patentscope and legal status christophe mazenc patentscope workshop june 2013
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PATENTSCOPE and Legal Status
Christophe Mazenc
Patentscope workshop June 2013
Agenda
1. WIPO Legal Status Survey2. PATENTSCOPE’s Legal Status strategy3. More information on National Phase Entries
WIPO Legal status surveyPerformed in 2010 (questionnaire sent to all member offices)
See http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/programs/legal_status/index.html
Being reviewed with focus on systems
Update to be published in PATENTSCOPE when finalized
PATENTSCOPE legal status strategy
NOT yet a priority (may appear as objective for next biannium)
Duplicating current IMPADOC would not bring additional benefits to users
Inherent very DIFFICULT task:
many different sources of information
Data not standardized
«Versatile» data: difficult to stay synchronized
Federated registers approach with PATENTSCOPE linking to national registers preferred
PCT national phase entries
PCT national phase entries
Information received from 47 offices (last ones since 2011: AT, NZ, CU, TH)
Newly added last month: India
Still a challenge to receive complete and timely PCT NPEs from PCT member states (147 contracting states)
Updated once a week in PATENTSCOPE
Sent to EPO for inclusion in INPADOC when authorized by the source office
PCT national phase dataCSV or XML format:
Office Code (ST.3 uppercase: e.g. KR)
PCT IA number (format: PCT/ROYYY/NNNNNN)
National Application Number
Status Code:
E: National Phase Entry (mandatory)
P: National Publication (optional)
R: Refusal (optional)
G: Grant (optional)
W:withdrawal (optional)
Date of action (yyymmdd)
Sent to EPO for inclusion in INPADOC when authorized by the source office