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Building Technology and
Innovation Support Services
WIPO Inter-Regional Symposium Moscow
November 30,
2010
Overview
Project Components and Implementation
Accessing Databases
Establishing Technology & Innovation Support
Centers
The Patent System
Access to Specialized Patent Information (ASPI)
Access to Research for Development & Innovation
(aRDi)
WIPO Development Agenda
Recommendation 8:
“…facilitating the national offices of developing
countries, especially LDCs, as well as their
regional and sub-regional intellectual property
organizations to access specialized
databases…”
Project summary
1. Facilitating access to databases to:
Patent (free-of-charge and commercial)
Non-patent (scientific and technical journals)
2. Capacity Building
Establishing Technology and Innovation
Support Centers (TISCs)
Training TISC staff
The Patent System
Encourages innovation and economic growth by:
Protection: territorial (by country or region) and
time-limited (max. 20 years)
Publication: global disclosure of technical
information not bound by territory nor time
Anyone, anywhere can learn from patent
information
New Technical Information Worldwide
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Source: WIPO Statistical Database (patent families); World Bank, World Development Indicators (journals)
Opportunities for exploiting patent
information
Many patent collections are now digitalized
Internet tools and databases make exploitation more cost-effective
Opportunities exist now to open patent information to new categories of users - SMEs, researchers, general public
Every patent is classified into technology defined groups so that it can be more efficiently retrieved
Potential uses of patent information
Target research resources more effectively – avoid re-inventing the wheel
Learn from the research work of others
Adapt technologies for local conditions
Identify opportunities and potential partners for licensing, technology transfer, etc.
Patent strategy – avoid infringement and litigation
What is disclosed in a patent document?
Technical Information
Legal Information
Business Information
Economic Information – from a statistical analysis of patents leading to indicators useful e.g. in discussing public policy issues
Technical knowledge
Found in the description and claims
Leading to further development of an idea -
stimulus for further innovation
“leap-frogging” of the known technology to lead
to new inventions
suggest alternative solutions
solve comparable technical problems in other
technical fields
Legal Knowledge
Found in the bibliographic data, claims (defining the
scope of protection), fee data
Allowing licensing or buying the knowledge to use it
avoids costs in re-inventing the wheel
creates new “goods” (intangible assets) which can be
traded
Legal use of non granted or expired patents - public
domain “good”
avoids research already carried out
without having to buy technology it reduces costs
Patent Information and Public Domain
Technology disclosed in a patent document may be in the public domain if:
The patent application has not been filed in a given country
The patent has not been granted, i.e. refused or withdrawn
The patent term has expired, or the patent has not been renewed
The disclosed information is not covered by the claims
In any case, the “INFORMATION” is always in the public domain
Business intelligence
Patent documents disclose the R&D activities of
competitors:
Who are the competitors?
Which technologies are they developing,
where they are filing, who are the inventors?
Patent databases often provide "watch" services
Business intelligence
Example: PCT publication WO 2006/020305 “Gestures for
Touch-Sensitive Input Devices”
Published in February 2006
Business intelligence
Example: PCT publication WO 2006/020305 “Gestures for
Touch-Sensitive Input Devices”
Apple iPhone, released in January 2007
Public policy / economic analysis
Patent data can be “mapped” to show trends in
technology over time:
Is a technology active or declining?
What are the key components of the
technology?
What is the relative strength of different
companies or countries?
Patent mapping: alternative energy
Patent trend analysis shows that alternative energy technology is at the early development
stage, where the number of the patent applications is increasing and the researchers involved
become diversified.
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Access to Free-of-Charge Patent Databases
Many different free-of-charge patent databases
Regional and international organizations (e.g. PATENTSCOPE®, esp@cenet)
National offices (e.g. USPTO, JPO, DPMA, etc.)
Private sector providers (e.g. Google Patent, etc.)
Access to Commercial Patent Databases
Access to Specialized Patent Information (ASPI) program
Public-private partnership with 6 commercial patent database providers
IPO/institution to choose which database suits its needs best
Launched September 2010
Access to Specialized Patent Information (ASPI)
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/programs/aspi/index.html
ASPI Databases
Commercial Database Partners
LexisNexis
Minesoft
ProQuest
Questel
Thomson Reuters
WIPS
ASPI Eligibility
Group 1: Least Developed Countries
for academic and research institutions, as well as industrial property offices
access for free
Group 2: Certain developing countries
for academic and research institutions, as well as industrial property offices
low cost access
Group 3: Certain other developing countries
for industrial property offices
low cost access
ASPI: Registration procedure
Fill out “Request Account” form and send to WIPO (by clicking “send” button on web form)
WIPO checks eligibility of institution with regard to country group
If eligible, WIPO sends institution “Institutional User License”
On returning a signed copy of the User Agreement, WIPO sends details to database provider, who sends user name and password directly to institution
Access to Scientific & Technical Journals
Access to Research for Development and
Innovation (aRDi)
Public-private partnership with currently 12
major publishers
Launched in July 2009
Other sister UN Programmes
HINARI (WHO)
AGORA (FAO)
OARE (UNEP)
aRDi: Content
Initial selection criteria: PCT Minimum
Documentation
Currently 50 journals subscriptions fees
valued at over 400 000 dollars
Publisher Partners
American Institute of Physics
Elsevier
National Academy of Sciences
Oxford University Press
Royal Society of Chemistry
Sage Publications
Springer Science and Business Media
Taylor and Francis
Wiley and Blackwell
…others to be added soon …
Eligibility criteria
Group 1: Least Developed Countries (49)
Free access
Group 2: Developing countries (58)
Low cost access
See the aRDi website and brochure for further details
Eligibility criteria similar to the other UN programmes in agreement with the publishers
aRDi: Registration procedure
Fill out “Request Account” form and send to WIPO
(by clicking “send” button on web form)
WIPO checks eligibility of institution with regard to
country group
If eligible, WIPO sends institution “Institutional
User License” (between institution and publishers)
On returning a signed copy of the User
Agreement, WIPO sends user name and
password for immediate access
aRDi: Access (not Search)
aRDi only offers access to complete journal
articles
Search should be carried out using search
services:
Google Scholar
Scirus
Entrez
Others
Capacity Building
Establishment of Technology and Innovation
Support Centers (TISCs)
Access to patent and non-patent data
Assistance for local users from trained staff
Services based on staff capacities and user
needs
Joint engagement
Local ownership
Staff
Facilities
WIPO support
Facilitating access to databases
Training of TISC staff
WIPO Academy Distance Learning Courses
Provision of information & training materials
Support awareness-raising activities
Location
National/regional patent offices and branches
Universities and academic institutions
Science and technology parks
Chambers of Commerce
Other appropriate institution
TISC Users
Individual inventors
Small and medium enterprises
Industry
Researchers in technology centers and
universities
Academia (ranging from schools to universities),
etc.
Services
Basic service package
Access to patent and non-patent databases
Assistance for database searches
Full service package: Additional services based on user need and office capacity
Assistance and advice with regard to other IPRs, technology transfer, commercialization, etc.
Advisory services e.g. IP management
Possible Additional Services
Advice on IPRs
Training (e.g. for local SMEs)
Development of IP Strategies – information on filing patents, trademarks, etc. (when, where, what, how much, etc.)
Advice on IP aspects of product commercialization
Advice on licensing
Technology and competitor monitoring
Assistance in IP valuation
Search for business partners and essential know-how
Market and competitor analyses
Support for raising funds
Support for establishing business plans
General knowledge of IP laws
Other (to be specified)
Implementation
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Defining IPO and WIPO responsibilities
Project Document
Timetable for training events
Initial (1st) training on patent/technology databases
Other training events over 2 year project period on other related IP/technology subjects depending on user needs and capacity
TISC Networks
National Network
Central focal point: National Patent Office (NPO) or institution designated by NPO
Peripheral focal points: Institutions coordinated by NPO
Regional Network
NPOs/Institutions from region
Regional conferences
