patent scope ompi
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Presentación de Patentscope en el Cuarto curso de Capacitación Latipat del 26 al 29 de febrero de 2008. Panamá.TRANSCRIPT
Andrew Czajkowski
26 February 2008
Panama
OverviewOverview
WIPO’s patent information objectives
PATENTSCOPE®
Five challenges in patent information
Possible cooperation activities
Introduction
Global BackgroundGlobal Background
Innovation-driven Economic GrowthInnovation-driven Economic Growth
• A country’s ability to compete in the knowledge- based economy is not dependent on its size, raw materials or low labor costs, but on its innovative capability
• Transformation of patent system from a classic patent granting system of the industrial economy to an information system of the knowledge economy
The context of patent informationThe context of patent information
Increasing diversity of :1. Countries of origin2. Countries of filing3. Languages
Number of Resident Patent Applications FiledNumber of Non-Resident Patent Applications Filed
Number of Filings
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000200,000
JapanU.S.AChina
Republic of KoreaEuropean Patent Office
GermanyCanada
Russian FederationAustralia
United KingdomIndia
FranceBrazxilMexico
Hong Kong, ChinaSingapore
New ZealandPoland
ThailandIsrael
PatentOffices
+0.9%
+9.5%+32.9%
+14.8%
+4.1%+1.7%
+1.5%
+6.8%
+3.3%
-6.5%
+1.3%
-2.1%
-13.8%
+9.4%
+17.6%
+0.2%
+7.3%
-14.9%
+18.0%
+6.1%
<Source : WIPO Statistics Database>
WIPO BackgroundWIPO Background
WIPO’s Role and ObjectivesWIPO’s Role and Objectives
Promote an IP Culture
Integrate IP into national development policies and programmes
Develop international IP laws and standards
Deliver quality services in global IP protection systems
WIPO’s Patent Information ObjectivesWIPO’s Patent Information Objectives
Publication and dissemination of PCT international applicationsPublication and dissemination of PCT international applications
Enhanced utilisation of patent informationEnhanced utilisation of patent information
Electronic publication via PATENTSCOPE®
PCT data products - dissemination of high-volume data to offices and subscribers
Seminars, workshops, etc
Guides, tutorials
Technology studies, patent landscapes, particularly on issues relatedto public policy
Integration of more data
What is PATENTSCOPE® www.wipo.int/patentscope What is PATENTSCOPE® www.wipo.int/patentscope
Access to WIPO’s patent and PCT resources in one place
Access to the technical information contained in nearly 1.4 million international patent applications
The platform for online electronic publicationof PCT international applications
More information on emerging issues, patent data, patentinformation and statistics
PATENTSCOPE® DevelopmentPATENTSCOPE® Development
’07
’06
’05
PATENTSCOPE® Graphics feature added
Searchable full text collection from 1978 (Latin languages)
January
March
PATENTSCOPE® becomes the platformfor PCT electronic publication
PCT National Phase entries online
RSS notifications of new search results
April
May
PATENTSCOPE® released with complete PCT backfileand file inspection functions
June
Establishment of the single and authentic PCT database’04~’05
PATENTSCOPE® DevelopmentPATENTSCOPE® Development
ExperiencesExperiencesContinued growth in usageContinued growth in usage
20,000,00020,000,000
00
Pageviews
10,000,00010,000,000
1/2006 3/2006 5/2006 7/2006 9/2006 11/2006
Many small-medium sized offices use PATENTSCOPE®
as their primary source of PCT documentation
Many small-medium sized offices use PATENTSCOPE®
as their primary source of PCT documentation
Positive feedback from patent searchers and offices(survey results)
Positive feedback from patent searchers and offices(survey results)
PATENTSCOPE® Search - FeaturesPATENTSCOPE® Search - Features
Flexible and fast full-text search engineFlexible and fast full-text search engine
Search term highlightingSearch term highlighting
Updated bibliographic and status informationUpdated bibliographic and status information
PCT national phase entriesPCT national phase entries
Access to search and examination results,and other file contentsAccess to search and examination results,and other file contents
Graphical analysisGraphical analysis
RSS notificationsRSS notifications
PATENTSCOPE® PATENTSCOPE®
Support for Spanish language users
Cross-language search function
Machine translation
Spanish interface: ongoing translation process
National Phase data
PATENTSCOPE® SearchPATENTSCOPE® Search
Very flexible search using
Unlimited keywords
Bibliographic fields(IPC,applicant name,publication date,etc)
Full text of Description and Claims
Boolean operators(AND, OR, NOT)
Right truncation, near operator,range searches, etc
Full TextFull Text
PATENTSCOPE® SearchPATENTSCOPE® Search
Fully searchable description and claims text (OCR, not perfect)
Search term highlighting
Distribution maps
Bibliographic informationBibliographic information
PATENTSCOPE® Search - Bibliographic informationPATENTSCOPE® Search - Bibliographic information
Bibliographic data is always the most recent available,including status changes after publication
National PhaseNational Phase
PATENTSCOPE® SearchPATENTSCOPE® Search
More than 2.6 million notifications from 30+ officesstatus information (where available)
Internet hyperlinks to some offices databases(national language translations, status information, etc)
File contentsFile contents
PATENTSCOPE® Search - File contentsPATENTSCOPE® Search - File contents
• Official publication and file contents in one place• View or download complete documents• Choice of formats (PDF, XML, TIFF)
Documents
Graphical analysisGraphical analysis
PATENTSCOPE® SearchPATENTSCOPE® Search
1. Enter any search criteria 2. Click on the Graphics icon
Graphical analysisGraphical analysis
PATENTSCOPE® Search - Graphical analysisPATENTSCOPE® Search - Graphical analysis
RSS notificationsRSS notifications
PATENTSCOPE® Search - RSS NotificationsPATENTSCOPE® Search - RSS Notifications
RSS is an internet standard for notifying users ofupdates to web pages
Requires a freeRSS reader
Weekly updates
RSS
Five ChallengesFive Challenges
Challenge #1 - LanguagesChallenge #1 - Languages
PCT applications are filed in more than 22 languages,and published in 8 different
languages
Only 65% are published in English
A full-text search in Englishis only searching 65% of
the database
16% are in Japanese,12% in German, etc
Languages - WIPO’s capabilities and approachLanguages - WIPO’s capabilities and approach
• 70+ professional translators
• Parallel texts in 7 languages
• Terminology databases
WIPO has
Build a terminology database,leveraging existing resources
Cross-language multi-lingualsearch engine
Machine translation of search results
Cross-language searchCross-language search
User
Cross-language semantic analysis
Machine translation
Search Results
WIPO Terminology
Search: “mouse trap”
Lang #1 Lang #2
Challenge #2 - Electronic EnvironmentChallenge #2 - Electronic Environment
Demand for high-quality full-text output
Diversity of filing formats (PDF, PCT-Easy, ...)
Only half of those are in full-text XML format
>50% of PCT applications are filed electronically
The transition to fully-electronic patent documents:
Challenge #2 - Electronic EnvironmentChallenge #2 - Electronic Environment
Bib Data
TIFF
OCR
Image-basedprocessing
Paper
XML
PATENTSCOPE®
All documents are converted to TIFF images- “lowest common denominator” formatOCR post-processing creates search-quality text
Today’s processToday’s process
Challenge #2 - Electronic EnvironmentChallenge #2 - Electronic Environment
Paper
XML
PATENTSCOPE®XML process
Imageprocessing
TIFF
OCR
XML
TIFF
Full XML processing for XML input (JP first)early 2008
Filing or conversion of all inputs to XML?Future
Challenge #3 - New UsersChallenge #3 - New Users
Integration of IP into public policy issue
Contribution of IP to development
Importance of IP to technological and economic progress
Increasing public interest / concern
Today’s environment of intellectual property
Challenge #3 - New UsersChallenge #3 - New Users
• Guides, training, seminars• Patent landscapes on topical issues
Limited knowledge of the role of patent information
Accessibility
Application of patent information to today’s issues
Challenges include
Challenge #4 - Business useChallenge #4 - Business use
Analysis of technology, market, product, competitive environment, etc
Typically restricted to large enterprises using expensive services
Limited use by SMEs
Use of patent information in business
Challenge #4 - Business useChallenge #4 - Business use
Graphical analysis tools
More under investigation - leverage cheap or open-source analysis tools
RSS notifications
Our responseOur response
Challenge #5 - Status information and coverageChallenge #5 - Status information and coverage
• PCT national phase• Geographical coverage• Grant, refusal, maintenance
Information is still limited
PCT national phase entries, with hyperlinks- 30+ offices to date, and more to come...
Technical assistance to national offices for digitisingtheir patent data and creating online services
Our response
Possible cooperation activities with WIPOPossible cooperation activities with WIPO
• Local scanning projects
• Collection and publication of PCT national phase entry data
• OCR’ing images allowing full textsearching
WIPO assistance in: WIPO assistance in:
Increasing availability of Latin American data
Possible cooperation activities with WIPOPossible cooperation activities with WIPO
• Greater accessibility of Latin American data using WIPO portal
• Greater search and analysis possibilities using PATENTSCOPE® functionalities
• Greater national visibility usingcountry interfaces in PATENTSCOPE®
Data available on PATENTSCOPE® Data available on PATENTSCOPE®
Increasing accessibility to Latin American data
¡Muchas Gracias!