Anoop Kurup

5 ways patents can help you build better products

Patents to products series

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Anoop Kurup

Researcher!

Analyst!

Technologist!

IP Strategist!

Entrepreneur!

Patents

Substantially New!

Jurisdictional!

Publicly Available!

20 Years life term

Patents

Substantially New!

Jurisdictional!

Publicly Available!

20 Years life term

Novel!!

Non-Obvious

Patents

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Novel!Not known of, used, or described anywhere in the world.!

!Non-Obvious !

A person with skill in the art of the invention, should feel that the invention is not obvious if some existing inventions are combined, or

extrapolated.

Patents

Substantially New!

Jurisdictional!

Publicly Available!

20 Years life term

US Patent ≠ Indian Patent !European patent ≠ US Patent!

Japanese patent ≠ European patent!etc.. etc..!

!There is no global patent.

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Granted patents are available to the public. Searchable databases also

exist.!!

Try it !! !Go to google.com/patents

Patents

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Patents Expire.!!

After expiration, anybody is free to use the patented concept.

5 ways patents help develop better products

1. See the trends!

2. Get Inspired!

3. Find solutions!

4. Find Tech experts!

5. Test merit of your ideas

1. See the trends

Tech trends from patents

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Parallel Computing patent activity for the past 5 years

Parallel Computing

Insights from Quick analysis of patent data in parallel computing:!

❖ Emerging field!

❖ Big Data!

❖ Many application areas unexplored!

❖ Very large potential for new companies

2. Get Inspired

Let’s get a product idea…

Where should we start ….???

Let’s look around…Wearable computing devices…..

Seems interesting!!

Use Patents for product ideas…I found this…

Clothes that optically interface with mobile devices…. cool !!!

Your turn…Find the patent from which this figure is taken…

Your turn…1. Go to google.com/patents!

2. search for “wearable computing devices”!

3. click on “search tools”!

4. set “Anytime” to “Publication date”!

5. set the “Publication date” from 01/01/2013 to 10/31/2013!

6. You will find the patent in the second page of the search results

Find the patent from which this figure is taken…

Found it ?

3.Find Solutions

How is it done ?

The answer is right there…

Open the patent in Google Patent Search and scroll down

The technology

4. Find Tech Experts

InventorsPatent document has a listing of the inventors !

You found the expert… now get in touch

5. Test the merit of your idea

Is your product idea patent worthy ?

Patents have strict criterion for being granted. !Is your idea novel enough to merit a patent ?

Is your product idea patent worthy ?Let us assume you developed…

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Is your product idea patent worthy ?

Is this novel enough to merit a patent ?

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Conduct a search on Google Patent Search…

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Patentable

Great !!!!!Your idea may have value in the international market.!And may even get a patent.

Not - Patentable

Don’t Fret!!!!Even though your idea is not a technical breakthrough, it may still have great commercial value.

Remember!!

The value of a great idea is zero, unless it is executed successfully.

Please consult a patent attorney before using technology /

solutions you find in patents or patent applications

You learnt…

❖ Method to conduct a quick patent search!

❖ A way to get inspired to build new products!

❖ A way to find solutions to technical problems!

❖ A way to discover tech experts!

❖ And a way to do a preliminary check of patentability

Anoop Kurup!

anoop.kurup@inolyst.com

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