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Broadening the Scope of an Institutional Repository: The Patent Project

Laura WaughCTLC Annual ConferenceJuly 25, 2014

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About Patents

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About PatentsExclusive rights to your discovery:• Limited monopoly• Specific rights/use• Sovereign states

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About Patents

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About PatentsExclusive rights to your discovery:• Make • Use• Sell• Distribute

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About PatentsLimited period ofExclusive Rights

Public Disclosure

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About PatentsU.S. Patents:Filed after 19951. Utility Patent ~ 20 years

• New and useful process• Machine, manufacture, comp. of matter• Useful improvement

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About PatentsU.S. Patents:

2. Plant Patent ~ 20 years• New, distinct, invented or discovered• Asexually reproduced plant• Cultivated sports, mutants, hybrids,

newly found seedlings

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About PatentsU.S. Patents:

3. Design Patent ~ 14 years• New, original and ornamental design• Embodied in or applied to an article of

manufacture

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UNT Patent Process

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UNT Patent Process

Office of Technology Transfer

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UNT Patent ProcessOffice of Technology Transfer:

Average 50 – 70% Acceptance

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UNT Patent ProcessWhy Patents Matter to IRs:• Public Domain• Prestigious scholarly output• Underrepresented in IRs

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Workflow

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WorkflowObtaining Patents:Public Domain• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office• Free Patents Online• Google Patents

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Good Bad

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WorkflowUS Patent & Trademark Office: Search capabilities Includes all U.S. patents✕ Complicated✕Not all full-text patents

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WorkflowFree Patents Online: Full-text patents Easy to navigate✕ Search capabilities✕ Limited information

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WorkflowGoogle Patents: Familiar Full-text patents (sometimes)✕ Search capabilities✕ Complicated

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PDF Document

Institutional Repository

~ 30 pages+

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Metadata Considerations

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Metadata ConsiderationsUNT Digital Library:• Qualified Dublin-Core • Full-text Searching

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Metadata ConsiderationsBasic Information:• Creator Type = Inventor• Contributor = UNT (assignee)• Publisher = U.S. Patent and Trademark

Office • Rights: Public Domain

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Metadata ConsiderationsUnique Identifiers:• Patent number• Government Identification Numbers:

• Application number• Prior application number• Provisional application number• Patent Cooperative Treaty (PCT) number

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Metadata ConsiderationsCoverage• Place Name = Location of each inventor• Examples:

• United States – Texas – Denton County – Denton

• Saudi Arabia – Riyadh Province – Riyadh

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Metadata ConsiderationsDisplay Notes:• Prior publication data• Division data• Associated data• Patent Cooperative Treaty (PCT)• Withdrawn patent data

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Metadata ConsiderationsKeywords:

Aqueous Dispersion of Hydrogel Nanoparticles with Inverse

Thermoreversible GelatationKeywords?

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Metadata ConsiderationsKeywords:• Keywords from the text• Library of Congress Subject Headings• Field of Classification Search Terms

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Next Steps• Collaborations

• Fellow Institutions and Repositories• UNT Office of Technology Transfer

• Continue improving• Metadata• Usability

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Questions?Laura.Waugh@unt.edu