
Coordinator of the
Technological Information Centre
November 2009
INNOVATION

2. Invention
Innovation

3. Is one of the elements that are determinants for the exit of an
enterprise, and makes it obtain more benefits by the process of
innovation, if it considers the benefits that are involved in the
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR’s).
The tools that offers the IPR´s system make easier the process
of taking to the commerce the innovate technology, by one
side, reducing the risks and by the other increasing the
competitiveness of the enterprise.
The Technological Innovation

4. The IPR´s are around us, just with the creativity and the inventive
step of the humans. Each product or service that we use daily as
the result of a large chain of innovations.
The IPR´s in our life
The intellectual
property is in all
the steps of the
innovation process.

5. The Patent Information
Intellectual Property Rights are an important driver of innovation and
productivity in a knowledge-based economy. In particular, IPR’s in the
form of patents may also be a valuable source of technical and
scientific information and ideas on how to address environmental and
health and safety concerns associated with industrial activity.
In the network age, many small and medium-sized enterprises,
researchers, and government agencies concerned with resource
development, have not taken full advantage of this unique and
valuable source of information.

6. The Patent information
In a knowledge-driven economy, effective use of patent information is
a contributor to the success of any enterprise, big or small, as patent
document collections have an unmatched wealth of detailed and
practically-oriented business, legal and technical information
compared with any other types of business, legal, scientific or
technical publications around the world.
Patent information is more than just technological or legal
information. When developing a new product, comparative
technological information may determine the success or failure of the
product and, in turn, the success or failure of the company itself.

7. What has done Mexico for a good use of IP
resources

8. BACKGROUND
• The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property was created, by a Presidential
Decree, on December 10th, 1993; as a decentralized entity from Mexico’s
Federal Administration, with its own legal personality and budget.
• IMPI was entrusted with the task of managing the Industrial Property
System in Mexico.
IMPI’s premises in Mexico City

9. Northern Regional
Office
Western Regional
Office
Southeastern Regional Office
“Bajío” Regional Office
Center Regional Office
REGIONAL OFFICES

10. Services
Western
(April 2000)*
Northern
(November
2000)*
Southeastern
(March
2002)*
Bajío
(August
2002)*
Center
(2007)*
Total
Invention
applications
received
2,123 2,041 378 1,328 5,870
Distinctive
sign
applications
received
47,349 31,676 7,581 17,124 103,730
Promotion
activities
1,049 1,179 769 855 176 4,028
REGIONAL OFFICES
* Figures from its opening until December 2008

11. • IMPI provides a “Technical Information Search“ service, oriented towards
providing information to the users that are seeking to protect their
technological developments.
• This service allows them
to know the state of the
art of the technology that
has been published, as
well as to identify a
possible barrier to obtain
a registration or to grant a
patent.
Technical Information Searches
1994-2008 = 21,426
TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION SERVICES
Figures: December 2008

13. On 2004, IMPI launched a project to establish industrial property offices, also
called Patenting Centers. These offices are being located within Universities,
Research Centres and Industrial Chambers, to guide researchers, businessmen,
professors and their associates, on the proceedings to protect and register IPR’s
at IMPI.
More than 31 Patenting Centers have been established nationwide.
• 7 of them located in Mexico City and the Estado de México.
• 24 of them located in the states covered by IMPI’s Regional Offices.
This project is being evaluated to be considered as grounds for the creation of
Technology Transfer Offices (TTO’s), foreseen in the Science, Technology and
Innovation Act which is being studied by the Congress.
PATENTING CENTERS

14. PATENTING CENTER OBJECTIVES
a) Offer Intellectual Property advisory about inventions.
b) Help inventors to redact patent applications and to carry on all the
paperwork.
c) Improve Technology Transfer activities at the institution or organization
holding a Patenting Center.
d) Promote Intellectual Property culture through conferences, seminars, talks
and related courses.
e) Increase the patent and trademark registration.
f) Take innovation culture to those places not covered by IMPI Regional Offices
or the Secretary of Economy Delegations.
g) Use patent databases as innovation tools.
They are created to....

15. INFRASTRUCTURE
Financing: Patenting Centers are managed and supported by the institution or
organization holding it.
Localization: Most of the centers selected an area inside a library or a similar
place so all the technical information can be easily reached.
Place and Furniture: The places have at least 12 square meters and 2 computers
with internet.

16. Technical Information: Through the internet interested people have access to the
main free patent databases and are able to download IMPI official formats.
Gazettes and Documental Archives are also available according to a previous signed
agreement.
Human Resources: Patenting Center people receive intellectual property training
including redaction of patent applications and IMPI formats filling.

17. OFFERED SERVICES
a) Intellectual Property Advisory.
b) Help inventors with the carry on of all the paperwork and the presentation of
patent applications.
c) Searching assistance and training.
d) Direct access to the Documental Archives of the Technological Information
Center (CIT).
e) Updated Intellectual Property information.
f) Information about all the IMPI services.
g) Technical and Intellectual Property assistance for business incubators so
projects can be properly evaluated.
h) Technology Transfer Services.

19. Some reasons for making activities:
PCT Applications as an Information Source
So far, around the world some 40 million
patents have been published, in all possible
technical fields; and one million patent
documents are added every year.
Growth rates in the filing of PCT applications
have been particularly dynamic over the last
nine years. It took 18 years from the
beginning of PCT operations in 1978 to reach
250,000 total applications.
International patent filings under WIPO’s
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) grew by
2.4% in 2008, to nearly 164,000.
The largest number of applications received
from developing countries came from the
Republic of Korea (7,908) and China (6,089)
followed by India (766), Brazil (451), South
Africa (382), Turkey (367), Mexico (210), and
Malaysia (177).
International filing year

20. Website for SME´s
“A knowledge-based economy will empower people,”
• It’s people producing and absorbing knowledge and people creating and
using technology that will add value to Mexican economy.
• In China, the State Council approved, in 2006, a 20-year “outline” for science
and technology expansion. It calls for a near doubling of R&D investment,
banking policies and fiscal incentives to support sci-tech startups and
venture capitalists, a system for evaluating researchers and research
institutes, IPR’s strategy, improved government support of industry, and “an
enhanced capacity to build creative personnel.”
• If we look at our country and take care of China’s example, we have to make
reflections as:
 The Mexican economy is supported mainly by SME’s.
 The Patent system is growing continuously, and is one of the best tools
to leverage development.

21. In Mexico…
SME´s
Account for
99.7%
Micro enterprise 1-10
Small enterprise 11-50
Medium enterprise 51-250
SME´s account for 42.4% of the
National labour force

22. • IMPI promotes the disclosure of technological information
contained in patent documents by the PYMETEC system.
SME´s and Technological Information

23. How we help the SME´S…
With the PATENT INFORMATION WEBSITE FOR SME’s
“PYMETEC”
IMPI, with its own technical resources and funding from the
Department of the Economy, developed on 2005 a Patent
Information Website for SME’s called “PYMETEC”
(www.pymetec.gob.mx), oriented towards displaying patent
information considered to be public domain and, therefore, can be
used by anyone without infringing IPR’s.

24. Website Design
• The information is lighted with the following colors, indicating
respectively:
Date: 31/01/09
Technologies protected in Mexico with the
possibility to be licensed by their holder.
Technologies that might be used in Mexico.
(requires further consultation with the IMPI)
Technologies that are not protected in Mexico,
and therefore can be used in our country.
227,447
1,080,638
49,673

25. What is PYMETEC?
PYMETEC is a website for providing technological information,
contained in patent documents, to the SME´s, researchers,
academy and people in general for empowering Mexico’s
technological development.
This tool focuses in making easier and faster the technological
information search.

26. What is PYMETEC?
• It targets to SME´s by solving technical problems
in the organizations.
• The website was designed following the
preconception of a technological alert, but using
traffic lights that make easier its understanding.
• This website is completely free of charge.

27. To generate a patent information website
containing technological information that can be
used mainly by SME’s, that allow friendly and
quick navigation in either national or
international documents, in order to find
solutions to the technical problems faced by
SME’s.
Objective

28. Website Content
• Simple Looks up words in English, French or Spanish
• Hierarchical by classification This search uses the
International Patent Classification-IPC (8 sections).
• Search by fields Looks up bibliographical data (inventor,
title, priority, etc.).
• Advanced Search Looks up words in English or French
using operators such as “and”, “or”, “not” and “parenthesis”.
• FAQ’s Questions related to Industrial Property and
Technological Information Services.
• Forums A meeting point for SME´s to talk over topics
of interest.
• Links Direct links to Industrial Property Offices and
Organizations around the world.
• Support to enterprises Direct links to national
and international institutions that provide support to
SME’s, inventors, researches, among others.
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
SEARCHES

29. Award
In 2006, PYMETEC
was awarded by the
Mexican President
with the INNOVA
award for improving
the government
administration.

30. Only in 2009,
this website
produced
5’449,602 hits.
Since it’s creation it
has produced a
total of
20’386,698 hits
generated from
1´130,655 visits.
For further information
please consult:
www.pymetec.gob.mx/uso
Visits
2,323 3,600
5,599
9,212
18,365
20,332
29,484
46,429
56,701
66,494
70,539
63,481
62,277 61,220 60,873 60,285
32,073
26,733
17,795
17,795
16,668 16,965
23,493
25,267
22,592 23,660
19,045
15,355
17,361
20,535
18,892
14,484
17,955 18,181
19,546
17,331 17,915 18,932 18,451
19,440
17,265
17,490
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
2006 2007 2008 2009

31. • PYMETEC II will provide mainly free use PCT applications.
• Information source between IMPI and WIPO by using PCT
applications.
What is Coming Next?

32. • Flexibility in the way of presenting the results.
• It will contain links to national and international data bases.
• Increasing the number of free-to-use documents in the database.
• WEB 2.0 oriented design:
– Blogs.
– Thesaurus of Industrial Property related terms.
– Wikipedia on IP matters, that will allow the users to post
information on different IP topics.
What is Coming Next?

33. Free-to-use technology
Possibility of use
Restricted use
After 30 months
If a PCT application enters
into Mexican national
phase, it will be
considered as Restricted
use technology
If the protected technology
does not enter into national
phase in Mexico, it will be
considered as a free-to-use
technology
PCT
applications
which have
entered into
national phase
PCT
applications
with less than
30 months to
enter in
national phase
National patent applications with 20 years or more
PCT applications with more than 30 months since their filing
date which have not entered in Mexico
10% 5% 85%
PYMETEC II:

34. Maintaining the goals of the version of Pymetec I :
• Simple Search: Searching words in Spanish, English or French. It will
provide a thesaurus with related terms, synonyms and translation to
English or French.
• Advanced: Searching faster in a more friendly and efficient
environment.
• Hierarchical by classification: Search using the IPC, locating
information by using a term written in any language.
• Highlighting in colors the information which is being searched.
Searches in PYMETEC II

35. A. Innovation and Technological Development Assistance
Carry out a study to analyze what causes that Mexico has a low patenting
level from national residents.
 Technological Information and Innovation Assistance Center.
Premises and infrastructure to store IMPI’s documental technical
reserves.
New service of “Business Strategic Surveillance”, based on commercial,
competitive and technological surveillances.
Innovation and Technological Development Fostering.
•Technology Transfer Offices (TTO’s).
• Fund to support inventors.
More Activities:
Innovation and Technological Development Assistance

36. B. IMPI ACADEMY
IMPI, aiming to give a professional character to training activities on IP, has developed a
project called “Intellectual Property Academy”.
IMPI drafted the first executive document. This document was complemented by a
national and an international expert, financed by the European Union within the
framework of the “Proyecto de Facilitación del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre la Unión
Europea y México -PROTLCUEM-” (Assistance Project of the Free Trade Agreement signed
by the European Union and Mexico).
The experts generated modular syllabus on IP matters, and identified national and
foreign institutions that are already carrying out subjects or post-graduate studies on IP,
which served as grounds to elaborate an international mapping.
Since 2007, IMPI has supported the expansion of WIPO’s Distance Learning course DL-
101S (in Spanish), containing the basics of IP. Up to date, we have 20 tutors and a head
tutor for all Spanish speaking students. In 2007 IMPI tutored 1,997 students, and in 2008
IMPI tutored 4,331 students. For the first edition of 2009, we reached 3,658 students
enrolled.
IMPI ACADEMY

37. C. Electronic Government
• SIGA website to consult the Industrial Property Gazette.
• ViDOC website to consult Trademarks, Patents, IP Protection and Legal Affairs
documental reserves.
• Linking system with the Customs Office from the Tax System, to avoid counterfeited
goods from entering into our country.
• New system platform, incorporating electronic services for our users.
Electronic Government
http://vidoc.impi.gob.mx/impi_vidoc/Search.aspx
http://siga.impi.gob.mx/

38. GAZETTE OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

39. D. New international instruments regarding IP Protection
• Negotiation culmination of SPP, ACTA, OECD.
1. Security and Prosperity Partnership – IP Chapter (SPP – IP)
2. Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
3. The OECD has carried out concrete actions to elaborate studies regarding the
measurement of counterfeiting and piracy, in 3 phases:
Phase I. Counterfeiting and piracy of tangible products.
Phase II. Digital piracy.
Phase III. Other kind of IPR infringements.
IP Protection
E. National Agreement to combat Counterfeiting and Piracy.
F. Awareness Campaigns.
In 2007, IMPI launched the first children drawing contest called “To respect ideas… Kids
versus piracy”

40. G. LINKS BETWEEN THE IMPI AND SANITARY
AUTHORITIES ON MEXICO
• The IMPI publish on line the Gazette “ Gaceta de la
Propiedad Industrial”, witch is fee of charge the
consult for all public in general.
• This Gazette is consult by the Sanitary Authority
“Comisión Federal para la Protección contra
Riesgos Sanitarios (COFEPRIS)”, when the people
makes an application for a permission for the
commercialization of a drug.
• It contains the generic name, description, chemical
name, patent number, royalties, applicant name
and claims where is the specification of the drug
protection.
http://siga.impi.gob.mx

41. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE
BENEFITS

42. INNOVANTION IN MEXICO
ING. LUIS
ARMANDO BRAVO
CASTILLO
“PRÓTESIS
DE FUNCIONAL PARA MANO”
MX/A/2007/00682
WO/2008/08820

43. INNOVATION IN MEXICO
Dr. Alejandro Alagón
UNAM, BIOCLON
ANTIVENENO
WO/2001/040290),
MXPA/A/1999/011191
CA2397731
EP1247816
Neutralizante del veneno de
araña Viuda Negra.
I & D Protección
en PI
Comercialización

44. “CREATIVITY is thinking up new things. INNOVATION is
doing new things ”
Theodore Livitt

45. THANK YOU