II-PIC 2017: Gain insight into technical, legal and business information through the EPO’s patent information products and services

Dr Roland Feinäugle 2 November 2017 Head Awareness, marketing and business of patent information

Gain insight into technical, legal and business information through the EPO’s patent information products and services 1st International Indian Patent Information Conference

European Patent Office

Outline

The innovation study

Overview on EPO’s patent information products and services − used for technology-specific searches − getting insight into the legal and procedural status of an application

during and after its grant procedure − for the statistical analysis of bulk data for business intelligence purposes

Dedicated products: − Espacenet − European Patent Register − PATSTAT − Open Patent Services

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The role of patent information in innovation management

Results of a survey by the EPO

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Does patent information support innovation?

? ? ?

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The survey

Model of the innovation process

supported by market research experts

Identify innovators Business / technology platforms no IP experts!

1. small group, qualitative answers → list of questions

2. larger group, quantitative evaluation

Fundamental research

Applied research

Development and

prototyping

Commercialisation

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The innovation process

Fundamental research Applied research Development and

prototyping Commercialisation

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Participation in innovation process

Fundamental research 14%

Respondents who did not indicate one of the four innovation process phases were excluded from the survey (20% of total sample). Applied research

28% Development/

prototyping 43%

Commercialisation 15%

n=265; Q1: In which phase of the innovation process are you most active in your work?; Base: Actors in innovation process.

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Relevance of information categories

Total

Fundamental research (n=38)

Applied research (n=75)

Prototyping (n=113)

Commercialisation (n=39)

77%

95%

88%

79%

88%

85%

58%

71%

55%

65%

77%

62%

71%

50%

65%

1%

3%

1%

= significant positive result = significant negative result

Technical information Business information

Legal information Don't know/no answer

n=265; Q3: For your work, which of the following categories of information are relevant? (multiple answers possible); Base: Actors in innovation process.

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Users vs. non-users of patent information as information source

Are patents used as a source of information in the innovation process?

No 30%

Yes 70%

n=263; Q3.1/Q3.2/Q3.3: You just mentioned that technical/business/legal information is relevant for your work. What source(s) of information do you currently use for technical/business/legal information? (multiple answers possible); Base: Actors in innovation process.

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77%

23%

67%

33%

applied research

commercialisation

In the different phases

fundamental research

development/prototyping

use PI

don‘t use PI 37%

63% 76%

24%

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Sources of patent information

Yes 69%

No 31%

For patent information used as a source of information, did the respondent mention a specific source? (n=184)

Which sources did the respondents mention?* (n=127)

9%

13%

13%

14%

15%

17%

18%

21%

30%

57%

Thomson Innovation

Questel

NPO

Patbase

Google

WIPO

EPO

USPTO

DPMA

Espacenet

Ø number of sources: 2.6

*results > 5% displayed

Q4: You just mentioned that you use patens as a source of information. Which specific source(s) do you use? (multiple answers possible) Base: Users of patents as source of information / Respondents who mentioned a source.

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Total

Fundamental research (n=14)*

Applied research (n=57)

Prototyping (n=87)

Commercialisation (n=26)

Importance of patent information as source of information

7%

1%

8%

9%

4%

7%

19%

18%

23%

21%

20%

23%

26%

21%

14%

23%

50%

46%

53%

57%

49%

1 – Not important 2 3 5 –Very important 4

*Attention: small base n=184; Q7: In comparison to other sources of information you said you use, how important are patents as a source of information for your innovation work? Base: Users of patents as source of information.

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Non-PI users: Past usage of patent information

Have you used patent information in the past?

Yes 19%

No 81%

n=79; Q9: You did not indicate “patents” as a source of information you currently use. Have you used patents in the past? Base: Non-users of patents as source of information.

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Patent information is no longer/not necessary for my work

I don't know where to find patent information

Patent information is too complex

Our IP department deals with it

In my sector, patent information gets outdated fast

Patent information is too expensive

Our patent attorney deals with it

Other reasons

Other sources are more important

Don't know/no answer

Barriers for patent information usage

Main reason for no longer/never using patent information as information source:

6%

1%

9%

4%

5%

6%

8%

14%

15%

32% Other reasons mentioned: “In comparison to other information

sources, patents are not very efficient. It takes a lot of work to filter information efficiently.”

“My research field doesn´t deal with patents.”

“Patent info does not explain what builds value for customers.”

Other sources mentioned: Internet Legal information / laws Technology monitoring “Personal contacts, exhibitions /

conferences”

n=79; Q10/Q11: What is your main reason for not/no longer using patents as a source of information? Base: Non-users of patents as source of information.

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Enterprise size / information sources

Patents

Databases

Fora

Library

Blogs

Personal Contacts

Fora

Blogs

> 250 1 – 10

Q3.1/Q3.2/Q3.3: You just mentioned that technical/business/legal information is relevant for your work. What source(s) of information do you currently use for technical/ business/legal information? (multiple answers possible); Base: Actors in the innovation process; significant positive results mentioned.

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Main findings

1. No 30%

Yes 70%

2.

3.

7% 20% 23% 49%

72%: PI = (very) important

77%

23%

fundamental research development/prototyping applied research

76%

24%

37%

63%

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Other findings

Why? Where? How? Patents Fora

Blogs

> 250 1 – 10

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EPO patent information products and services

for technology-specific searches

getting insight into the legal and procedural status of an application

during and after its grant procedure

for the statistical analysis of bulk data for business intelligence

purposes

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A bit of patent information history

1972: Founded by agreement between WIPO and government of Austria

Collect worldwide information about − patent families − classification of patent documents

make this information available:

1991: INPADOC integrated into the EPO − EPO sub-office created in Vienna − EPO commits to provide all

former INPADOC services

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Patent information services

EPO: An office with a dual role

as provider of patent information for the world patent community

as a patent office

Application

Search

Grant

Opposition

National phase (+UniP)

EPO patent data

XX Patent Office

YY Patent Office

.........

Worldwide patent data

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Is “making data available” enough?

<sequence>

<element ref = "exch:bibliographic-data"/>

<element ref = "exch:abstract" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "unbounded"/>

<element ref = "exch:patent-family" minOccurs = "0"/>

</sequence>

<attribute name = "correction-code" type = "string"/>

<attribute name = "country" use = "required" type = "exch:countryType"/>

PATSTAT

No! ... make it accessible!

end user commercial user

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The EPO's patent information products

EPO's obligations as a Patent Office EP A & B-publications − European Publication Server

EP Procedural / legal status − European/(Unitary) Patent Register (incl. Register Alert)

EPO's obligations from INPADOC Bibliographic, family & classification data from other IP offices − DOCDB, Open Patent Services (OPS) − Espacenet

EPO's Patent Information Services to its users Global Patent Index (GPI) PATSTAT, IPscore Asian patent information

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Where to find them ... www.epo.org/searching-for-patents

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Patent information products for technical information

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Patent information products for legal information

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Patent information products for business information

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Criteria for product selection

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PATSTAT X X X X X X

Open Patent Services X X X X X X


Searching technical information in Espacenet

More than 100 million patent documents (applications, granted patents, search reports, non-patent literature)

Data from 95 patent authorities worldwide

Data from 1836 to today

Source of technical information

Available free-of-charge via the internet at

Secure access (https) www.epo.org/espacenet

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Espacenet: Easy to access, easy to search

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Espacenet - Smart search

Free text entries:

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Espacenet - Smart search


Advanced search

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Espacenet - Classification browser

Search by keyword or classification symbol


Espacenet full-text search

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Worldwide EN - collection of published applications in English

offers full-text search in English for all documents published in English which are available in full text (description and claims) from the worldwide database Likewise for publications in DE and FR


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Available register links:

BE, CH, CS, CZ, DK, EE, EP, FI, FR,

GB, GR, HR, IT, LT, NO, SE


Global Dossier

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Global Dossier

Offices supporting the Global Dossier service:

CIPO Canadian Intellectual Property Office

EPO European Patent Office

JPO Japan Patent Office

KIPO Korean Intellectual Property Office

SIPO State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China

USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office

WIPO World Intellectual Property Office


Patent Translate

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Translate documents

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Espacenet

Coverage Access to more than 100 million patent documents from all over the world from 1836 to today Latest bibliographic coverage Latest full-text-coverage URL Espacenet webpage www.epo.org/espacenet Espacenet Support Forum Espacenet pocket guide Espacenet manual

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http://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/technical/patent-additions.html

http://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/technical/full-text-additions.html

http://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/technical/espacenet.html%23tab-1

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/

http://forums.epo.org/

http://www.epo.org/espacenet-pocket-guide

http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/C82219A43C976DBCC12581CD0052925D/$FILE/Espacenet%20Resource%20Book_v2.1_en.pdf


European Patent Register

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Advanced search

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New: Federated register

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EP Register

National register data

links to national registers


Federated Register

The number of participating member states has grown to 22

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Federated Register

And more member states under preparation: AL, BA, BE, GB, HU, SE, NO, (DE, FR, IT)

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Deep links in the European Patent Register

The number of participating member states has grown to 32

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All documents = online public file inspection

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Register access to Global Dossier

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Register Alert Notification whenever there is a change in the procedural status of any monitored European patent application.

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European Patent Register

Coverage Information on EP and PCT published applications since 1978 Procedural information from publication including links to the patent registers of many of the EPO member states, showing the status of European patents after grant Deep link data coverage Federated Register content URL European Patent Register webpage www.epo.org/register Support Forum European Patent Register pocket guide European Patent Register manual

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https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/legal/register/documentation/data-coverage.html

https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/legal/register/documentation/federated-register.html

https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/legal/register.html%23tab-4

http://forums.epo.org/

http://www.epo.org/register-pocket-guide

http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/A53881B7930EEC9BC12581A2003F5C16/$File/european_patent_register_resource_book_en.pdf


PATSTAT

- PATSTAT helps to perform sophisticated statistical analyses of bibliographical and legal status patent data

- has become a standard in the field of patent intelligence and statistics

Key features

- contains bibliographical and legal status patent data from leading industrialised and developing countries

- extracted from the EPO’s databases

Use cases

With PATSTAT you can - identify business opportunities - see what your competitors are doing - monitor trends in technology requires knowledge of SQL

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PATSTAT

Consists of three individual databases:

Currently from 2018 PATSTAT Biblio PATSTAT Global PATSTAT Legal Status PATSTAT Register PATSTAT EP Register

Updated twice a year Available in - raw data format or - via PATSTAT Online, a web-based interface With PATSTAT Online, you can run queries in the databases, conduct statistical analyses, visualise the data and download it for offline use. 57


PATSTAT Coverage

PATSTAT Biblio - 100 million patent records - 95 patent-issuing authorities - From the mid-19th century up to today

PATSTAT Legal Status - 200 million legal status records - 45 patent-issuing authorities

PATSTAT Register - Legal status and procedural data on European patents (EP) only - Data indexed by a wide range of criteria

URL www.epo.org/patstat

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PATSTAT Online

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PATSTAT Online

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PATSTAT Online

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PATSTAT Online

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PATSTAT pricing (from 2018)

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Price list; free trials available

http://www.epo.org/pricelist


Open Patent Services (OPS)

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EPO public applications

Target audience

EPO Internal

APIs*

EPO databases

Biblio, Full-text, Images,

etc.

API1, API2, etc.

Humans

European Register

Espacenet

Machines Open Patent Services

*API = Application Programming Interface


Open Patent Services - a web service providing access to the EPO's raw data via an API (Application

Programming Interface) - Enabling to create own applications for accessing and downloading the data Key features - Highly structured XML format for machine-to-machine communication using

RESTful architecture Use cases

With Open Patent Services (OPS) you can

- add EPO data to your own software

applications or in-house databases

- develop tailor-made clients

- easily download data

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Open Patent Services

Coverage - Worldwide bibliographic data, patent families, citations,

legal status and full-text documents - EP register data - CPC classification scheme

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OPS coverage table

http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/rawdata.nsf/0/4B80A522C590C801C1257F3F0051BD5C/$File/MainFeaturesRawData.pdf


Open Patent Services

Conditions - Registration required - Downloading of data free of charge up to 2,5 GB per week

(3,5 GB as of January 2018) - For a volume in excess of 2,5 (3,5) GB per week:

yearly subscription of 2800 Euro - Fair use charter - Terms and conditions for use of the EPO's Open Patent Services (OPS)

URL www.epo.org/ops

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OPS conditions

http://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/technical/espacenet/ops.html%23tab-2


Acknowledgements

Heiko Wongel Johannes Schaaf Davide Lingua

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