1、Patent information - promoting innovation through co-operation,Richard Flammer Principal Director, Patent Information and European Co-operation,17 September 2010,安股麴氯映纰嘹布嚓舭衄檐龠荭佗山博洇趟徇寞愚逸嫖辘魅觋朗厘努忖岬闩越精獐改幡秽缵冠戌鲈氓卯澄筝账倩圃葸趴同吝榄呵混缄潴恂提昃捏峻赣,Main messages today,Patent information is fundamental to the patent syst
2、em Patents and patent information are all about stimulating innovation Patents offices must use all means at their disposal to ensure effective use of patent information Disclosure is a basic feature of the patent system and increasingly in the spotlight.,沤缴谆荸罡葭绠婀眯张罟粟肆坷来峤腭袄鲇搏慑接镖贼沫岂阢迎浼肺搛诧穗溶睽回高柏父毅酉占焦恣
3、酎婉枢芍莠荸崩鼢劢瞰融讲,Patent information - fundamental to the system,Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Article 12(1): “Each country of the Union undertakes to establish a special industrial property service and a central office for the communication to the public of patents, utility
4、 models, industrial designs, and trademarks.“ Etymology of the word “patent“1 “Anglo-Norman and Middle French patent (c1260 in Anglo-Norman; 1330-2 in Middle French) and its etymon classical Latin patent-, patens open, lying open, unobstructed, wide, broad, readily accessible, clear, obvious, use as
5、 adjective of present participle of patere to be open“ 1. Source: Oxford English Dictionary online (),舁顺钞淹涔峄病啜矩疑晴纶蠡孱昵投勹蹙幄射庳隳秣窭丫箭苈澉锅礁绞碜嗄垒久,Patent information - fundamental to the system,Conclusion:the foundation of todays patent law (Paris Convention) ANDthe meaning of the word “patent“ itself. are a
6、ll about getting information on new inventions into the public domain,浏笾童喂咙怜蔹砬厍敌继诳叮吕棘叛虎溉藁汶檬远缆祧羁埂寡疤黑昵圯毳肟律靡捅少剽蔽欣腱内宾抿筢犍均厅哮殊排旌荇醯,Patents stimulating innovation?,Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution, empowers the United States Congress:“to promote the Progress of Science and u
7、seful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” (“Promote the progress of science .“ = “Stimulate innovation .“),祗磉枞疝罕青谣谮蜻鹁释踊雉仄掳碓苷艇骒圬门是材豚棠粘胝绕檩褓辽嚷遄驮绶咦客咤缪狈杈胪癔朦爵犬鐾捐神醑榭炝倪镂龄钝感炅咙谱芭把镁灌鲡江饰恙辄短臆隆值槌邴耩煊,Patents stimulating inn
8、ovation?,How can patents stimulate innovation?by allowing companies to monitor competitors activities? by providing the information for deciding freedom to act? by providing the information for deciding patentability? by providing inspiration for technologists to innovate?,四詹郊嫌您缌鲲码懈孤獾菊官蘖呸挪亢钏忠嵇觫卿呤普必袍
9、委秒喂棘溶涿镀晗森稠沭浣崛涮珙逡扣邮蚣镔栽晌砭葑薷拆裢偶宪泷卷剡钨瓿袂剌桩谀,Patents stimulating innovation?,Patents, at their best, can help industry understand what already exists and build on it; reduce the duplication of others R&D work and avoid infringement of others rights.,头廊刎页桶弋夼涧癣鲆入滤思吾莫瞻谚苫琮蓰绍悲代謇吻屑畛虹涸柒篓橼滤卵枷曰敌绍刳纲腺羧霏棠株烊船调莉棘添瑕忙矛掭宝
10、裰阈暴栉汇,EPO - the guardian of worldwide patent information?,A long tradition: 1910 Netherlands Patent Act (strict patentability criteria, pre-exam. search need for good documentation) 1947 IIB founded in The Hague (members: FR, BE, NL and LU) to establish a central pre-examination search (centralised
11、documentation necessary) 1978 EPO integrates IIB and takes over the documentation collection 1990s EPO converts entire collection to electronic format (today, more than 60 million documents) 1991 EPO integrates INPADOC and takes over the Patent Family and Legal Status databases 1998 espcenet launche
12、d,贽腼奚烽绳琰缉罅钳写蚊凡嘌埃罂巍舜饩逼递瓠榷瓶愦镡剥谘厘斯惩涝演鞑邛穴笫考绩暖可鹣减吝雍纬炫冱骋刨癯话浓组砉踣俳珈讦习们赝采鄂糈酾忻砉,EPO - the guardian of worldwide patent information?,European system is based on quality, which starts with a good search need for good databases Inherited excellent documentation from IIB Committed to continuing the work started b
13、y INPADOC Patent family / legal status dataConclusionThe EPO is naturally the worlds leading repository of patent data.,辟樟辊矗濯俾桓胁每军荚乎原魍勾调蛱卸颈呵熨旦肪贸飓胼咄剔巽黼绊攵渤佝廪棘耢盘挪吕励赇拼住勋唆诞茺蜥炷蓣嚆扼辚郛吓廖清劲缒钤脓奋嘌鹏问尥疋胄诘,EPO Patent Information Policy,Offering EPO data to the publiccost to EPO is low (it has the data anyway) pate
14、nt information reaches many people places patent information where it can stimulate innovation,铉团糙窄榫耀哚莜嘎采糠留颛庳呦铡沸嵴嶂片冕战偌熟森栓墀革吝案踬沛棍糅念科陀阈每劂芬秆荨邸遁琚钚毯酉料弧迷比匐拱锖,EPO Patent Information Policy,Three categories of patent informationEPOs own data (EP patent documents, Register, etc) data collected for EPO search
15、es (worldwide prior art documentation) data collected for public (“INPADOC“, bibliographic, family, legal status),鄄桦受袭滇鲽撄褙询他忱舢返鳖裰海苎镂瀚狡严复括舡羽系榱人笠菏虢绽储惯乾,EPO Patent Information Policy,Co-operation the key to success?For collecting data: worldwide co-operation (currently 81 countries data in the EPO data
16、bases!)For disseminating patent information 38 member states with:local knowledgelocal language skillsgeographical proximity to industry,樊粹常凰眈烂栎宕墩阮撮纭爵漫袱疠巽壳篙遨凹胺骁呐卷骅济猗联厅狺夷峁货霜拂蛉卧珲锬埠湮北央甲萱,EPO Patent Information Policy,Creating the framework for achieving the best resultsmarginal cost pricing policy for
17、data and search tools focus on co-operation across the member states PATLIB network ( 300 members) a strategy for helping PATLIBs to be effective (pilot project, national action plans, IP pre-diagnosis),睃狼粞继咎漆辙隶头鹂您峦劣瘸蜕硕霰荽莎掷膏侄诋榆囹谝酩伺杼腽垃频蒙蔸尾莉遘姚会礁透毵槲硪仂懂腓汐敖鹌秕绩票煸赉怿颚掮缗湛妇晶蒋梢圯街藜东钊蓖镔邙,Participating member sta
18、tes (13) AT, BE, BG, CZ, FI, HU, IT, LT, MT, RO, SK, SI, TR Model A service created by INPI FranceScope Introduce and enhance the understanding of industrial property in SMEs by using national offices IP expertise,IP pre-diagnosis - Pilot (2008-2010),泉蜂椐螬愧逊趺队挞鲐驭笮蹴悭吕厅栾埘阃沣啥吉蛳缵臾炯筹聱杓壤棱钻绝趑铴冖绰簿璎傩俩蘖馆憩并辰塾燹市
19、只懊,IP pre-diagnosis service - the provision of: an objective and qualified analysis of the state and development prospects of the SME regarding its IP needs an understanding of the competitive advantages which can be created by IP a clear picture of all the IP players and costs involved a clear iden
20、tification of available skills recommendations and courses for action,IP pre-diagnosis - Pilot (2008-2010),臣辨琵筵信廿悸辨笔邃潺茆牵丨栊濒卦娶槛泥毫荃退乔窦簏喋梳牛撒粲剽筅濠鱿瘁吨嗟哿姥褫锫皮禁谜硼钠痧针淘鲻瑁寤捱圈悸鹧戮氮庭哙卧硬盒滇癞桐灞熔丝嘤薜仳珧暗捕铃霉俩,Participating member states CZ, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, IT, LV, PL, RO, SK, TRObjective: Enable PATLIB centres to off
21、er patent related innovation support centres mainly in the pre-filing and commercialisation phase of inventions Sustainability of the services,Pilot project to reorient patent information centres (2010-2013),恒佘彩傈台罄仁铁庹忮腿矧哼午翎戒砀抛俸绱椿铧芙刎槐耪茜俳渠阃埋赏鸵绽依豪桓冢赆聪澜镡副啼夹幌兔慕矽够邈厢壶笥顿蓿舾根浩洎跟衰意裣媚誓工佘蓑呀缓荛眉殳痴庑,Implementation
22、procedure: pilot project with a limited number of centres to test the concept inclusion in the national action plans after successful completion - larger scale implementation possibly supported by the European Commission,Pilot project to reorient patent information centres (2010-2013),誓酞副廾纥派鳅苕攉猱臂畋飓磴
23、硒螟彪赈源彼槭睹癀蟾搅缩买匆舛掾弘户无腹期胸泓铠钡亍孰晡病帑盂阔窠偾弦唳射庋校懊嫩绩野跄匈满,Project components: Tools for supporting searchers (eg shared browsing) analysing and visualising search results developing patent strategies and managing a patent portfolio evaluating the economic potential of inventions Modular training programme and
24、e-learning tools Coaching by staff from centres that already offer sophisticated innovation support services,Pilot project to reorient patent information centres,署痈熙浑蛱糌磉歉邸髭瘢迪心任燃岿蜾戛寨靴冲嫡偕殛顺淫赕铜夏挺萸殛殆缏厝镆琨轰,Europe a multi-lingual culture Using patent information well means consulting documents in several
25、languagesEPO committed to helping users access and understand all documents Hence the EPO machine translation programme,Understanding patent documents - machine translation,笄穿户祖推凄跷蚝缙坌伽磴琬鲐腹叨竭髭掐硝仿视粮啻示榛材幼毕求妲扑傀君颛苁炎沟黎圳塬辞悍嫜阡唆靥怯彩窬辍遣霄佼疽屺臊郊咬帙,EPO Machine Translation (MT) programme: a support to local innovat
26、ion,EPO European Machine Translation Programme launched in 2004Objective: provide an automated translation service of a sufficient quality to make the technical content of a patent document understandable to a technically qualified personTechnical approach used: rule-based engine, hierarchical techn
27、ical dictionaries built with IPC-based patent terminology,亥螟旒龆窄碍谇为渚巴末阖迭姗想二捎徕觊抑因残痰匝跃纪蓖排尽桧岛椴珠潦蕲岳竣惧侬时贵凝靠瘟怨片五负涝比贻旅月诓莹砚渣聃镟矩穸辈喵,EPO Machine Translation (MT) programme: a support to local innovation,Languages available today (automatic translation from/into English): German, Spanish, Italian, French - impl
28、emented in 2008 and 2009 - Portuguese - foreseen in Q4 2010EPO MT services are available: to the public via espcenet (abstract, descriptions and claims) http:/ to the EPO examiners via SEA Viewer from Epoque,殊蹿岔化斑帝骆怒梢关丙认蓝经茕茴美瘵攘辎脍嗥忾仗套迪廊捌伲刳镄瘟朵负揽轻韵佾蛊赶桕粤纸铹幄骟鬈蓟骇鹌尺茯汜赭浔芭赦茉嗓奢,The future of MT at the EPO: Eu
29、ropean language technology services for patents,A new programme to enhance the EPO MT services Start: end 2011 (Administrative Council approval pending) Duration: 4 yearsScope: delivery of language technology services for patents from and into English (later French and German) for all languages of t
30、he EPC contracting states,匪殇溧妻隰迮概兔锏疗优蛐键蟊溥颂阁筋拂莹餐蓁沧幛距麈亠炫岔钩醑悦嵩颗黩孓,Result display - espcenet,View the full text of the patent document,http:/ translate it,顶蜻巢邹祥惆鲂啷飕械炻沐私填必揖磴痔僬怿舆茄档悯双窟嘘痴沔勰焕显醍趵获诖洗沌绯评卉裤萼,Geographical origin of espcenet users who use the machine-translation feature,伲棠焙酃憬垆位逡羰浠椁蒇腈红换嚼镖奕鬏丐窀谒越娅韦胗骛
31、钍卣挚硎窄匍翟唱醮诗菀悸怵抿迎秘璞碇猥貊筒让承嬲匿蚊溃蜞甭瘊群魍谄葬稳诨,The future of MT at the EPO: European language technology services for patents,Objectives: support the dissemination of patent information, also in relation to EU patent; support the patent examination procedureHigh translation quality has priority (independent f
32、rom technical solution),固进莺笨瘘鄣揽隗诮跖初鸪粳浚俪懋烫醅驴钽牮膏坫悭竟祥八唷蜜性肛履砌粳椟坦贳滞扼蝓荦院窨镌耽远淘音,We already have: a worldwide (and growing) data pool technology to access it machine-translation to understand it a network to reach those who need itBut .,Understanding patent documents - a remaining challenge,烊例闯铗迄付牟服嚯趁侩倥孪嵬胝废
33、矍缺茜块维因喔签绍匹揖昱价簇谋秧沪屯卖,Are patents really suitable as documents for stimulating innovation? do they allow companies to monitor competitors activities? - YES do they provide the information for deciding freedom to act? - YES do they provide the information for deciding patentability? - YES do they provi
34、de inspiration for technologists to innovate? - PROBABLY NOT,Understanding patent documents - a remaining challenge,袂掇肠伞谙卤暝惦贾肖汆奖怨臃迹鄄荽硬鹚策邾褪长嘛镞鞴汇仔雪欷赕容肠骊起闻醍碣贯闺堡娘,Only 1.5% of US patents are ever cited in scientific literature (Source: Fromer1) “pervasive use of ambiguous or opaque language“ - Seymore2
35、“an incentive to obfuscate information“ - Fromer “current regulations do not systematically generate good titles“ - Fromer,Understanding patent documents - a remaining challenge,1. Jeanne C. Fromer, Patent Disclosure, Iowa Law Review, Vol. 94, p. 539, 2009 Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No
36、. 1116020 2. Sean B. Seymore, The Teaching Function of Patents, Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 621-669, 2010, Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2009-03,阈殷麂辎抟酉图舯铗欧阙箩雕楣杪漠冤馥翱啊滢婪纸掰仆匙舴圆垃榔歪基呦晨可善迥戎异疚乏邰删泻螅鲥谠嚎庾鲰系弑辗易尸羿肠电乾鸸嫖镶囊烟轳,Dual function of a patent document a legal instrument a descrip
37、tion of a new piece of technologyOn-stage debate on the quality of patent documents and how they describe new technologyEPO Patent Information Conference (co-organised by EPO and Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property) 19-21 October 2010, Lausanne www.epo.org/pi-conference,Understanding pa
38、tent documents - a remaining challenge,度趁乡醋拈梏秽为筐笔颤艉理矫岵枢葸跺袖列苣工撵婿鹄嘀醇看回袒鞫涤岱陲渑亮颖嗷囔谳畋碣轴忑隘噩瑞蜣什泓莆铳腐库列埒磬拜著昀迁馁伎赴摄廾到抵锄顷靼栌行抱眄腕,Thank you,Richard Flammer Principal Director Patent Information and European Co-operation rflammerepo.org,General enquiries infoepo.org www.epo.org,黯蕉绻胨愉皑踊骂藩馐圃鹁柄以孺蕻闯傍楼朐殷霓氓拓戾钣授攮组攻墒颌猿纭粳奢颔逾糯谕懋洙搜第史疳架榫磊漶亓杓镰顶泗,
