An Overview of the International Law of Business Method Patents
International patents
11
Free International Web-Based Patent Sites Gerry McKiernan In recent years there has been a proliferation of free Internet-based patent information services: while there were five service providers with Web-based services in 1996, as of 2001, there were more than 50! Currently, two hosts dominate the free-of-charge services: the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) [http://www.uspto.gov/] and esp@cenet®, the service and portal offered by the European Patent Office [http://www.espacenet.com/] (Technopolis Group, 2001). The USPTO and many European patent Web sites, however, not only provide free access to their respective patent information resources; many also offer access to a variety of relevant Intellectual Property sources and gateways to international and other national services. Nor are free Web-based patent services restricted to those offered by the United States and European countries; a number of non-Western na- Gerry McKiernan, AB, MS, is Associate Professor, Science and Technology Librar- ian, and Bibliographer, Iowa State University Library, Ames, IA (E-mail: gerrymck@ iastate.edu). [Haworth indexing entry note]: “Free International Web-Based Patent Sites.” McKiernan, Gerry. Pub- lished in Science & Technology Libraries (The Haworth Information Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc.) Vol. 22, No. 1/2, 2001, pp. 175-185. Single or multiple copies of this article are available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service [1-800-HAWORTH, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST). E-mail address: [email protected]]. http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J122 2001 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 10.1300/J122v22n01_11 175 SCI-5
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Free International Web-Based Patent Sites
Gerry McKiernan
In recent years there has been a proliferation of free Internet-basedpatent information services while there were five service providerswith Web-based services in 1996 as of 2001 there were more than 50Currently two hosts dominate the free-of-charge services the UnitedStates Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) [httpwwwusptogov]and espcenetreg the service and portal offered by the European PatentOffice [httpwwwespacenetcom] (Technopolis Group 2001)
The USPTO and many European patent Web sites however not onlyprovide free access to their respective patent information resourcesmany also offer access to a variety of relevant Intellectual Propertysources and gateways to international and other national services Norare free Web-based patent services restricted to those offered by theUnited States and European countries a number of non-Western na-
Gerry McKiernan AB MS is Associate Professor Science and Technology Librar-ian and Bibliographer Iowa State University Library Ames IA (E-mail gerrymckiastateedu)
[Haworth indexing entry note] ldquoFree International Web-Based Patent Sitesrdquo McKiernan Gerry Pub-lished in Science amp Technology Libraries (The Haworth Information Press an imprint of The Haworth PressInc) Vol 22 No 12 2001 pp 175-185 Single or multiple copies of this article are available for a fee fromThe Haworth Document Delivery Service [1-800-HAWORTH 900 am - 500 pm (EST) E-mail addressdocdeliveryhaworthpresscom]
httpwwwhaworthpresscomstoreproductaspsku=J122 2001 by The Haworth Press Inc All rights reserved
101300J122v22n01_11 175
SCI-5
tions have established Web-based patent services many with Eng-lish-language interfaces In general many of these servicesndashlike theirWestern counterpartsndashprovide access to patent bibliographic data andabstracts and in many cases link to the full text of associated patentdocuments
CITE Technopolis Group ldquoFree Patent Information on the Internet AnImpact Assessment Final Report Draft in Confidencerdquo 2001 lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgepidosconfpatlib2002presschwanderp_tepdfgt(16 September 2002)
WHAT [China Patent Database]
WHERE httpwwwsipogovcnsipo_Englishdefaulthtm
WHEN July 2002
WHY The China Patent Database is made available as a public ser-vice by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the Peoplersquos Re-public of China to publicize ldquothe intellectual property policy of the staterdquoand to provide ldquocomplete and comprehensive patent information service for the purpose of creating better social and economic benefits to thecountryrdquo
HOW The China Patent Database may be searched in one of three ways
bull basic search (single field search)bull lsquoQuick Searchrsquo (two field search)bull lsquoExpression Searchrsquo (simple or complex Boolean searching)
Basic Search
A basic search is provided directly from the English-languagehomepage of the State Intellectual Property Office of the Peoplersquos Re-public of China (SIPO) By using a pull-down menu it allows the user tosearch the China Patent Database by one of several fields notably lsquoTi-tlersquo lsquoAbstractrsquo lsquoApplication Numberrsquo lsquoInventor(s) Namersquo lsquoIPCrsquo (Inter-national Patent Classification) or lsquoApplicant(s) Namersquo
Quick Search
In addition to providing the field search options available in a basicsearch a lsquoQuick Searchrsquo option allows users to also search by lsquoApplica-
176 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
tion Datersquo Publication Datersquo lsquoAddressrsquo and lsquoAttorney amp Agentrsquo lsquoAllFieldsrsquo can also be searched separately or in combination with a singlefield or another lsquoAll Fieldsrsquo option in either an lsquoANDrsquo or lsquoORrsquo Booleanrelationship In addition a single field may be searched individually orin combination with one other field with identical logical options
Expression Search
Users may construct a simple or complex search using a select set offield codes and associated terms phrases numbers or alphanumericcharacters separately or in a simple or nested Boolean statement (eglsquopd = 1998 and abst = gloversquo) The following codes are presently avail-able and searchable
bull PN (Publication Number)bull PD (Publication Date)bull TTL (Title)bull ADDR (Address)bull APD (Application Date)bull IN (Inventor Name)bull ABST (Abstract)bull ICL (International Classification)bull APM [sic] (Applicant(s) Name)
Search results are displayed as a number list (lsquoIDrsquo) For each entrythe application number (lsquoApp Norsquo) and title are provided The title ishotlinked to a full record that provides specific data for each of thesesearchable fields (eg lsquoTitle Non-dusting secondary immersion methodof PVC gum glovesrsquo lsquoApplication Number 97106357rsquo lsquoApplicationDate 19970404rsquo lsquoPublication Number 1195607rsquo lsquoInternationalClassification B29C 4114rsquo) and lsquoAbstractrsquo In addition a field is pro-vided for an lsquoApproval Pub Datersquo and a lsquoGranted Pub Datersquo
Access to the full-text of patents is not directly available from the Eng-lish-language service Using data obtained from this English languagesearch users can retrieve select full-text documents as TIF images fromthe Chinese language patent search database [httpwwwjiansuocom]by following instructions on searching the Chinese language interfaceprovided by John Mayall [httpwwwmayalljfreeservecoukchinahtm]
WHO The China Patent Database is provided by the State IntellectualProperty Office of the Peoplersquos Republic of China Beijing
Sci-5 177
CITE IP Menu ldquoJuly 2002 to August 2002 Tuesday 23 July 2002 StateIntellectual Property Office of China Databaserdquo 2002 lthttpwwwipmenucomarchiveJuly2002toAugust2002htmgt (17 September 2002)
WHAT DEPATISnet
WHERE httpwwwdepatisnetde
WHEN April 2001 (German) June 2001 (English version)
WHY DEPATISnet is a service provided by the German Patent and TradeMark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) Munich DEPATISnetthe German Patent Information System on the Internet allows users to per-form online searches free-of-charge for patents contained in the DEPATISdata archive
HOW DEPATISnet provides access to all German patents issued since1877 and those made available from the national patent offices of Aus-tralia Austria France Italy Japan Switzerland the United Kingdomand the USA DEPATISnet is an archive of more than 20 million patentdocuments published worldwide and includes more than 5 million Jap-anese abstracts Nearly 1 million new documents are currently addedeach year
Within DEPATISnet full-text searching is available for all Germanpatent applications (lsquoOffenlegungsschriftenrsquo) and patents granted since1987 For other patent documents search options will vary althoughsearching by document number and the International Patent Classifica-tion (IPC) scheme are standard
A variety of search modes are offered to meet the needs of casual andexpert users including the following options
Beginnerrsquos Search
This mode is suitable for simple queries (e g lsquopublication numberrsquo lsquoti-tlersquo lsquoapplicantrsquo etc) Fields can be searched separately or in combination
Expert Search
In the lsquoExpertrsquo mode users can compose search statements by select-ing from a scrollable menu of field names and associated labels as wellas common and uncommon Boolean operators (eg lsquoANDrsquo lsquoORrsquo
178 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
lsquoNOTrsquo) comparison operators (eg lsquogtrsquo (greater than) lsquoltrsquo (less than)lsquo=rsquo (equal to) and IKOFAX proximity operators (eg lsquo(W)rsquo (searchterms in the specified order without other intervening terms)lsquo(P)rsquo (doc-uments containing the search terms within the same paragraph) andlsquo(L)rsquo (documents containing the terms within the same field)
IKOFAX Search
In this mode experienced searchers are offered the opportunity touse the internal system query command language named IKOFAXUsing this search option and the command search structure all indexedfields are searchable and users can construct detailed and complexsearch statements
Patent lsquoFamilyrsquo Search
The patent lsquoFamilyrsquo search allows users to identify documents thatare members of a patent family either from the patent lsquoFamilyrsquo searchmode or directly from the search result list
When a search has been performed a results list is displayed The se-lection of an entry will provide bibliographic data (title applicant in-ventor etc) for the patent The full text of the patent can be displayed inPDF format if available as indicated by a PDF icon Users can browseentries backwards and forwards and for those documents with full textdisplay select sections of a document (eg lsquobibliographic datarsquo lsquofirstpagersquo lsquoabstractrsquo lsquodescriptionrsquo lsquoclaimsrsquo lsquodrawingrsquo etc)
WHO DEPATISnet is a service provided by the German Patent andTrade Mark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) Munich
CITE European Patent Office ldquoA New Free Internet Service from the Ger-man Patent Officerdquo 2001 EPIDOS News Online 201 lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_2_017_2_01_ehtmgt (25 February 2001)
WHAT Industrial Property Digital Library
WHERE httpwwwipdljpogojphomepg_eipdl
WHEN March 1999
Sci-5 179
WHY The Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) is a patent andtrademark service made available by the Japanese Patent Office to providefree public access to resources that were historically available only at selectoffices and libraries As of April 2002 approximately 47 million lsquoIP-re-lated documentsrsquo are available through the site [httpshipmindmeijiacjplibsympo5overviewfujipdf]
HOW The English-language version of the Industrial Property Digital Li-brary provides access to the Japanese patent database through a variety ofinterfaces notably a standard patents search (lsquoSearching PAJrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code search interface (lsquoFIF-term Searchrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code browse and search interface (lsquoPatent Map Guid-ancersquo) and a lsquoPatent amp Utility Model Concordancersquo The lsquoFIrsquo (lsquoFile In-dexrsquo) and lsquoF-Termrsquo are patent classification schemes developed by theJapan Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpinfoepdfpaj21pdf] [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_3_0111_3_01_ehtm]
On the English-language homepage patent resources are groupedwithin the lsquoPatent amp Utility Modelrsquo category (lsquo2rsquo) The Japanese inter-face for the IPDL offers access to these and several other specialized pat-ent and trademark databases [httpwwwipdljpogojphomepgipdl]
In addition to the JPO database and its various interfaces the Eng-lish-language homepage through a linked list provides access to vari-ous regional (eg Australian Korean and New Zealand) and USEuropean and international patent Web sites (eg USPTO EuropeanPatent Office WIPO)
Searching PAJ
From this interface users can search the JPO database by applicantname title or abstract separately or in combination In addition resultsmay be limited by date andor by International Patent Classification(IPC) The database can also be searched by application publication orpatent number or lsquonumber of appeal against examinerrsquos decision of re-jectionrsquo
If results are greater than 1000 records the system will suggest that thesearch be refined For searches with results less than 1000 entries userscan display a list of relevant entries by clicking on the lsquoIndex Indicationrsquobutton at the top of the results page which will display a listing of re-trieved records in reverse chronological order by lsquoPublication Norsquo Uponselecting the hyperlinked publication number (eg lsquo2001-249755rsquo) a
180 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
brief record with basic bibliographic information will be displayed with aselected figure In selecting the lsquoDetailrsquo button at the top of this record asecond window is opened that provides options for retrieving other sec-tions of the patent (eg lsquodetailed descriptionrsquo lsquotechnical fieldrsquo lsquopriorartrsquo lsquoeffect of the inventionrsquo lsquotechnical problemrsquo lsquomeansrsquo lsquodescriptionof drawingsrsquo lsquodrawingsrsquo) The English-language patent text is created bylsquomachine translationrsquoWHO Industrial Property Digital Library is a patent and trademarkservice made available by the Japanese Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpindexhtm]
CITE Seiji Banno ldquoIndustrial Property Digital Libraryrdquo Presentationat PATLIB 2000The Next Generation May 16-18 2000 Helsinki Fin-land lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgepidosconfpatlib2000presentationsbannospdfgt (14 September 2002)
WHAT Intellectual Property Digital Library
WHERE httpipdlwipoint
WHEN January 2001
WHY The objective of the Intellectual Property Digital Library(IPDL) project is to facilitate access to and exchange of intellectualproperty information to provide ldquoa tool for technology transfer and eco-nomic development to the benefit of developing countries and their in-ventors industry universities and research and development instit-utionsrdquo
HOW The Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides ac-cess to various intellectual property databases currently hosted by theWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) These databases in-clude the Hague Express Database the Madrid Express Database thePCT Electronic Gazette and the non-patent reference data from the Jour-nal of Patent Associated Literature (JOPAL) [httpipdlwipointensearchsearchshtml] Currently two levels of access are available foreach database lsquoAccountrsquo and lsquoGuestrsquo
Hague Express Database
The Hague Express Database includes bibliographical data and fig-ures or images of industrial designs relating to international deposits
Sci-5 181
that have been recorded in the WIPO International Register and pub-lished in the International Designs Bulletin as of issue No 11999
Madrid Express Database
The Madrid Express Database provides access to all international trade-mark registrations that are currently in force or have expired within the pastsix months It also includes data relating to international applications andsubsequent designations that have been received by the WIPO Interna-tional Bureau but not yet recorded in its international register of marks
PCT Electronic Gazette
The PCT Electronic Gazette database provides lsquofirst page datarsquo (bib-liographic data abstract and drawing) of Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT) applications published since January 1997 The PCT simplifiesand reduces the cost of obtaining international patent protection By fil-ing one international patent application under terms of the PCT an in-ventor can ldquosimultaneously seek protection for an invention in over onehundred countries throughout the worldrdquo
The database may be searched using an advanced search interface alsquoSimple Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-simphtml] or a lsquoStructured Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-structhtml] The advanced search the default allows users to per-form a free-text or field search (eg lsquoETrsquo (English title) lsquoABErsquo (EnglishAbstract) lsquoPArsquo (applicant name)) [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch2html] The entire database may be searched or limited to the current week(eg lsquo12092002rsquo) Results may be sorted chronologically or by relevancefull records may be displayed in a lsquoBasicrsquo lsquoGazettersquo or lsquoFront Pagersquo formatIn addition users can specify the types of data to be displayed in the resultslisting (eg publication date (lsquoPub Datersquo) assigned international classifi-cation (lsquoInt Classrsquo) application number (lsquoApp Numrsquo) lsquoFirst InventorrsquolsquoFirst Applicantrsquo lsquoAbstractrsquo andor lsquoImagersquo (NoneSmallLarge) publica-tion number (lsquoPub Norsquo) and lsquoTitlersquo are standard Results may be displayedas lists of 10 25 or 50 entries
The full-text of a PCT application is accessible by clicking the lsquoViewImagesrsquo button located in the upper left-hand corner at the top of the ap-plication record when available (Full-text data is provided fourteendays after the application is formally published) Applications are pro-vided in PDF format through a link to the espcenetreg patent service ofthe European Patent Office [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgespacenetinfoindexhtm]
182 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
WHO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [httpwwwwipointabout-wipoen]
CITE World Intellectual Property Organization IPDL SCIT Documen-tation nd lthttpwwwwipointscitenipdlindexhtmgt (17 Septem-ber 2002)
WHAT SurfIP
WHERE httpwwwsurfipgovsgsip_homehtm
WHEN July 2000
WHY SurfIP is ldquoa special project of the Intellectual Property Office ofSingapore (IPOS) developed to serve the [intellectual property]community as a One-Stop first-stop portal for intellectual property in-formationrdquo Through SurfIP users ldquocan search for information relatingto the Biotechnology IT Telecommunication and Manufacturing In-dustriesrdquo and other areas
HOW SurfIP offers member- and non-member-based services non-members can use ldquothe Patent and Web Interactive Search Banner Business News Search Banner and IP Events Search Bannerrdquo andmost of the information services registered SurfIP lsquoAssociate Membersrsquocan access SurfIP Research SurfIP Marketplace and SurfIP Servicesand lsquoPremium Membersrsquo can access SurfIP Research SurfIP Market-place SurfIP Services and TRRUreg Metrics IP Valuation [httpwwwsurfipgovsgreg_member_planshtm]
SurfIP Research
SurfIP Research provides access to selected patent technical andbusiness sources and offers the following search options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (field searching)bull Patent Number Search (patent or application number) andbull IPC Search (International Patent Classification)
Sci-5 183
SurfIP Marketplace
SurfIP Marketplace is a lsquoplatformrsquo for Intellectual Property ownersldquoto market and commercialize their IP assets through licensing andsalesrdquo and offers the following search or management options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (fields searching)bull Boolean Search andbull Portfolio Management facility (for creating managing tracking
Intellectual Property listings)
SurfIP Services
SurfIP offers access to a variety of relevant information and services
bull lsquoPanel of Advisorsrsquo (directory of ldquolawyers accountants insurersand technical specialistsrdquo who offer Intellectual Property consul-tation services)
bull lsquoIP Directoryrsquo (directory of Intellectual Property law firms andservices located in Singapore)
bull Information services (eg news articles and Intellectual PropertylsquoResourcesrsquo eg lsquoSingapore IP Law Resourcesrsquo)
Miscellaneous
SurfIP also offers a variety of associated services and functionalities
bull Online translation (ldquomachine translationrdquo of English text into ChineseJapanese Korean and European languages) SurfIP Research only
bull lsquoCross-Lingual Chinese Searchingrsquo SurfIP Research onlybull Current awareness (daily weekly or monthly updates) SurfIP Re-
search and SurfIP Marketplacebull Bookmarking print download or e-mail delivery and stored
searches
Searching
The main search page provides users with the opportunity to searchone or more patent andor Internet search engines separately or concur-rently Presently access is provided to the patent databases offered by
184 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
tions have established Web-based patent services many with Eng-lish-language interfaces In general many of these servicesndashlike theirWestern counterpartsndashprovide access to patent bibliographic data andabstracts and in many cases link to the full text of associated patentdocuments
CITE Technopolis Group ldquoFree Patent Information on the Internet AnImpact Assessment Final Report Draft in Confidencerdquo 2001 lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgepidosconfpatlib2002presschwanderp_tepdfgt(16 September 2002)
WHAT [China Patent Database]
WHERE httpwwwsipogovcnsipo_Englishdefaulthtm
WHEN July 2002
WHY The China Patent Database is made available as a public ser-vice by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the Peoplersquos Re-public of China to publicize ldquothe intellectual property policy of the staterdquoand to provide ldquocomplete and comprehensive patent information service for the purpose of creating better social and economic benefits to thecountryrdquo
HOW The China Patent Database may be searched in one of three ways
bull basic search (single field search)bull lsquoQuick Searchrsquo (two field search)bull lsquoExpression Searchrsquo (simple or complex Boolean searching)
Basic Search
A basic search is provided directly from the English-languagehomepage of the State Intellectual Property Office of the Peoplersquos Re-public of China (SIPO) By using a pull-down menu it allows the user tosearch the China Patent Database by one of several fields notably lsquoTi-tlersquo lsquoAbstractrsquo lsquoApplication Numberrsquo lsquoInventor(s) Namersquo lsquoIPCrsquo (Inter-national Patent Classification) or lsquoApplicant(s) Namersquo
Quick Search
In addition to providing the field search options available in a basicsearch a lsquoQuick Searchrsquo option allows users to also search by lsquoApplica-
176 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
tion Datersquo Publication Datersquo lsquoAddressrsquo and lsquoAttorney amp Agentrsquo lsquoAllFieldsrsquo can also be searched separately or in combination with a singlefield or another lsquoAll Fieldsrsquo option in either an lsquoANDrsquo or lsquoORrsquo Booleanrelationship In addition a single field may be searched individually orin combination with one other field with identical logical options
Expression Search
Users may construct a simple or complex search using a select set offield codes and associated terms phrases numbers or alphanumericcharacters separately or in a simple or nested Boolean statement (eglsquopd = 1998 and abst = gloversquo) The following codes are presently avail-able and searchable
bull PN (Publication Number)bull PD (Publication Date)bull TTL (Title)bull ADDR (Address)bull APD (Application Date)bull IN (Inventor Name)bull ABST (Abstract)bull ICL (International Classification)bull APM [sic] (Applicant(s) Name)
Search results are displayed as a number list (lsquoIDrsquo) For each entrythe application number (lsquoApp Norsquo) and title are provided The title ishotlinked to a full record that provides specific data for each of thesesearchable fields (eg lsquoTitle Non-dusting secondary immersion methodof PVC gum glovesrsquo lsquoApplication Number 97106357rsquo lsquoApplicationDate 19970404rsquo lsquoPublication Number 1195607rsquo lsquoInternationalClassification B29C 4114rsquo) and lsquoAbstractrsquo In addition a field is pro-vided for an lsquoApproval Pub Datersquo and a lsquoGranted Pub Datersquo
Access to the full-text of patents is not directly available from the Eng-lish-language service Using data obtained from this English languagesearch users can retrieve select full-text documents as TIF images fromthe Chinese language patent search database [httpwwwjiansuocom]by following instructions on searching the Chinese language interfaceprovided by John Mayall [httpwwwmayalljfreeservecoukchinahtm]
WHO The China Patent Database is provided by the State IntellectualProperty Office of the Peoplersquos Republic of China Beijing
Sci-5 177
CITE IP Menu ldquoJuly 2002 to August 2002 Tuesday 23 July 2002 StateIntellectual Property Office of China Databaserdquo 2002 lthttpwwwipmenucomarchiveJuly2002toAugust2002htmgt (17 September 2002)
WHAT DEPATISnet
WHERE httpwwwdepatisnetde
WHEN April 2001 (German) June 2001 (English version)
WHY DEPATISnet is a service provided by the German Patent and TradeMark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) Munich DEPATISnetthe German Patent Information System on the Internet allows users to per-form online searches free-of-charge for patents contained in the DEPATISdata archive
HOW DEPATISnet provides access to all German patents issued since1877 and those made available from the national patent offices of Aus-tralia Austria France Italy Japan Switzerland the United Kingdomand the USA DEPATISnet is an archive of more than 20 million patentdocuments published worldwide and includes more than 5 million Jap-anese abstracts Nearly 1 million new documents are currently addedeach year
Within DEPATISnet full-text searching is available for all Germanpatent applications (lsquoOffenlegungsschriftenrsquo) and patents granted since1987 For other patent documents search options will vary althoughsearching by document number and the International Patent Classifica-tion (IPC) scheme are standard
A variety of search modes are offered to meet the needs of casual andexpert users including the following options
Beginnerrsquos Search
This mode is suitable for simple queries (e g lsquopublication numberrsquo lsquoti-tlersquo lsquoapplicantrsquo etc) Fields can be searched separately or in combination
Expert Search
In the lsquoExpertrsquo mode users can compose search statements by select-ing from a scrollable menu of field names and associated labels as wellas common and uncommon Boolean operators (eg lsquoANDrsquo lsquoORrsquo
178 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
lsquoNOTrsquo) comparison operators (eg lsquogtrsquo (greater than) lsquoltrsquo (less than)lsquo=rsquo (equal to) and IKOFAX proximity operators (eg lsquo(W)rsquo (searchterms in the specified order without other intervening terms)lsquo(P)rsquo (doc-uments containing the search terms within the same paragraph) andlsquo(L)rsquo (documents containing the terms within the same field)
IKOFAX Search
In this mode experienced searchers are offered the opportunity touse the internal system query command language named IKOFAXUsing this search option and the command search structure all indexedfields are searchable and users can construct detailed and complexsearch statements
Patent lsquoFamilyrsquo Search
The patent lsquoFamilyrsquo search allows users to identify documents thatare members of a patent family either from the patent lsquoFamilyrsquo searchmode or directly from the search result list
When a search has been performed a results list is displayed The se-lection of an entry will provide bibliographic data (title applicant in-ventor etc) for the patent The full text of the patent can be displayed inPDF format if available as indicated by a PDF icon Users can browseentries backwards and forwards and for those documents with full textdisplay select sections of a document (eg lsquobibliographic datarsquo lsquofirstpagersquo lsquoabstractrsquo lsquodescriptionrsquo lsquoclaimsrsquo lsquodrawingrsquo etc)
WHO DEPATISnet is a service provided by the German Patent andTrade Mark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) Munich
CITE European Patent Office ldquoA New Free Internet Service from the Ger-man Patent Officerdquo 2001 EPIDOS News Online 201 lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_2_017_2_01_ehtmgt (25 February 2001)
WHAT Industrial Property Digital Library
WHERE httpwwwipdljpogojphomepg_eipdl
WHEN March 1999
Sci-5 179
WHY The Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) is a patent andtrademark service made available by the Japanese Patent Office to providefree public access to resources that were historically available only at selectoffices and libraries As of April 2002 approximately 47 million lsquoIP-re-lated documentsrsquo are available through the site [httpshipmindmeijiacjplibsympo5overviewfujipdf]
HOW The English-language version of the Industrial Property Digital Li-brary provides access to the Japanese patent database through a variety ofinterfaces notably a standard patents search (lsquoSearching PAJrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code search interface (lsquoFIF-term Searchrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code browse and search interface (lsquoPatent Map Guid-ancersquo) and a lsquoPatent amp Utility Model Concordancersquo The lsquoFIrsquo (lsquoFile In-dexrsquo) and lsquoF-Termrsquo are patent classification schemes developed by theJapan Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpinfoepdfpaj21pdf] [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_3_0111_3_01_ehtm]
On the English-language homepage patent resources are groupedwithin the lsquoPatent amp Utility Modelrsquo category (lsquo2rsquo) The Japanese inter-face for the IPDL offers access to these and several other specialized pat-ent and trademark databases [httpwwwipdljpogojphomepgipdl]
In addition to the JPO database and its various interfaces the Eng-lish-language homepage through a linked list provides access to vari-ous regional (eg Australian Korean and New Zealand) and USEuropean and international patent Web sites (eg USPTO EuropeanPatent Office WIPO)
Searching PAJ
From this interface users can search the JPO database by applicantname title or abstract separately or in combination In addition resultsmay be limited by date andor by International Patent Classification(IPC) The database can also be searched by application publication orpatent number or lsquonumber of appeal against examinerrsquos decision of re-jectionrsquo
If results are greater than 1000 records the system will suggest that thesearch be refined For searches with results less than 1000 entries userscan display a list of relevant entries by clicking on the lsquoIndex Indicationrsquobutton at the top of the results page which will display a listing of re-trieved records in reverse chronological order by lsquoPublication Norsquo Uponselecting the hyperlinked publication number (eg lsquo2001-249755rsquo) a
180 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
brief record with basic bibliographic information will be displayed with aselected figure In selecting the lsquoDetailrsquo button at the top of this record asecond window is opened that provides options for retrieving other sec-tions of the patent (eg lsquodetailed descriptionrsquo lsquotechnical fieldrsquo lsquopriorartrsquo lsquoeffect of the inventionrsquo lsquotechnical problemrsquo lsquomeansrsquo lsquodescriptionof drawingsrsquo lsquodrawingsrsquo) The English-language patent text is created bylsquomachine translationrsquoWHO Industrial Property Digital Library is a patent and trademarkservice made available by the Japanese Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpindexhtm]
CITE Seiji Banno ldquoIndustrial Property Digital Libraryrdquo Presentationat PATLIB 2000The Next Generation May 16-18 2000 Helsinki Fin-land lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgepidosconfpatlib2000presentationsbannospdfgt (14 September 2002)
WHAT Intellectual Property Digital Library
WHERE httpipdlwipoint
WHEN January 2001
WHY The objective of the Intellectual Property Digital Library(IPDL) project is to facilitate access to and exchange of intellectualproperty information to provide ldquoa tool for technology transfer and eco-nomic development to the benefit of developing countries and their in-ventors industry universities and research and development instit-utionsrdquo
HOW The Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides ac-cess to various intellectual property databases currently hosted by theWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) These databases in-clude the Hague Express Database the Madrid Express Database thePCT Electronic Gazette and the non-patent reference data from the Jour-nal of Patent Associated Literature (JOPAL) [httpipdlwipointensearchsearchshtml] Currently two levels of access are available foreach database lsquoAccountrsquo and lsquoGuestrsquo
Hague Express Database
The Hague Express Database includes bibliographical data and fig-ures or images of industrial designs relating to international deposits
Sci-5 181
that have been recorded in the WIPO International Register and pub-lished in the International Designs Bulletin as of issue No 11999
Madrid Express Database
The Madrid Express Database provides access to all international trade-mark registrations that are currently in force or have expired within the pastsix months It also includes data relating to international applications andsubsequent designations that have been received by the WIPO Interna-tional Bureau but not yet recorded in its international register of marks
PCT Electronic Gazette
The PCT Electronic Gazette database provides lsquofirst page datarsquo (bib-liographic data abstract and drawing) of Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT) applications published since January 1997 The PCT simplifiesand reduces the cost of obtaining international patent protection By fil-ing one international patent application under terms of the PCT an in-ventor can ldquosimultaneously seek protection for an invention in over onehundred countries throughout the worldrdquo
The database may be searched using an advanced search interface alsquoSimple Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-simphtml] or a lsquoStructured Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-structhtml] The advanced search the default allows users to per-form a free-text or field search (eg lsquoETrsquo (English title) lsquoABErsquo (EnglishAbstract) lsquoPArsquo (applicant name)) [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch2html] The entire database may be searched or limited to the current week(eg lsquo12092002rsquo) Results may be sorted chronologically or by relevancefull records may be displayed in a lsquoBasicrsquo lsquoGazettersquo or lsquoFront Pagersquo formatIn addition users can specify the types of data to be displayed in the resultslisting (eg publication date (lsquoPub Datersquo) assigned international classifi-cation (lsquoInt Classrsquo) application number (lsquoApp Numrsquo) lsquoFirst InventorrsquolsquoFirst Applicantrsquo lsquoAbstractrsquo andor lsquoImagersquo (NoneSmallLarge) publica-tion number (lsquoPub Norsquo) and lsquoTitlersquo are standard Results may be displayedas lists of 10 25 or 50 entries
The full-text of a PCT application is accessible by clicking the lsquoViewImagesrsquo button located in the upper left-hand corner at the top of the ap-plication record when available (Full-text data is provided fourteendays after the application is formally published) Applications are pro-vided in PDF format through a link to the espcenetreg patent service ofthe European Patent Office [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgespacenetinfoindexhtm]
182 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
WHO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [httpwwwwipointabout-wipoen]
CITE World Intellectual Property Organization IPDL SCIT Documen-tation nd lthttpwwwwipointscitenipdlindexhtmgt (17 Septem-ber 2002)
WHAT SurfIP
WHERE httpwwwsurfipgovsgsip_homehtm
WHEN July 2000
WHY SurfIP is ldquoa special project of the Intellectual Property Office ofSingapore (IPOS) developed to serve the [intellectual property]community as a One-Stop first-stop portal for intellectual property in-formationrdquo Through SurfIP users ldquocan search for information relatingto the Biotechnology IT Telecommunication and Manufacturing In-dustriesrdquo and other areas
HOW SurfIP offers member- and non-member-based services non-members can use ldquothe Patent and Web Interactive Search Banner Business News Search Banner and IP Events Search Bannerrdquo andmost of the information services registered SurfIP lsquoAssociate Membersrsquocan access SurfIP Research SurfIP Marketplace and SurfIP Servicesand lsquoPremium Membersrsquo can access SurfIP Research SurfIP Market-place SurfIP Services and TRRUreg Metrics IP Valuation [httpwwwsurfipgovsgreg_member_planshtm]
SurfIP Research
SurfIP Research provides access to selected patent technical andbusiness sources and offers the following search options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (field searching)bull Patent Number Search (patent or application number) andbull IPC Search (International Patent Classification)
Sci-5 183
SurfIP Marketplace
SurfIP Marketplace is a lsquoplatformrsquo for Intellectual Property ownersldquoto market and commercialize their IP assets through licensing andsalesrdquo and offers the following search or management options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (fields searching)bull Boolean Search andbull Portfolio Management facility (for creating managing tracking
Intellectual Property listings)
SurfIP Services
SurfIP offers access to a variety of relevant information and services
bull lsquoPanel of Advisorsrsquo (directory of ldquolawyers accountants insurersand technical specialistsrdquo who offer Intellectual Property consul-tation services)
bull lsquoIP Directoryrsquo (directory of Intellectual Property law firms andservices located in Singapore)
bull Information services (eg news articles and Intellectual PropertylsquoResourcesrsquo eg lsquoSingapore IP Law Resourcesrsquo)
Miscellaneous
SurfIP also offers a variety of associated services and functionalities
bull Online translation (ldquomachine translationrdquo of English text into ChineseJapanese Korean and European languages) SurfIP Research only
bull lsquoCross-Lingual Chinese Searchingrsquo SurfIP Research onlybull Current awareness (daily weekly or monthly updates) SurfIP Re-
search and SurfIP Marketplacebull Bookmarking print download or e-mail delivery and stored
searches
Searching
The main search page provides users with the opportunity to searchone or more patent andor Internet search engines separately or concur-rently Presently access is provided to the patent databases offered by
184 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
tion Datersquo Publication Datersquo lsquoAddressrsquo and lsquoAttorney amp Agentrsquo lsquoAllFieldsrsquo can also be searched separately or in combination with a singlefield or another lsquoAll Fieldsrsquo option in either an lsquoANDrsquo or lsquoORrsquo Booleanrelationship In addition a single field may be searched individually orin combination with one other field with identical logical options
Expression Search
Users may construct a simple or complex search using a select set offield codes and associated terms phrases numbers or alphanumericcharacters separately or in a simple or nested Boolean statement (eglsquopd = 1998 and abst = gloversquo) The following codes are presently avail-able and searchable
bull PN (Publication Number)bull PD (Publication Date)bull TTL (Title)bull ADDR (Address)bull APD (Application Date)bull IN (Inventor Name)bull ABST (Abstract)bull ICL (International Classification)bull APM [sic] (Applicant(s) Name)
Search results are displayed as a number list (lsquoIDrsquo) For each entrythe application number (lsquoApp Norsquo) and title are provided The title ishotlinked to a full record that provides specific data for each of thesesearchable fields (eg lsquoTitle Non-dusting secondary immersion methodof PVC gum glovesrsquo lsquoApplication Number 97106357rsquo lsquoApplicationDate 19970404rsquo lsquoPublication Number 1195607rsquo lsquoInternationalClassification B29C 4114rsquo) and lsquoAbstractrsquo In addition a field is pro-vided for an lsquoApproval Pub Datersquo and a lsquoGranted Pub Datersquo
Access to the full-text of patents is not directly available from the Eng-lish-language service Using data obtained from this English languagesearch users can retrieve select full-text documents as TIF images fromthe Chinese language patent search database [httpwwwjiansuocom]by following instructions on searching the Chinese language interfaceprovided by John Mayall [httpwwwmayalljfreeservecoukchinahtm]
WHO The China Patent Database is provided by the State IntellectualProperty Office of the Peoplersquos Republic of China Beijing
Sci-5 177
CITE IP Menu ldquoJuly 2002 to August 2002 Tuesday 23 July 2002 StateIntellectual Property Office of China Databaserdquo 2002 lthttpwwwipmenucomarchiveJuly2002toAugust2002htmgt (17 September 2002)
WHAT DEPATISnet
WHERE httpwwwdepatisnetde
WHEN April 2001 (German) June 2001 (English version)
WHY DEPATISnet is a service provided by the German Patent and TradeMark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) Munich DEPATISnetthe German Patent Information System on the Internet allows users to per-form online searches free-of-charge for patents contained in the DEPATISdata archive
HOW DEPATISnet provides access to all German patents issued since1877 and those made available from the national patent offices of Aus-tralia Austria France Italy Japan Switzerland the United Kingdomand the USA DEPATISnet is an archive of more than 20 million patentdocuments published worldwide and includes more than 5 million Jap-anese abstracts Nearly 1 million new documents are currently addedeach year
Within DEPATISnet full-text searching is available for all Germanpatent applications (lsquoOffenlegungsschriftenrsquo) and patents granted since1987 For other patent documents search options will vary althoughsearching by document number and the International Patent Classifica-tion (IPC) scheme are standard
A variety of search modes are offered to meet the needs of casual andexpert users including the following options
Beginnerrsquos Search
This mode is suitable for simple queries (e g lsquopublication numberrsquo lsquoti-tlersquo lsquoapplicantrsquo etc) Fields can be searched separately or in combination
Expert Search
In the lsquoExpertrsquo mode users can compose search statements by select-ing from a scrollable menu of field names and associated labels as wellas common and uncommon Boolean operators (eg lsquoANDrsquo lsquoORrsquo
178 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
lsquoNOTrsquo) comparison operators (eg lsquogtrsquo (greater than) lsquoltrsquo (less than)lsquo=rsquo (equal to) and IKOFAX proximity operators (eg lsquo(W)rsquo (searchterms in the specified order without other intervening terms)lsquo(P)rsquo (doc-uments containing the search terms within the same paragraph) andlsquo(L)rsquo (documents containing the terms within the same field)
IKOFAX Search
In this mode experienced searchers are offered the opportunity touse the internal system query command language named IKOFAXUsing this search option and the command search structure all indexedfields are searchable and users can construct detailed and complexsearch statements
Patent lsquoFamilyrsquo Search
The patent lsquoFamilyrsquo search allows users to identify documents thatare members of a patent family either from the patent lsquoFamilyrsquo searchmode or directly from the search result list
When a search has been performed a results list is displayed The se-lection of an entry will provide bibliographic data (title applicant in-ventor etc) for the patent The full text of the patent can be displayed inPDF format if available as indicated by a PDF icon Users can browseentries backwards and forwards and for those documents with full textdisplay select sections of a document (eg lsquobibliographic datarsquo lsquofirstpagersquo lsquoabstractrsquo lsquodescriptionrsquo lsquoclaimsrsquo lsquodrawingrsquo etc)
WHO DEPATISnet is a service provided by the German Patent andTrade Mark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) Munich
CITE European Patent Office ldquoA New Free Internet Service from the Ger-man Patent Officerdquo 2001 EPIDOS News Online 201 lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_2_017_2_01_ehtmgt (25 February 2001)
WHAT Industrial Property Digital Library
WHERE httpwwwipdljpogojphomepg_eipdl
WHEN March 1999
Sci-5 179
WHY The Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) is a patent andtrademark service made available by the Japanese Patent Office to providefree public access to resources that were historically available only at selectoffices and libraries As of April 2002 approximately 47 million lsquoIP-re-lated documentsrsquo are available through the site [httpshipmindmeijiacjplibsympo5overviewfujipdf]
HOW The English-language version of the Industrial Property Digital Li-brary provides access to the Japanese patent database through a variety ofinterfaces notably a standard patents search (lsquoSearching PAJrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code search interface (lsquoFIF-term Searchrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code browse and search interface (lsquoPatent Map Guid-ancersquo) and a lsquoPatent amp Utility Model Concordancersquo The lsquoFIrsquo (lsquoFile In-dexrsquo) and lsquoF-Termrsquo are patent classification schemes developed by theJapan Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpinfoepdfpaj21pdf] [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_3_0111_3_01_ehtm]
On the English-language homepage patent resources are groupedwithin the lsquoPatent amp Utility Modelrsquo category (lsquo2rsquo) The Japanese inter-face for the IPDL offers access to these and several other specialized pat-ent and trademark databases [httpwwwipdljpogojphomepgipdl]
In addition to the JPO database and its various interfaces the Eng-lish-language homepage through a linked list provides access to vari-ous regional (eg Australian Korean and New Zealand) and USEuropean and international patent Web sites (eg USPTO EuropeanPatent Office WIPO)
Searching PAJ
From this interface users can search the JPO database by applicantname title or abstract separately or in combination In addition resultsmay be limited by date andor by International Patent Classification(IPC) The database can also be searched by application publication orpatent number or lsquonumber of appeal against examinerrsquos decision of re-jectionrsquo
If results are greater than 1000 records the system will suggest that thesearch be refined For searches with results less than 1000 entries userscan display a list of relevant entries by clicking on the lsquoIndex Indicationrsquobutton at the top of the results page which will display a listing of re-trieved records in reverse chronological order by lsquoPublication Norsquo Uponselecting the hyperlinked publication number (eg lsquo2001-249755rsquo) a
180 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
brief record with basic bibliographic information will be displayed with aselected figure In selecting the lsquoDetailrsquo button at the top of this record asecond window is opened that provides options for retrieving other sec-tions of the patent (eg lsquodetailed descriptionrsquo lsquotechnical fieldrsquo lsquopriorartrsquo lsquoeffect of the inventionrsquo lsquotechnical problemrsquo lsquomeansrsquo lsquodescriptionof drawingsrsquo lsquodrawingsrsquo) The English-language patent text is created bylsquomachine translationrsquoWHO Industrial Property Digital Library is a patent and trademarkservice made available by the Japanese Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpindexhtm]
CITE Seiji Banno ldquoIndustrial Property Digital Libraryrdquo Presentationat PATLIB 2000The Next Generation May 16-18 2000 Helsinki Fin-land lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgepidosconfpatlib2000presentationsbannospdfgt (14 September 2002)
WHAT Intellectual Property Digital Library
WHERE httpipdlwipoint
WHEN January 2001
WHY The objective of the Intellectual Property Digital Library(IPDL) project is to facilitate access to and exchange of intellectualproperty information to provide ldquoa tool for technology transfer and eco-nomic development to the benefit of developing countries and their in-ventors industry universities and research and development instit-utionsrdquo
HOW The Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides ac-cess to various intellectual property databases currently hosted by theWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) These databases in-clude the Hague Express Database the Madrid Express Database thePCT Electronic Gazette and the non-patent reference data from the Jour-nal of Patent Associated Literature (JOPAL) [httpipdlwipointensearchsearchshtml] Currently two levels of access are available foreach database lsquoAccountrsquo and lsquoGuestrsquo
Hague Express Database
The Hague Express Database includes bibliographical data and fig-ures or images of industrial designs relating to international deposits
Sci-5 181
that have been recorded in the WIPO International Register and pub-lished in the International Designs Bulletin as of issue No 11999
Madrid Express Database
The Madrid Express Database provides access to all international trade-mark registrations that are currently in force or have expired within the pastsix months It also includes data relating to international applications andsubsequent designations that have been received by the WIPO Interna-tional Bureau but not yet recorded in its international register of marks
PCT Electronic Gazette
The PCT Electronic Gazette database provides lsquofirst page datarsquo (bib-liographic data abstract and drawing) of Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT) applications published since January 1997 The PCT simplifiesand reduces the cost of obtaining international patent protection By fil-ing one international patent application under terms of the PCT an in-ventor can ldquosimultaneously seek protection for an invention in over onehundred countries throughout the worldrdquo
The database may be searched using an advanced search interface alsquoSimple Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-simphtml] or a lsquoStructured Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-structhtml] The advanced search the default allows users to per-form a free-text or field search (eg lsquoETrsquo (English title) lsquoABErsquo (EnglishAbstract) lsquoPArsquo (applicant name)) [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch2html] The entire database may be searched or limited to the current week(eg lsquo12092002rsquo) Results may be sorted chronologically or by relevancefull records may be displayed in a lsquoBasicrsquo lsquoGazettersquo or lsquoFront Pagersquo formatIn addition users can specify the types of data to be displayed in the resultslisting (eg publication date (lsquoPub Datersquo) assigned international classifi-cation (lsquoInt Classrsquo) application number (lsquoApp Numrsquo) lsquoFirst InventorrsquolsquoFirst Applicantrsquo lsquoAbstractrsquo andor lsquoImagersquo (NoneSmallLarge) publica-tion number (lsquoPub Norsquo) and lsquoTitlersquo are standard Results may be displayedas lists of 10 25 or 50 entries
The full-text of a PCT application is accessible by clicking the lsquoViewImagesrsquo button located in the upper left-hand corner at the top of the ap-plication record when available (Full-text data is provided fourteendays after the application is formally published) Applications are pro-vided in PDF format through a link to the espcenetreg patent service ofthe European Patent Office [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgespacenetinfoindexhtm]
182 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
WHO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [httpwwwwipointabout-wipoen]
CITE World Intellectual Property Organization IPDL SCIT Documen-tation nd lthttpwwwwipointscitenipdlindexhtmgt (17 Septem-ber 2002)
WHAT SurfIP
WHERE httpwwwsurfipgovsgsip_homehtm
WHEN July 2000
WHY SurfIP is ldquoa special project of the Intellectual Property Office ofSingapore (IPOS) developed to serve the [intellectual property]community as a One-Stop first-stop portal for intellectual property in-formationrdquo Through SurfIP users ldquocan search for information relatingto the Biotechnology IT Telecommunication and Manufacturing In-dustriesrdquo and other areas
HOW SurfIP offers member- and non-member-based services non-members can use ldquothe Patent and Web Interactive Search Banner Business News Search Banner and IP Events Search Bannerrdquo andmost of the information services registered SurfIP lsquoAssociate Membersrsquocan access SurfIP Research SurfIP Marketplace and SurfIP Servicesand lsquoPremium Membersrsquo can access SurfIP Research SurfIP Market-place SurfIP Services and TRRUreg Metrics IP Valuation [httpwwwsurfipgovsgreg_member_planshtm]
SurfIP Research
SurfIP Research provides access to selected patent technical andbusiness sources and offers the following search options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (field searching)bull Patent Number Search (patent or application number) andbull IPC Search (International Patent Classification)
Sci-5 183
SurfIP Marketplace
SurfIP Marketplace is a lsquoplatformrsquo for Intellectual Property ownersldquoto market and commercialize their IP assets through licensing andsalesrdquo and offers the following search or management options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (fields searching)bull Boolean Search andbull Portfolio Management facility (for creating managing tracking
Intellectual Property listings)
SurfIP Services
SurfIP offers access to a variety of relevant information and services
bull lsquoPanel of Advisorsrsquo (directory of ldquolawyers accountants insurersand technical specialistsrdquo who offer Intellectual Property consul-tation services)
bull lsquoIP Directoryrsquo (directory of Intellectual Property law firms andservices located in Singapore)
bull Information services (eg news articles and Intellectual PropertylsquoResourcesrsquo eg lsquoSingapore IP Law Resourcesrsquo)
Miscellaneous
SurfIP also offers a variety of associated services and functionalities
bull Online translation (ldquomachine translationrdquo of English text into ChineseJapanese Korean and European languages) SurfIP Research only
bull lsquoCross-Lingual Chinese Searchingrsquo SurfIP Research onlybull Current awareness (daily weekly or monthly updates) SurfIP Re-
search and SurfIP Marketplacebull Bookmarking print download or e-mail delivery and stored
searches
Searching
The main search page provides users with the opportunity to searchone or more patent andor Internet search engines separately or concur-rently Presently access is provided to the patent databases offered by
184 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
CITE IP Menu ldquoJuly 2002 to August 2002 Tuesday 23 July 2002 StateIntellectual Property Office of China Databaserdquo 2002 lthttpwwwipmenucomarchiveJuly2002toAugust2002htmgt (17 September 2002)
WHAT DEPATISnet
WHERE httpwwwdepatisnetde
WHEN April 2001 (German) June 2001 (English version)
WHY DEPATISnet is a service provided by the German Patent and TradeMark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) Munich DEPATISnetthe German Patent Information System on the Internet allows users to per-form online searches free-of-charge for patents contained in the DEPATISdata archive
HOW DEPATISnet provides access to all German patents issued since1877 and those made available from the national patent offices of Aus-tralia Austria France Italy Japan Switzerland the United Kingdomand the USA DEPATISnet is an archive of more than 20 million patentdocuments published worldwide and includes more than 5 million Jap-anese abstracts Nearly 1 million new documents are currently addedeach year
Within DEPATISnet full-text searching is available for all Germanpatent applications (lsquoOffenlegungsschriftenrsquo) and patents granted since1987 For other patent documents search options will vary althoughsearching by document number and the International Patent Classifica-tion (IPC) scheme are standard
A variety of search modes are offered to meet the needs of casual andexpert users including the following options
Beginnerrsquos Search
This mode is suitable for simple queries (e g lsquopublication numberrsquo lsquoti-tlersquo lsquoapplicantrsquo etc) Fields can be searched separately or in combination
Expert Search
In the lsquoExpertrsquo mode users can compose search statements by select-ing from a scrollable menu of field names and associated labels as wellas common and uncommon Boolean operators (eg lsquoANDrsquo lsquoORrsquo
178 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
lsquoNOTrsquo) comparison operators (eg lsquogtrsquo (greater than) lsquoltrsquo (less than)lsquo=rsquo (equal to) and IKOFAX proximity operators (eg lsquo(W)rsquo (searchterms in the specified order without other intervening terms)lsquo(P)rsquo (doc-uments containing the search terms within the same paragraph) andlsquo(L)rsquo (documents containing the terms within the same field)
IKOFAX Search
In this mode experienced searchers are offered the opportunity touse the internal system query command language named IKOFAXUsing this search option and the command search structure all indexedfields are searchable and users can construct detailed and complexsearch statements
Patent lsquoFamilyrsquo Search
The patent lsquoFamilyrsquo search allows users to identify documents thatare members of a patent family either from the patent lsquoFamilyrsquo searchmode or directly from the search result list
When a search has been performed a results list is displayed The se-lection of an entry will provide bibliographic data (title applicant in-ventor etc) for the patent The full text of the patent can be displayed inPDF format if available as indicated by a PDF icon Users can browseentries backwards and forwards and for those documents with full textdisplay select sections of a document (eg lsquobibliographic datarsquo lsquofirstpagersquo lsquoabstractrsquo lsquodescriptionrsquo lsquoclaimsrsquo lsquodrawingrsquo etc)
WHO DEPATISnet is a service provided by the German Patent andTrade Mark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) Munich
CITE European Patent Office ldquoA New Free Internet Service from the Ger-man Patent Officerdquo 2001 EPIDOS News Online 201 lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_2_017_2_01_ehtmgt (25 February 2001)
WHAT Industrial Property Digital Library
WHERE httpwwwipdljpogojphomepg_eipdl
WHEN March 1999
Sci-5 179
WHY The Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) is a patent andtrademark service made available by the Japanese Patent Office to providefree public access to resources that were historically available only at selectoffices and libraries As of April 2002 approximately 47 million lsquoIP-re-lated documentsrsquo are available through the site [httpshipmindmeijiacjplibsympo5overviewfujipdf]
HOW The English-language version of the Industrial Property Digital Li-brary provides access to the Japanese patent database through a variety ofinterfaces notably a standard patents search (lsquoSearching PAJrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code search interface (lsquoFIF-term Searchrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code browse and search interface (lsquoPatent Map Guid-ancersquo) and a lsquoPatent amp Utility Model Concordancersquo The lsquoFIrsquo (lsquoFile In-dexrsquo) and lsquoF-Termrsquo are patent classification schemes developed by theJapan Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpinfoepdfpaj21pdf] [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_3_0111_3_01_ehtm]
On the English-language homepage patent resources are groupedwithin the lsquoPatent amp Utility Modelrsquo category (lsquo2rsquo) The Japanese inter-face for the IPDL offers access to these and several other specialized pat-ent and trademark databases [httpwwwipdljpogojphomepgipdl]
In addition to the JPO database and its various interfaces the Eng-lish-language homepage through a linked list provides access to vari-ous regional (eg Australian Korean and New Zealand) and USEuropean and international patent Web sites (eg USPTO EuropeanPatent Office WIPO)
Searching PAJ
From this interface users can search the JPO database by applicantname title or abstract separately or in combination In addition resultsmay be limited by date andor by International Patent Classification(IPC) The database can also be searched by application publication orpatent number or lsquonumber of appeal against examinerrsquos decision of re-jectionrsquo
If results are greater than 1000 records the system will suggest that thesearch be refined For searches with results less than 1000 entries userscan display a list of relevant entries by clicking on the lsquoIndex Indicationrsquobutton at the top of the results page which will display a listing of re-trieved records in reverse chronological order by lsquoPublication Norsquo Uponselecting the hyperlinked publication number (eg lsquo2001-249755rsquo) a
180 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
brief record with basic bibliographic information will be displayed with aselected figure In selecting the lsquoDetailrsquo button at the top of this record asecond window is opened that provides options for retrieving other sec-tions of the patent (eg lsquodetailed descriptionrsquo lsquotechnical fieldrsquo lsquopriorartrsquo lsquoeffect of the inventionrsquo lsquotechnical problemrsquo lsquomeansrsquo lsquodescriptionof drawingsrsquo lsquodrawingsrsquo) The English-language patent text is created bylsquomachine translationrsquoWHO Industrial Property Digital Library is a patent and trademarkservice made available by the Japanese Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpindexhtm]
CITE Seiji Banno ldquoIndustrial Property Digital Libraryrdquo Presentationat PATLIB 2000The Next Generation May 16-18 2000 Helsinki Fin-land lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgepidosconfpatlib2000presentationsbannospdfgt (14 September 2002)
WHAT Intellectual Property Digital Library
WHERE httpipdlwipoint
WHEN January 2001
WHY The objective of the Intellectual Property Digital Library(IPDL) project is to facilitate access to and exchange of intellectualproperty information to provide ldquoa tool for technology transfer and eco-nomic development to the benefit of developing countries and their in-ventors industry universities and research and development instit-utionsrdquo
HOW The Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides ac-cess to various intellectual property databases currently hosted by theWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) These databases in-clude the Hague Express Database the Madrid Express Database thePCT Electronic Gazette and the non-patent reference data from the Jour-nal of Patent Associated Literature (JOPAL) [httpipdlwipointensearchsearchshtml] Currently two levels of access are available foreach database lsquoAccountrsquo and lsquoGuestrsquo
Hague Express Database
The Hague Express Database includes bibliographical data and fig-ures or images of industrial designs relating to international deposits
Sci-5 181
that have been recorded in the WIPO International Register and pub-lished in the International Designs Bulletin as of issue No 11999
Madrid Express Database
The Madrid Express Database provides access to all international trade-mark registrations that are currently in force or have expired within the pastsix months It also includes data relating to international applications andsubsequent designations that have been received by the WIPO Interna-tional Bureau but not yet recorded in its international register of marks
PCT Electronic Gazette
The PCT Electronic Gazette database provides lsquofirst page datarsquo (bib-liographic data abstract and drawing) of Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT) applications published since January 1997 The PCT simplifiesand reduces the cost of obtaining international patent protection By fil-ing one international patent application under terms of the PCT an in-ventor can ldquosimultaneously seek protection for an invention in over onehundred countries throughout the worldrdquo
The database may be searched using an advanced search interface alsquoSimple Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-simphtml] or a lsquoStructured Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-structhtml] The advanced search the default allows users to per-form a free-text or field search (eg lsquoETrsquo (English title) lsquoABErsquo (EnglishAbstract) lsquoPArsquo (applicant name)) [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch2html] The entire database may be searched or limited to the current week(eg lsquo12092002rsquo) Results may be sorted chronologically or by relevancefull records may be displayed in a lsquoBasicrsquo lsquoGazettersquo or lsquoFront Pagersquo formatIn addition users can specify the types of data to be displayed in the resultslisting (eg publication date (lsquoPub Datersquo) assigned international classifi-cation (lsquoInt Classrsquo) application number (lsquoApp Numrsquo) lsquoFirst InventorrsquolsquoFirst Applicantrsquo lsquoAbstractrsquo andor lsquoImagersquo (NoneSmallLarge) publica-tion number (lsquoPub Norsquo) and lsquoTitlersquo are standard Results may be displayedas lists of 10 25 or 50 entries
The full-text of a PCT application is accessible by clicking the lsquoViewImagesrsquo button located in the upper left-hand corner at the top of the ap-plication record when available (Full-text data is provided fourteendays after the application is formally published) Applications are pro-vided in PDF format through a link to the espcenetreg patent service ofthe European Patent Office [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgespacenetinfoindexhtm]
182 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
WHO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [httpwwwwipointabout-wipoen]
CITE World Intellectual Property Organization IPDL SCIT Documen-tation nd lthttpwwwwipointscitenipdlindexhtmgt (17 Septem-ber 2002)
WHAT SurfIP
WHERE httpwwwsurfipgovsgsip_homehtm
WHEN July 2000
WHY SurfIP is ldquoa special project of the Intellectual Property Office ofSingapore (IPOS) developed to serve the [intellectual property]community as a One-Stop first-stop portal for intellectual property in-formationrdquo Through SurfIP users ldquocan search for information relatingto the Biotechnology IT Telecommunication and Manufacturing In-dustriesrdquo and other areas
HOW SurfIP offers member- and non-member-based services non-members can use ldquothe Patent and Web Interactive Search Banner Business News Search Banner and IP Events Search Bannerrdquo andmost of the information services registered SurfIP lsquoAssociate Membersrsquocan access SurfIP Research SurfIP Marketplace and SurfIP Servicesand lsquoPremium Membersrsquo can access SurfIP Research SurfIP Market-place SurfIP Services and TRRUreg Metrics IP Valuation [httpwwwsurfipgovsgreg_member_planshtm]
SurfIP Research
SurfIP Research provides access to selected patent technical andbusiness sources and offers the following search options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (field searching)bull Patent Number Search (patent or application number) andbull IPC Search (International Patent Classification)
Sci-5 183
SurfIP Marketplace
SurfIP Marketplace is a lsquoplatformrsquo for Intellectual Property ownersldquoto market and commercialize their IP assets through licensing andsalesrdquo and offers the following search or management options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (fields searching)bull Boolean Search andbull Portfolio Management facility (for creating managing tracking
Intellectual Property listings)
SurfIP Services
SurfIP offers access to a variety of relevant information and services
bull lsquoPanel of Advisorsrsquo (directory of ldquolawyers accountants insurersand technical specialistsrdquo who offer Intellectual Property consul-tation services)
bull lsquoIP Directoryrsquo (directory of Intellectual Property law firms andservices located in Singapore)
bull Information services (eg news articles and Intellectual PropertylsquoResourcesrsquo eg lsquoSingapore IP Law Resourcesrsquo)
Miscellaneous
SurfIP also offers a variety of associated services and functionalities
bull Online translation (ldquomachine translationrdquo of English text into ChineseJapanese Korean and European languages) SurfIP Research only
bull lsquoCross-Lingual Chinese Searchingrsquo SurfIP Research onlybull Current awareness (daily weekly or monthly updates) SurfIP Re-
search and SurfIP Marketplacebull Bookmarking print download or e-mail delivery and stored
searches
Searching
The main search page provides users with the opportunity to searchone or more patent andor Internet search engines separately or concur-rently Presently access is provided to the patent databases offered by
184 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
lsquoNOTrsquo) comparison operators (eg lsquogtrsquo (greater than) lsquoltrsquo (less than)lsquo=rsquo (equal to) and IKOFAX proximity operators (eg lsquo(W)rsquo (searchterms in the specified order without other intervening terms)lsquo(P)rsquo (doc-uments containing the search terms within the same paragraph) andlsquo(L)rsquo (documents containing the terms within the same field)
IKOFAX Search
In this mode experienced searchers are offered the opportunity touse the internal system query command language named IKOFAXUsing this search option and the command search structure all indexedfields are searchable and users can construct detailed and complexsearch statements
Patent lsquoFamilyrsquo Search
The patent lsquoFamilyrsquo search allows users to identify documents thatare members of a patent family either from the patent lsquoFamilyrsquo searchmode or directly from the search result list
When a search has been performed a results list is displayed The se-lection of an entry will provide bibliographic data (title applicant in-ventor etc) for the patent The full text of the patent can be displayed inPDF format if available as indicated by a PDF icon Users can browseentries backwards and forwards and for those documents with full textdisplay select sections of a document (eg lsquobibliographic datarsquo lsquofirstpagersquo lsquoabstractrsquo lsquodescriptionrsquo lsquoclaimsrsquo lsquodrawingrsquo etc)
WHO DEPATISnet is a service provided by the German Patent andTrade Mark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) Munich
CITE European Patent Office ldquoA New Free Internet Service from the Ger-man Patent Officerdquo 2001 EPIDOS News Online 201 lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_2_017_2_01_ehtmgt (25 February 2001)
WHAT Industrial Property Digital Library
WHERE httpwwwipdljpogojphomepg_eipdl
WHEN March 1999
Sci-5 179
WHY The Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) is a patent andtrademark service made available by the Japanese Patent Office to providefree public access to resources that were historically available only at selectoffices and libraries As of April 2002 approximately 47 million lsquoIP-re-lated documentsrsquo are available through the site [httpshipmindmeijiacjplibsympo5overviewfujipdf]
HOW The English-language version of the Industrial Property Digital Li-brary provides access to the Japanese patent database through a variety ofinterfaces notably a standard patents search (lsquoSearching PAJrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code search interface (lsquoFIF-term Searchrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code browse and search interface (lsquoPatent Map Guid-ancersquo) and a lsquoPatent amp Utility Model Concordancersquo The lsquoFIrsquo (lsquoFile In-dexrsquo) and lsquoF-Termrsquo are patent classification schemes developed by theJapan Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpinfoepdfpaj21pdf] [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_3_0111_3_01_ehtm]
On the English-language homepage patent resources are groupedwithin the lsquoPatent amp Utility Modelrsquo category (lsquo2rsquo) The Japanese inter-face for the IPDL offers access to these and several other specialized pat-ent and trademark databases [httpwwwipdljpogojphomepgipdl]
In addition to the JPO database and its various interfaces the Eng-lish-language homepage through a linked list provides access to vari-ous regional (eg Australian Korean and New Zealand) and USEuropean and international patent Web sites (eg USPTO EuropeanPatent Office WIPO)
Searching PAJ
From this interface users can search the JPO database by applicantname title or abstract separately or in combination In addition resultsmay be limited by date andor by International Patent Classification(IPC) The database can also be searched by application publication orpatent number or lsquonumber of appeal against examinerrsquos decision of re-jectionrsquo
If results are greater than 1000 records the system will suggest that thesearch be refined For searches with results less than 1000 entries userscan display a list of relevant entries by clicking on the lsquoIndex Indicationrsquobutton at the top of the results page which will display a listing of re-trieved records in reverse chronological order by lsquoPublication Norsquo Uponselecting the hyperlinked publication number (eg lsquo2001-249755rsquo) a
180 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
brief record with basic bibliographic information will be displayed with aselected figure In selecting the lsquoDetailrsquo button at the top of this record asecond window is opened that provides options for retrieving other sec-tions of the patent (eg lsquodetailed descriptionrsquo lsquotechnical fieldrsquo lsquopriorartrsquo lsquoeffect of the inventionrsquo lsquotechnical problemrsquo lsquomeansrsquo lsquodescriptionof drawingsrsquo lsquodrawingsrsquo) The English-language patent text is created bylsquomachine translationrsquoWHO Industrial Property Digital Library is a patent and trademarkservice made available by the Japanese Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpindexhtm]
CITE Seiji Banno ldquoIndustrial Property Digital Libraryrdquo Presentationat PATLIB 2000The Next Generation May 16-18 2000 Helsinki Fin-land lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgepidosconfpatlib2000presentationsbannospdfgt (14 September 2002)
WHAT Intellectual Property Digital Library
WHERE httpipdlwipoint
WHEN January 2001
WHY The objective of the Intellectual Property Digital Library(IPDL) project is to facilitate access to and exchange of intellectualproperty information to provide ldquoa tool for technology transfer and eco-nomic development to the benefit of developing countries and their in-ventors industry universities and research and development instit-utionsrdquo
HOW The Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides ac-cess to various intellectual property databases currently hosted by theWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) These databases in-clude the Hague Express Database the Madrid Express Database thePCT Electronic Gazette and the non-patent reference data from the Jour-nal of Patent Associated Literature (JOPAL) [httpipdlwipointensearchsearchshtml] Currently two levels of access are available foreach database lsquoAccountrsquo and lsquoGuestrsquo
Hague Express Database
The Hague Express Database includes bibliographical data and fig-ures or images of industrial designs relating to international deposits
Sci-5 181
that have been recorded in the WIPO International Register and pub-lished in the International Designs Bulletin as of issue No 11999
Madrid Express Database
The Madrid Express Database provides access to all international trade-mark registrations that are currently in force or have expired within the pastsix months It also includes data relating to international applications andsubsequent designations that have been received by the WIPO Interna-tional Bureau but not yet recorded in its international register of marks
PCT Electronic Gazette
The PCT Electronic Gazette database provides lsquofirst page datarsquo (bib-liographic data abstract and drawing) of Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT) applications published since January 1997 The PCT simplifiesand reduces the cost of obtaining international patent protection By fil-ing one international patent application under terms of the PCT an in-ventor can ldquosimultaneously seek protection for an invention in over onehundred countries throughout the worldrdquo
The database may be searched using an advanced search interface alsquoSimple Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-simphtml] or a lsquoStructured Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-structhtml] The advanced search the default allows users to per-form a free-text or field search (eg lsquoETrsquo (English title) lsquoABErsquo (EnglishAbstract) lsquoPArsquo (applicant name)) [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch2html] The entire database may be searched or limited to the current week(eg lsquo12092002rsquo) Results may be sorted chronologically or by relevancefull records may be displayed in a lsquoBasicrsquo lsquoGazettersquo or lsquoFront Pagersquo formatIn addition users can specify the types of data to be displayed in the resultslisting (eg publication date (lsquoPub Datersquo) assigned international classifi-cation (lsquoInt Classrsquo) application number (lsquoApp Numrsquo) lsquoFirst InventorrsquolsquoFirst Applicantrsquo lsquoAbstractrsquo andor lsquoImagersquo (NoneSmallLarge) publica-tion number (lsquoPub Norsquo) and lsquoTitlersquo are standard Results may be displayedas lists of 10 25 or 50 entries
The full-text of a PCT application is accessible by clicking the lsquoViewImagesrsquo button located in the upper left-hand corner at the top of the ap-plication record when available (Full-text data is provided fourteendays after the application is formally published) Applications are pro-vided in PDF format through a link to the espcenetreg patent service ofthe European Patent Office [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgespacenetinfoindexhtm]
182 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
WHO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [httpwwwwipointabout-wipoen]
CITE World Intellectual Property Organization IPDL SCIT Documen-tation nd lthttpwwwwipointscitenipdlindexhtmgt (17 Septem-ber 2002)
WHAT SurfIP
WHERE httpwwwsurfipgovsgsip_homehtm
WHEN July 2000
WHY SurfIP is ldquoa special project of the Intellectual Property Office ofSingapore (IPOS) developed to serve the [intellectual property]community as a One-Stop first-stop portal for intellectual property in-formationrdquo Through SurfIP users ldquocan search for information relatingto the Biotechnology IT Telecommunication and Manufacturing In-dustriesrdquo and other areas
HOW SurfIP offers member- and non-member-based services non-members can use ldquothe Patent and Web Interactive Search Banner Business News Search Banner and IP Events Search Bannerrdquo andmost of the information services registered SurfIP lsquoAssociate Membersrsquocan access SurfIP Research SurfIP Marketplace and SurfIP Servicesand lsquoPremium Membersrsquo can access SurfIP Research SurfIP Market-place SurfIP Services and TRRUreg Metrics IP Valuation [httpwwwsurfipgovsgreg_member_planshtm]
SurfIP Research
SurfIP Research provides access to selected patent technical andbusiness sources and offers the following search options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (field searching)bull Patent Number Search (patent or application number) andbull IPC Search (International Patent Classification)
Sci-5 183
SurfIP Marketplace
SurfIP Marketplace is a lsquoplatformrsquo for Intellectual Property ownersldquoto market and commercialize their IP assets through licensing andsalesrdquo and offers the following search or management options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (fields searching)bull Boolean Search andbull Portfolio Management facility (for creating managing tracking
Intellectual Property listings)
SurfIP Services
SurfIP offers access to a variety of relevant information and services
bull lsquoPanel of Advisorsrsquo (directory of ldquolawyers accountants insurersand technical specialistsrdquo who offer Intellectual Property consul-tation services)
bull lsquoIP Directoryrsquo (directory of Intellectual Property law firms andservices located in Singapore)
bull Information services (eg news articles and Intellectual PropertylsquoResourcesrsquo eg lsquoSingapore IP Law Resourcesrsquo)
Miscellaneous
SurfIP also offers a variety of associated services and functionalities
bull Online translation (ldquomachine translationrdquo of English text into ChineseJapanese Korean and European languages) SurfIP Research only
bull lsquoCross-Lingual Chinese Searchingrsquo SurfIP Research onlybull Current awareness (daily weekly or monthly updates) SurfIP Re-
search and SurfIP Marketplacebull Bookmarking print download or e-mail delivery and stored
searches
Searching
The main search page provides users with the opportunity to searchone or more patent andor Internet search engines separately or concur-rently Presently access is provided to the patent databases offered by
184 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
WHY The Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) is a patent andtrademark service made available by the Japanese Patent Office to providefree public access to resources that were historically available only at selectoffices and libraries As of April 2002 approximately 47 million lsquoIP-re-lated documentsrsquo are available through the site [httpshipmindmeijiacjplibsympo5overviewfujipdf]
HOW The English-language version of the Industrial Property Digital Li-brary provides access to the Japanese patent database through a variety ofinterfaces notably a standard patents search (lsquoSearching PAJrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code search interface (lsquoFIF-term Searchrsquo) a Japanesepatent classification code browse and search interface (lsquoPatent Map Guid-ancersquo) and a lsquoPatent amp Utility Model Concordancersquo The lsquoFIrsquo (lsquoFile In-dexrsquo) and lsquoF-Termrsquo are patent classification schemes developed by theJapan Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpinfoepdfpaj21pdf] [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgnewsepidosnewssourceepd_3_0111_3_01_ehtm]
On the English-language homepage patent resources are groupedwithin the lsquoPatent amp Utility Modelrsquo category (lsquo2rsquo) The Japanese inter-face for the IPDL offers access to these and several other specialized pat-ent and trademark databases [httpwwwipdljpogojphomepgipdl]
In addition to the JPO database and its various interfaces the Eng-lish-language homepage through a linked list provides access to vari-ous regional (eg Australian Korean and New Zealand) and USEuropean and international patent Web sites (eg USPTO EuropeanPatent Office WIPO)
Searching PAJ
From this interface users can search the JPO database by applicantname title or abstract separately or in combination In addition resultsmay be limited by date andor by International Patent Classification(IPC) The database can also be searched by application publication orpatent number or lsquonumber of appeal against examinerrsquos decision of re-jectionrsquo
If results are greater than 1000 records the system will suggest that thesearch be refined For searches with results less than 1000 entries userscan display a list of relevant entries by clicking on the lsquoIndex Indicationrsquobutton at the top of the results page which will display a listing of re-trieved records in reverse chronological order by lsquoPublication Norsquo Uponselecting the hyperlinked publication number (eg lsquo2001-249755rsquo) a
180 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
brief record with basic bibliographic information will be displayed with aselected figure In selecting the lsquoDetailrsquo button at the top of this record asecond window is opened that provides options for retrieving other sec-tions of the patent (eg lsquodetailed descriptionrsquo lsquotechnical fieldrsquo lsquopriorartrsquo lsquoeffect of the inventionrsquo lsquotechnical problemrsquo lsquomeansrsquo lsquodescriptionof drawingsrsquo lsquodrawingsrsquo) The English-language patent text is created bylsquomachine translationrsquoWHO Industrial Property Digital Library is a patent and trademarkservice made available by the Japanese Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpindexhtm]
CITE Seiji Banno ldquoIndustrial Property Digital Libraryrdquo Presentationat PATLIB 2000The Next Generation May 16-18 2000 Helsinki Fin-land lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgepidosconfpatlib2000presentationsbannospdfgt (14 September 2002)
WHAT Intellectual Property Digital Library
WHERE httpipdlwipoint
WHEN January 2001
WHY The objective of the Intellectual Property Digital Library(IPDL) project is to facilitate access to and exchange of intellectualproperty information to provide ldquoa tool for technology transfer and eco-nomic development to the benefit of developing countries and their in-ventors industry universities and research and development instit-utionsrdquo
HOW The Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides ac-cess to various intellectual property databases currently hosted by theWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) These databases in-clude the Hague Express Database the Madrid Express Database thePCT Electronic Gazette and the non-patent reference data from the Jour-nal of Patent Associated Literature (JOPAL) [httpipdlwipointensearchsearchshtml] Currently two levels of access are available foreach database lsquoAccountrsquo and lsquoGuestrsquo
Hague Express Database
The Hague Express Database includes bibliographical data and fig-ures or images of industrial designs relating to international deposits
Sci-5 181
that have been recorded in the WIPO International Register and pub-lished in the International Designs Bulletin as of issue No 11999
Madrid Express Database
The Madrid Express Database provides access to all international trade-mark registrations that are currently in force or have expired within the pastsix months It also includes data relating to international applications andsubsequent designations that have been received by the WIPO Interna-tional Bureau but not yet recorded in its international register of marks
PCT Electronic Gazette
The PCT Electronic Gazette database provides lsquofirst page datarsquo (bib-liographic data abstract and drawing) of Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT) applications published since January 1997 The PCT simplifiesand reduces the cost of obtaining international patent protection By fil-ing one international patent application under terms of the PCT an in-ventor can ldquosimultaneously seek protection for an invention in over onehundred countries throughout the worldrdquo
The database may be searched using an advanced search interface alsquoSimple Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-simphtml] or a lsquoStructured Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-structhtml] The advanced search the default allows users to per-form a free-text or field search (eg lsquoETrsquo (English title) lsquoABErsquo (EnglishAbstract) lsquoPArsquo (applicant name)) [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch2html] The entire database may be searched or limited to the current week(eg lsquo12092002rsquo) Results may be sorted chronologically or by relevancefull records may be displayed in a lsquoBasicrsquo lsquoGazettersquo or lsquoFront Pagersquo formatIn addition users can specify the types of data to be displayed in the resultslisting (eg publication date (lsquoPub Datersquo) assigned international classifi-cation (lsquoInt Classrsquo) application number (lsquoApp Numrsquo) lsquoFirst InventorrsquolsquoFirst Applicantrsquo lsquoAbstractrsquo andor lsquoImagersquo (NoneSmallLarge) publica-tion number (lsquoPub Norsquo) and lsquoTitlersquo are standard Results may be displayedas lists of 10 25 or 50 entries
The full-text of a PCT application is accessible by clicking the lsquoViewImagesrsquo button located in the upper left-hand corner at the top of the ap-plication record when available (Full-text data is provided fourteendays after the application is formally published) Applications are pro-vided in PDF format through a link to the espcenetreg patent service ofthe European Patent Office [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgespacenetinfoindexhtm]
182 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
WHO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [httpwwwwipointabout-wipoen]
CITE World Intellectual Property Organization IPDL SCIT Documen-tation nd lthttpwwwwipointscitenipdlindexhtmgt (17 Septem-ber 2002)
WHAT SurfIP
WHERE httpwwwsurfipgovsgsip_homehtm
WHEN July 2000
WHY SurfIP is ldquoa special project of the Intellectual Property Office ofSingapore (IPOS) developed to serve the [intellectual property]community as a One-Stop first-stop portal for intellectual property in-formationrdquo Through SurfIP users ldquocan search for information relatingto the Biotechnology IT Telecommunication and Manufacturing In-dustriesrdquo and other areas
HOW SurfIP offers member- and non-member-based services non-members can use ldquothe Patent and Web Interactive Search Banner Business News Search Banner and IP Events Search Bannerrdquo andmost of the information services registered SurfIP lsquoAssociate Membersrsquocan access SurfIP Research SurfIP Marketplace and SurfIP Servicesand lsquoPremium Membersrsquo can access SurfIP Research SurfIP Market-place SurfIP Services and TRRUreg Metrics IP Valuation [httpwwwsurfipgovsgreg_member_planshtm]
SurfIP Research
SurfIP Research provides access to selected patent technical andbusiness sources and offers the following search options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (field searching)bull Patent Number Search (patent or application number) andbull IPC Search (International Patent Classification)
Sci-5 183
SurfIP Marketplace
SurfIP Marketplace is a lsquoplatformrsquo for Intellectual Property ownersldquoto market and commercialize their IP assets through licensing andsalesrdquo and offers the following search or management options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (fields searching)bull Boolean Search andbull Portfolio Management facility (for creating managing tracking
Intellectual Property listings)
SurfIP Services
SurfIP offers access to a variety of relevant information and services
bull lsquoPanel of Advisorsrsquo (directory of ldquolawyers accountants insurersand technical specialistsrdquo who offer Intellectual Property consul-tation services)
bull lsquoIP Directoryrsquo (directory of Intellectual Property law firms andservices located in Singapore)
bull Information services (eg news articles and Intellectual PropertylsquoResourcesrsquo eg lsquoSingapore IP Law Resourcesrsquo)
Miscellaneous
SurfIP also offers a variety of associated services and functionalities
bull Online translation (ldquomachine translationrdquo of English text into ChineseJapanese Korean and European languages) SurfIP Research only
bull lsquoCross-Lingual Chinese Searchingrsquo SurfIP Research onlybull Current awareness (daily weekly or monthly updates) SurfIP Re-
search and SurfIP Marketplacebull Bookmarking print download or e-mail delivery and stored
searches
Searching
The main search page provides users with the opportunity to searchone or more patent andor Internet search engines separately or concur-rently Presently access is provided to the patent databases offered by
184 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
brief record with basic bibliographic information will be displayed with aselected figure In selecting the lsquoDetailrsquo button at the top of this record asecond window is opened that provides options for retrieving other sec-tions of the patent (eg lsquodetailed descriptionrsquo lsquotechnical fieldrsquo lsquopriorartrsquo lsquoeffect of the inventionrsquo lsquotechnical problemrsquo lsquomeansrsquo lsquodescriptionof drawingsrsquo lsquodrawingsrsquo) The English-language patent text is created bylsquomachine translationrsquoWHO Industrial Property Digital Library is a patent and trademarkservice made available by the Japanese Patent Office [httpwwwjpogojpindexhtm]
CITE Seiji Banno ldquoIndustrial Property Digital Libraryrdquo Presentationat PATLIB 2000The Next Generation May 16-18 2000 Helsinki Fin-land lthttpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgepidosconfpatlib2000presentationsbannospdfgt (14 September 2002)
WHAT Intellectual Property Digital Library
WHERE httpipdlwipoint
WHEN January 2001
WHY The objective of the Intellectual Property Digital Library(IPDL) project is to facilitate access to and exchange of intellectualproperty information to provide ldquoa tool for technology transfer and eco-nomic development to the benefit of developing countries and their in-ventors industry universities and research and development instit-utionsrdquo
HOW The Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides ac-cess to various intellectual property databases currently hosted by theWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) These databases in-clude the Hague Express Database the Madrid Express Database thePCT Electronic Gazette and the non-patent reference data from the Jour-nal of Patent Associated Literature (JOPAL) [httpipdlwipointensearchsearchshtml] Currently two levels of access are available foreach database lsquoAccountrsquo and lsquoGuestrsquo
Hague Express Database
The Hague Express Database includes bibliographical data and fig-ures or images of industrial designs relating to international deposits
Sci-5 181
that have been recorded in the WIPO International Register and pub-lished in the International Designs Bulletin as of issue No 11999
Madrid Express Database
The Madrid Express Database provides access to all international trade-mark registrations that are currently in force or have expired within the pastsix months It also includes data relating to international applications andsubsequent designations that have been received by the WIPO Interna-tional Bureau but not yet recorded in its international register of marks
PCT Electronic Gazette
The PCT Electronic Gazette database provides lsquofirst page datarsquo (bib-liographic data abstract and drawing) of Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT) applications published since January 1997 The PCT simplifiesand reduces the cost of obtaining international patent protection By fil-ing one international patent application under terms of the PCT an in-ventor can ldquosimultaneously seek protection for an invention in over onehundred countries throughout the worldrdquo
The database may be searched using an advanced search interface alsquoSimple Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-simphtml] or a lsquoStructured Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-structhtml] The advanced search the default allows users to per-form a free-text or field search (eg lsquoETrsquo (English title) lsquoABErsquo (EnglishAbstract) lsquoPArsquo (applicant name)) [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch2html] The entire database may be searched or limited to the current week(eg lsquo12092002rsquo) Results may be sorted chronologically or by relevancefull records may be displayed in a lsquoBasicrsquo lsquoGazettersquo or lsquoFront Pagersquo formatIn addition users can specify the types of data to be displayed in the resultslisting (eg publication date (lsquoPub Datersquo) assigned international classifi-cation (lsquoInt Classrsquo) application number (lsquoApp Numrsquo) lsquoFirst InventorrsquolsquoFirst Applicantrsquo lsquoAbstractrsquo andor lsquoImagersquo (NoneSmallLarge) publica-tion number (lsquoPub Norsquo) and lsquoTitlersquo are standard Results may be displayedas lists of 10 25 or 50 entries
The full-text of a PCT application is accessible by clicking the lsquoViewImagesrsquo button located in the upper left-hand corner at the top of the ap-plication record when available (Full-text data is provided fourteendays after the application is formally published) Applications are pro-vided in PDF format through a link to the espcenetreg patent service ofthe European Patent Office [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgespacenetinfoindexhtm]
182 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
WHO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [httpwwwwipointabout-wipoen]
CITE World Intellectual Property Organization IPDL SCIT Documen-tation nd lthttpwwwwipointscitenipdlindexhtmgt (17 Septem-ber 2002)
WHAT SurfIP
WHERE httpwwwsurfipgovsgsip_homehtm
WHEN July 2000
WHY SurfIP is ldquoa special project of the Intellectual Property Office ofSingapore (IPOS) developed to serve the [intellectual property]community as a One-Stop first-stop portal for intellectual property in-formationrdquo Through SurfIP users ldquocan search for information relatingto the Biotechnology IT Telecommunication and Manufacturing In-dustriesrdquo and other areas
HOW SurfIP offers member- and non-member-based services non-members can use ldquothe Patent and Web Interactive Search Banner Business News Search Banner and IP Events Search Bannerrdquo andmost of the information services registered SurfIP lsquoAssociate Membersrsquocan access SurfIP Research SurfIP Marketplace and SurfIP Servicesand lsquoPremium Membersrsquo can access SurfIP Research SurfIP Market-place SurfIP Services and TRRUreg Metrics IP Valuation [httpwwwsurfipgovsgreg_member_planshtm]
SurfIP Research
SurfIP Research provides access to selected patent technical andbusiness sources and offers the following search options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (field searching)bull Patent Number Search (patent or application number) andbull IPC Search (International Patent Classification)
Sci-5 183
SurfIP Marketplace
SurfIP Marketplace is a lsquoplatformrsquo for Intellectual Property ownersldquoto market and commercialize their IP assets through licensing andsalesrdquo and offers the following search or management options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (fields searching)bull Boolean Search andbull Portfolio Management facility (for creating managing tracking
Intellectual Property listings)
SurfIP Services
SurfIP offers access to a variety of relevant information and services
bull lsquoPanel of Advisorsrsquo (directory of ldquolawyers accountants insurersand technical specialistsrdquo who offer Intellectual Property consul-tation services)
bull lsquoIP Directoryrsquo (directory of Intellectual Property law firms andservices located in Singapore)
bull Information services (eg news articles and Intellectual PropertylsquoResourcesrsquo eg lsquoSingapore IP Law Resourcesrsquo)
Miscellaneous
SurfIP also offers a variety of associated services and functionalities
bull Online translation (ldquomachine translationrdquo of English text into ChineseJapanese Korean and European languages) SurfIP Research only
bull lsquoCross-Lingual Chinese Searchingrsquo SurfIP Research onlybull Current awareness (daily weekly or monthly updates) SurfIP Re-
search and SurfIP Marketplacebull Bookmarking print download or e-mail delivery and stored
searches
Searching
The main search page provides users with the opportunity to searchone or more patent andor Internet search engines separately or concur-rently Presently access is provided to the patent databases offered by
184 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
that have been recorded in the WIPO International Register and pub-lished in the International Designs Bulletin as of issue No 11999
Madrid Express Database
The Madrid Express Database provides access to all international trade-mark registrations that are currently in force or have expired within the pastsix months It also includes data relating to international applications andsubsequent designations that have been received by the WIPO Interna-tional Bureau but not yet recorded in its international register of marks
PCT Electronic Gazette
The PCT Electronic Gazette database provides lsquofirst page datarsquo (bib-liographic data abstract and drawing) of Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT) applications published since January 1997 The PCT simplifiesand reduces the cost of obtaining international patent protection By fil-ing one international patent application under terms of the PCT an in-ventor can ldquosimultaneously seek protection for an invention in over onehundred countries throughout the worldrdquo
The database may be searched using an advanced search interface alsquoSimple Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-simphtml] or a lsquoStructured Searchrsquo interface [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch-structhtml] The advanced search the default allows users to per-form a free-text or field search (eg lsquoETrsquo (English title) lsquoABErsquo (EnglishAbstract) lsquoPArsquo (applicant name)) [httpipdlwipointensearchpctsearch2html] The entire database may be searched or limited to the current week(eg lsquo12092002rsquo) Results may be sorted chronologically or by relevancefull records may be displayed in a lsquoBasicrsquo lsquoGazettersquo or lsquoFront Pagersquo formatIn addition users can specify the types of data to be displayed in the resultslisting (eg publication date (lsquoPub Datersquo) assigned international classifi-cation (lsquoInt Classrsquo) application number (lsquoApp Numrsquo) lsquoFirst InventorrsquolsquoFirst Applicantrsquo lsquoAbstractrsquo andor lsquoImagersquo (NoneSmallLarge) publica-tion number (lsquoPub Norsquo) and lsquoTitlersquo are standard Results may be displayedas lists of 10 25 or 50 entries
The full-text of a PCT application is accessible by clicking the lsquoViewImagesrsquo button located in the upper left-hand corner at the top of the ap-plication record when available (Full-text data is provided fourteendays after the application is formally published) Applications are pro-vided in PDF format through a link to the espcenetreg patent service ofthe European Patent Office [httpwwweuropean-patent-officeorgespacenetinfoindexhtm]
182 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
WHO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [httpwwwwipointabout-wipoen]
CITE World Intellectual Property Organization IPDL SCIT Documen-tation nd lthttpwwwwipointscitenipdlindexhtmgt (17 Septem-ber 2002)
WHAT SurfIP
WHERE httpwwwsurfipgovsgsip_homehtm
WHEN July 2000
WHY SurfIP is ldquoa special project of the Intellectual Property Office ofSingapore (IPOS) developed to serve the [intellectual property]community as a One-Stop first-stop portal for intellectual property in-formationrdquo Through SurfIP users ldquocan search for information relatingto the Biotechnology IT Telecommunication and Manufacturing In-dustriesrdquo and other areas
HOW SurfIP offers member- and non-member-based services non-members can use ldquothe Patent and Web Interactive Search Banner Business News Search Banner and IP Events Search Bannerrdquo andmost of the information services registered SurfIP lsquoAssociate Membersrsquocan access SurfIP Research SurfIP Marketplace and SurfIP Servicesand lsquoPremium Membersrsquo can access SurfIP Research SurfIP Market-place SurfIP Services and TRRUreg Metrics IP Valuation [httpwwwsurfipgovsgreg_member_planshtm]
SurfIP Research
SurfIP Research provides access to selected patent technical andbusiness sources and offers the following search options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (field searching)bull Patent Number Search (patent or application number) andbull IPC Search (International Patent Classification)
Sci-5 183
SurfIP Marketplace
SurfIP Marketplace is a lsquoplatformrsquo for Intellectual Property ownersldquoto market and commercialize their IP assets through licensing andsalesrdquo and offers the following search or management options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (fields searching)bull Boolean Search andbull Portfolio Management facility (for creating managing tracking
Intellectual Property listings)
SurfIP Services
SurfIP offers access to a variety of relevant information and services
bull lsquoPanel of Advisorsrsquo (directory of ldquolawyers accountants insurersand technical specialistsrdquo who offer Intellectual Property consul-tation services)
bull lsquoIP Directoryrsquo (directory of Intellectual Property law firms andservices located in Singapore)
bull Information services (eg news articles and Intellectual PropertylsquoResourcesrsquo eg lsquoSingapore IP Law Resourcesrsquo)
Miscellaneous
SurfIP also offers a variety of associated services and functionalities
bull Online translation (ldquomachine translationrdquo of English text into ChineseJapanese Korean and European languages) SurfIP Research only
bull lsquoCross-Lingual Chinese Searchingrsquo SurfIP Research onlybull Current awareness (daily weekly or monthly updates) SurfIP Re-
search and SurfIP Marketplacebull Bookmarking print download or e-mail delivery and stored
searches
Searching
The main search page provides users with the opportunity to searchone or more patent andor Internet search engines separately or concur-rently Presently access is provided to the patent databases offered by
184 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
WHO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [httpwwwwipointabout-wipoen]
CITE World Intellectual Property Organization IPDL SCIT Documen-tation nd lthttpwwwwipointscitenipdlindexhtmgt (17 Septem-ber 2002)
WHAT SurfIP
WHERE httpwwwsurfipgovsgsip_homehtm
WHEN July 2000
WHY SurfIP is ldquoa special project of the Intellectual Property Office ofSingapore (IPOS) developed to serve the [intellectual property]community as a One-Stop first-stop portal for intellectual property in-formationrdquo Through SurfIP users ldquocan search for information relatingto the Biotechnology IT Telecommunication and Manufacturing In-dustriesrdquo and other areas
HOW SurfIP offers member- and non-member-based services non-members can use ldquothe Patent and Web Interactive Search Banner Business News Search Banner and IP Events Search Bannerrdquo andmost of the information services registered SurfIP lsquoAssociate Membersrsquocan access SurfIP Research SurfIP Marketplace and SurfIP Servicesand lsquoPremium Membersrsquo can access SurfIP Research SurfIP Market-place SurfIP Services and TRRUreg Metrics IP Valuation [httpwwwsurfipgovsgreg_member_planshtm]
SurfIP Research
SurfIP Research provides access to selected patent technical andbusiness sources and offers the following search options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (field searching)bull Patent Number Search (patent or application number) andbull IPC Search (International Patent Classification)
Sci-5 183
SurfIP Marketplace
SurfIP Marketplace is a lsquoplatformrsquo for Intellectual Property ownersldquoto market and commercialize their IP assets through licensing andsalesrdquo and offers the following search or management options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (fields searching)bull Boolean Search andbull Portfolio Management facility (for creating managing tracking
Intellectual Property listings)
SurfIP Services
SurfIP offers access to a variety of relevant information and services
bull lsquoPanel of Advisorsrsquo (directory of ldquolawyers accountants insurersand technical specialistsrdquo who offer Intellectual Property consul-tation services)
bull lsquoIP Directoryrsquo (directory of Intellectual Property law firms andservices located in Singapore)
bull Information services (eg news articles and Intellectual PropertylsquoResourcesrsquo eg lsquoSingapore IP Law Resourcesrsquo)
Miscellaneous
SurfIP also offers a variety of associated services and functionalities
bull Online translation (ldquomachine translationrdquo of English text into ChineseJapanese Korean and European languages) SurfIP Research only
bull lsquoCross-Lingual Chinese Searchingrsquo SurfIP Research onlybull Current awareness (daily weekly or monthly updates) SurfIP Re-
search and SurfIP Marketplacebull Bookmarking print download or e-mail delivery and stored
searches
Searching
The main search page provides users with the opportunity to searchone or more patent andor Internet search engines separately or concur-rently Presently access is provided to the patent databases offered by
184 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
SurfIP Marketplace
SurfIP Marketplace is a lsquoplatformrsquo for Intellectual Property ownersldquoto market and commercialize their IP assets through licensing andsalesrdquo and offers the following search or management options
bull Simple Search (free-text searching across selected patent techni-cal and business sources)
bull Structured Search (fields searching)bull Boolean Search andbull Portfolio Management facility (for creating managing tracking
Intellectual Property listings)
SurfIP Services
SurfIP offers access to a variety of relevant information and services
bull lsquoPanel of Advisorsrsquo (directory of ldquolawyers accountants insurersand technical specialistsrdquo who offer Intellectual Property consul-tation services)
bull lsquoIP Directoryrsquo (directory of Intellectual Property law firms andservices located in Singapore)
bull Information services (eg news articles and Intellectual PropertylsquoResourcesrsquo eg lsquoSingapore IP Law Resourcesrsquo)
Miscellaneous
SurfIP also offers a variety of associated services and functionalities
bull Online translation (ldquomachine translationrdquo of English text into ChineseJapanese Korean and European languages) SurfIP Research only
bull lsquoCross-Lingual Chinese Searchingrsquo SurfIP Research onlybull Current awareness (daily weekly or monthly updates) SurfIP Re-
search and SurfIP Marketplacebull Bookmarking print download or e-mail delivery and stored
searches
Searching
The main search page provides users with the opportunity to searchone or more patent andor Internet search engines separately or concur-rently Presently access is provided to the patent databases offered by
184 Patent and Trademark Information Uses and Perspectives
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) the World Intel-lectual Property Office (WIPO) European Patent Office (EPO) thePatent Office (Great Britain) (UKPO) the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) the Japanese Patent Office IndustrialProperty Digital Library (JPO-IPDL) the Canadian Intellectual PatentOffice (CIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office (Taiwan) (TaipeiPI) In addition access is provided to AltaVistareg and Googletrade
WHO SurfIP is provided by the Intellectual Property Office of Singa-pore (IPOS) [httpwwwiposgovsg]
CITEDaniel Buenas ldquoIntellectual property search portal launchedrdquoBusiness Times (Singapore) 14 July 2000 Singapore News p 8lthttpwwwsurfipgovsgnews20000714BusinessTimeshtmgt (14 Sep-tember 2002)
NOMINATIONS
Members of the science and technology community are invited to nomi-nate quality science and technology Web sites and resources for potentialreview in Sci-5 Of greatest interest are sites with uncommon but usefulcontent and those with innovative features and functionalities Nomina-tions should be sent to Gerry McKiernan (gerrymckiastateedu)
Sci-5 185
