Post on 12-Jan-2016
PATENTSCOPEPatent Search Strategies and Techniques
Andrew Czajkowski
Head, Innovation and Technology Support Section
CenturionSeptember 11, 2014
Review
Main features
Interfaces
CLIR (cross-lingual)
Simple search
Field combination
Advanced search
Results analysis
Documents
RSS feeds
Strengths
The most complete and up to date place to search for PCT publications including their related documents
Searchable descriptions and claims
Facilitated patent search in languages not familiar to the user
Powerful Search Operators
Data Analytic Tools
Summary of features – Searching
A number of different search forms: Simple, Advanced, Field Combination, Multilingual
Cross Lingual Expansion
Integrated multilingual stemmer
Advanced search capabilities such as complex Boolean, wildcards, proximity, fuzzy and range queries
Summary of features – Result List
Displaying the result set in 5 different ways
Sorting by search relevance, application or latest publication date
Advanced highlighter
Incorporated translation functions
Grouping by specific fields
Excel download of results
RSS monitoring
Summary of features – Application/Patent Details
Full list of related documents including third party observations, national entries and notices for PCT applications
OCR-ed descriptions and claims with embedded images
Inbuilt translation service (TAPTA) available for translating non-English titles and abstracts
PDF page by page viewer
Drawings navigational tool
Summary of features – Analyzing/Exporting Results
Charts
Excel export
Query Tree
IPC statistics
Coverage
39 national/regional collections including PCT
7 New collections recently added:
Bahrain
Canada
China
Egypt
Estonia
Eurasian Patent Organisation
United Arab Emirates
Coverage
Increased the number of patents to 37 Mio
24 Million Full text data in 9 languages
Coming soon:
Germany
New Zealand
United Kingdom
5,5 millions national entry phase records
National entry phase data from China for the period from 1994 to 2012 recently added
Coverage : Collections
PCT applications, ARIPO, EPO, LATIPAT and national collections
Coverage: Help menu
Coverage: Help menu
Coverage: Help menu
Coverage : Details of collections
Scenario
A scientist at an agricultural research facility is considering whether to begin new work in the area of animal feed.
Your task is to determine:
which technologies already exist in this area
which organizations or individuals are particularly active in this area (in terms of patenting)
Task breakdown
Access the PATENTSCOPE search service
Retrieve patent documents based on
keywords
classification
Analyze the whole set of results according to applicants and inventors
Examine a specific patent document and its related documents within the results
Keep the scientist up-to-date on new patent documents
Task breakdown
Access the PATENTSCOPE search service
Retrieve patent documents based on
keywords
classification
Analyze the whole set of results according to applicants and inventors
Examine a specific patent document and its related documents within the results
Keep the scientist up-to-date on new patent documents
WIPO homepage
PATENTSCOPE homepage
WIPO PATENTSCOPE
Task breakdown
Access the PATENTSCOPE search service
Retrieve patent documents based on
keywords
classification
Analyze the whole set of results according to applicants and inventors
Examine a specific patent document and its related documents within the results
Keep the scientist up-to-date on new patent documents
WIPO PATENTSCOPE
PATENTSCOPE interfaces
Interfaces: CLIR
CLIR: Automatic mode
Query language is the language in which your query is entered
Automatic mode: Query and results
CLIR: Synonyms and variants
Original language
animal feed animal food, …
Other languages
animal feed Tierfutter, …
Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Swedish
Automatic mode: Query and results
Results
Automatic mode: Query and results
Automatic mode: Query and results
Interfaces: CLIR
CLIR: Automatic mode
CLIR: Automatic mode
CLIR: Supervised mode
Supervised mode: Domain selection
automatic domain detection
Supervised mode: Domain selection
Supervised mode: Variant selection
Supervised mode: Variant selection
Supervised mode: Variant selection
Supervised mode: Field and distance selection
Supervised mode: Field selection
Supervised mode: Query and results
Results
Machine translation
Machine translation
Task breakdown
Access the PATENTSCOPE search service
Retrieve patent documents based on
keywords
classification
Analyze the whole set of results according to applicants and inventors
Examine a specific patent document and its related documents within the results
Keep the scientist up-to-date on new patent documents
Supervised mode: Query and results
Results
Results: Analysis
IPC: Official publication
http://www.wipo.int/ipcpub
IPC: Official publication
Classification: A23K
Supervised mode: Query and results
Supervised mode: Query and results
Interfaces: Simple search
Interfaces: Simple search
Simple search: IPC
Simple search: Query and results
Results
Scenario: A twist
The scientist contacts you again: She tells you that she is actually most interested in animal feed specifically designed for cows.
Classification: A23K
No classification available for "Animal feeding-stuffs specially adapted for cows"
Task breakdown
Access the PATENTSCOPE search service
Retrieve patent documents based on
keywords
classification
keywords and classification
Analyze the whole set of results according to applicants and inventors
Examine a specific patent document and its related documents within the results
Keep the scientist up-to-date on new patent documents
Simple search: Query and results
Simple search: Query and results
Interfaces: Field combination
Field combination: Query
Field combination: Query and results
Results
Field combination: Query and results
Field combination: Query and results
Interfaces: Advanced search
Advanced search interface: Field codes
International classification
Title
Abstract
Claims
IC:(…) TI:(…) AB:(…) CL:(…)
Advanced search interface: Field codes (Help)
http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/help/fieldsHelp.jsf
Concepts and synonyms
cow: cattle, bovinecow OR cattle OR bovineTI:(cow OR cattle OR bovine) OR AB:(cow OR cattle OR
bovine) OR CL:(cow OR cattle OR bovine)
Classification: A23K
Query
IC:("A23K 1/18") AND (TI:(cow OR cattle OR bovine) OR AB:(cow OR cattle OR bovine) OR CL:(cow OR cattle OR bovine))
Advanced search: Query
Advanced search: Query and results
Query tree
Results
Task breakdown
Access the PATENTSCOPE search service
Retrieve patent documents based on
keywords
classification
keywords and classification
Analyze the whole set of results according to applicants and inventors
Examine a specific patent document and its related documents within the results
Keep the scientist up-to-date on new patent documents
Results
Results: Analysis
Results: Analysis
Results: Analysis
Task breakdown
Access the PATENTSCOPE search service
Retrieve patent documents based on
keywords
classification
keywords and classification
Analyze the whole set of results according to applicants and inventors
Examine a specific patent document and its related documents within the results
Keep the scientist up-to-date on new patent documents
Results
Record
Record: Documents
Record: Documents
Record: Documents
Documents
Documents: International Search Report
Task breakdown
Access the PATENTSCOPE search serviceRetrieve patent documents based on
keywordsclassificationkeywords and classification
Analyze the whole set of results according to applicants and inventors Examine a specific patent document and its related documents within the resultsKeep the scientist up-to-date on new patent documents
Advanced search: Query and results
RSS feed
Scenario
A research institute intends to focus its activities on the genetic engineering of maize. You have been asked to carry out the following tasks to support the work of the institute:
Gather information about related inventions;
Identify possible cooperation partners;
Show how patenting activity in this area has evolved over time.
Tasks
Gather information about related inventions
Retrieve individual documents
Identify possible cooperation partners;
Show how patenting activity in this area has evolved over time.
Analyze document sets
Query
Genetic engineering
IC:("C12N 15/00" OR A01H)
Maize
ALLTXT:(maize OR corn OR mielie OR mealie OR "Zea mays" OR "Z mays")
IC:("C12N 15/00" OR A01H) AND ALLTXT:(maize OR corn OR mielie OR mealie OR "Zea mays" OR "Z mays")
Results
Individual document
Applicants and inventors
Office
Key dates
Invention data
Individual document: Description
Individual document: Description
Results
Results: Analysis
Results: Analysis (applicant)
Results: Analysis (applicant)
Analysis: Findings
Top applicants include a number of well-known companies in the agriculture and agrochemicals industries but also a number of universities and public research institutions.
Results: Analysis
Results: Analysis (publication date)
Analysis: Findings
Exceptionally strong growth in patent filing activity from 1995 onwards, even compared to growth in overall patent filing activity
Slowdown in growth from 2002 onwards
All fields Genetic engineering of maize
Thank you for your attention!
For more information, please contact:
tisc@wipo.int