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Patent Search

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VISION:

“An Intellectual Property-conscious Philippines


in a demystified, development-oriented, and
democratized IP System by 2020”
“BASIC PATENT SEARCH”

Engr. Emmanuel M. Mendoza


Science Ambassador
Area Manager – Field Operations
Intellectual Property Office
PATENT
• A temporary monopoly granted to an inventor by the
government in return for disclosing an invention.

• The exclusive right to exploit the invention for 20


years from the filing date,i.e. to make, use sell or import
an invention.

3
FUNCTIONS OF THE
PATENT SYSTEM

Incentive Function

Information Function
Patent Information
Goal of this WORKSHOP
 To know the state of the art in field
of invention;
 To lay out the objectives of the
invention in relation to the prior art
documents; and
 To determine novelty and
inventiveness of your invention.
• Textbooks
• Professional or Technical
Journals
What are the • Colleagues
different • Other Publications
Sources of • Patent Documents
Technological
Information r ce o f s t at e
st s o u g y
e o
when The b
a r t t ech n o l
of the
developing/ s i n g le s o u r ce
a rg es t l e g al
enhancing The l
t ec h n i c a l an d
w o rl d
o f i n th e
Technologies? inform
at i o n

Patent Information
IMPORTANCE OF PATENT SEARCH
 Patent documents – can freely support research
and development activities since it contains
information not yet divulged in any other form of
literature.
 Improved quality of patent application, specifically
the claims .
 Prevention of lawsuits in case other patents are
violated as part of the invention.
 Investors require search reports in order to move
forward and apply for patents on any
invention/Business intelligence.
 To save money in lengthy patent application
processes in case the invention is not new.
USERS OF PATENT
INFORMATION
patent information is important to…
SMEs Inventors

Patent
R&D
Institutions
Information Professionals
of Patents

Governmental
Institutions Educational Institutions
& Universities

Patent Information
First Publication in Patent Published
INVENTIONS other forms of
Documentation

PUNCH CARD 1914 1889


TELEVISION 1928 1923
JET ENGINE 1946 1936
CAST IRON 1947 1939

Conducting a patent search before research


and development will surely save us from
re-inventing the wheel
Patent search tools and databases
 On-line databases (more than 100 million
documents on line) on these websites:
a) http://www.uspto.gov
b) http://ep.espacenet.com
c) http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl
d) http://ipophil.gov.ph (official website
IPO-Phil.), then go to links , IP Offices
e) Various search engines such as
http://www.googlepatents.com
Hierarchical Structure of
IPC
SECTIONS
A Human Necessities
B Performing Operations, Transporting, etc.
C Chemistry
D Textile; Paper
E Fixed Construction
F Mechanical Engineering; Lighting;
Heating; Weapons; Blasting
G Physics
H Electricity
A complete classification symbol
comprises the following:

25 / 00 MAIN
B 64 C GROUP

25 / 30 SUBGROU
P
SECTION
CLASS
SUBCLASS
GROUP

http://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/ipc8/?lang=en

Patent Information
B64C 25/30 actually concerns “EMERGENCY ACTUATED CONTROL OR
LOCKING SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING MECHANISMS FOR RETRACTABLE,
FOLDABLE OR THE LIKE NON-FIXED UNDERCARRIAGES USED IN ALIGHTING
GEAR FOR AEROPLANES OR HELICOPTERS.”

SECTION B PERFORMING OPERATIONS;


TRANSPORTING
CLASS B 64 AIRCRAFT; AVIATION;
COSMONAUTICS
SUBCLASS B 64 C AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
MAIN GROUP B 64 C 25/00 Alighting gear
ONE-DOT SUBGROUP 25/02 . Undercarriages
TWO-DOT SUBGROUP 25/08 . . non-fixed, e.g. jettisonable
THREE-DOT SUBGROUP 25/10 . . . retractable, foldable, or the
like
FOUR-DOT SUBGROUP 25/18 . . . . Operating mechanisms
FIVE-DOT SUBGROUP 25/26 . . . . . Control or locking
SIX-DOT SUBGROUP
25/30 . . . . . . emergency actuated.
Patent Information
IPO WEBSITE

www.ipophil.gov.ph
Novelty Search

• It is a report of the prior art


surrounding and overlapping an
invention.
• It is intended to demonstrate
whether an invention is novel
and nonobvious
IMPORTANCE OF PATENT SEARCH
 Patent documents – can freely support research
and development activities since it contains
information not yet divulged in any other form of
literature.
 Improved quality of patent application, specifically
the claims .
 Prevention of lawsuits in case other patents are
violated as part of the invention.
 Investors require search reports in order to move
forward and apply for patents on any
invention/Business intelligence.
 To save money in lengthy patent application
processes in case the invention is not new.
First Publication in
other forms of Patent Published
INVENTIONS Documentation
PUNCH CARD 1914 1889
TELEVISION 1928 1923
JET ENGINE 1946 1936
CAST IRON 1947 1939

Conducting a patent search before research


and development will surely save us from
re-inventing the wheel
IMPORTANT
TIPS
CHOOSE THE RIGHT KEYWORD/S TO TYPE IN
ORDER TO ARRIVE AT THE CLOSEST PRIOR
ARTS

CHOOSE UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED


KEYWORD/S TO TYPE

CHECK THE SPELLING OF THE KEYWORD/S


BEING USED
Patent search tools and databases

 On-line databases (more than 100 million


documents on line) on these websites:
a) http://patft.uspto.gov
b) http://worldwide.espacenet.com
c) http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl
d) http://ipophil.gov.ph (official website
IPO-Phil.), then go to links , IP Offices
e) Various search engines such as
http://www.google.com
IPO WEBSITE

www.ipophil.gov.ph
Patent search tools and databases

 On-line databases (more than 100 million


documents on line) on these websites:
a) http://patft.uspto.gov
b) http://worldwide.espacenet.com
c) http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl
d) http://ipophil.gov.ph (official website
IPO-Phil.)
e) Various search engines such as
http://www.google.com
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Patent search tools and databases

 On-line databases (more than 100 million


documents on line) on these websites:
a) http://patft.uspto.gov
b) http://worldwide.espacenet.com
c) http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl
d) http://ipophil.gov.ph (official website
IPO-Phil.)
e) Various search engines such as
http://www.google.com
Procedure in examining novelty

Claim D 1 D2 … Dn
F1
F2
…
Fn
Note: F 1-n features of the claim:
D 1-n features of the prior art:
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