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Fundamentals of using patent databases
WebinarJune 2020
Andrew Czajkowski
Director, Technology and Innovation Support Division
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Webinar: Asking questions
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Webinar: Asking questions
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Webinar: Asking questions
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Overview
Elements of a patent application
Boolean operators
Proximity operators
Phrases
Nesting
Wildcard operators
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Bibliographic data
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Bibliographic data
Publication number
Application number
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Bibliographic data
Publication number
Application number
Priority number
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Bibliographic data
Publication date
Filing date
Priority date
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Bibliographic data
Applicant
Inventor
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Bibliographic data
Classification
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Bibliographic data
Designated states
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Description (specification)
Provides background information on this problem Indicates other known solutions to the problem ("prior art")Describes how the invention works (addresses a particular technical problem)
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Claims
Define the scope of protection sought by the applicant
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Fields
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Fields: Field codes
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Fields: Field codes
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Boolean operators
Also known as "logical operators"
AND (or +)
OR
NOT (or ANDNOT or -)
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Boolean operators
Results in PCT collection (English titles):349 (tennis)4’947 (ball)5’296 total
balltennis
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Boolean operators: AND
Results in PCT collection (English titles)62 (tennis AND ball)
balltennis
tennisANDball
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Boolean operators: OR
Results in PCT collection (English titles)5’231 (tennis OR ball)
Avoids double counting tennis AND ball
tennis OR ball
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Boolean operators: NOT
Results in PCT collection (English titles)4’885 (tennis NOT ball)
balltennis NOT ball
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Boolean operators: NOT
Results in PCT collection (English titles)348 (ball NOT tennis)
ball NOT tennistennis
Order of terms matters!
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Boolean operators: Uses
OR: synonyms or related concepts
corn OR maize synonyms
corn OR plant related concepts
AND: additional concepts
corn AND fertilizer
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Proximity operators: Rationale
corn AND fertilizer
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Proximity operators: Function
Define the maximum "distance" (number of terms) between search terms
Ensure that search terms are "in context" with each other
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Proximity operators: Ordered
Ordered: Search terms must be in given order (and within specified distance)
corn BEFORE5 fertilizer (in PATENTSCOPE)
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Proximity operators: Unordered
Unordered: Search terms can be in any order (and within specified distance)
corn NEAR5 fertilizer (in PATENTSCOPE)
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Question
How would you carry out a search for inventions related to blood pressure?
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Boolean operators: AND
How would you carry out a search for inventions related to blood pressure?
blood AND pressure
No context
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Proximity operators
How would you carry out a search for inventions related to blood pressure?
blood AND pressure
No context
blood BEFORE1 pressure
Works, but not supported by all database systems
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Phrases
How would you carry out a search for inventions related to blood pressure?
blood AND pressure
No context
blood BEFORE1 pressure
Works, but not supported by all database systems
"blood pressure"
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Comparison: AND, proximity, phrases
AND: both terms required, no context required
Broadest search
Proximity: both terms required, in context
Narrower search (depending on distance)
Phrases: exact phrase required (e.g. compound words)
Narrowest search
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Nesting: Rationale
apples AND oranges OR bananas
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Nesting: Rationale
apples AND oranges OR bananas
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or
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Nesting: Rationale
apples AND oranges OR bananas
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or
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Nesting: Rationale
apples AND oranges OR bananas
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or
or
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Nesting
(apples AND oranges) OR bananas
apples AND (oranges OR bananas)
or
or
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Question
How would you carry out a search for all manner of inventions related to electricity?
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Key concepts
electricity
electrical
electric
electronic
electromagnetic
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Boolean operators: OR
electricity
electrical
electric
electronic
electromagnetic
…
electricity OR electrical OR electric OR electronic OR electromagnetic …
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Wildcard operators
electricity
electrical
electric
electronic
electromagnetic
…
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Wildcard operators
electricity
electrical
electric
electronic
electromagnetic
…
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Wildcard operators
electricity
electrical
electric
electronic
electromagnetic
…
electr*
( * represents a given number of characters)
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Review
Elements of a patent application
Boolean operators
Proximity operators
Phrases
Nesting
Wildcard operators
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Scenario
A shipping company would like to improve its logistics management.
You've been asked to perform a search for inventions related to radio frequency identification (RFID) tags used to track the movement of containers.
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Key concepts
radio frequency identification RFID containers
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Phrases
"radio frequency identification" RFID containers
Identify compound words
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Boolean operators
"radio frequency identification" OR RFID AND containers
Indicate relationships between concepts (synonyms and additional concepts)
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Nesting
("radio frequency identification" OR RFID) AND containers
Resolve ambiguous logic
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Wildcard operators
( "radio frequency identification" OR RFID) AND container*
Include variants (here: plural form)
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Search
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Search
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Search: Results
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Search: Results
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Search: Results
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