European Patent Office epoline ® Using patent information: a workshop for scientists, tradesmen and IP specialists Bazna 15 March 2007

European Patent Office epoline ® About this workshop: Patents - what are they? Debunk the myths Why should I be interested? The Patent Information Journey. How can I find out about them? What can I find out?

European Patent Office epoline ® Patents - what are they? IP Right -1- Public Information -2- Scientific, Technical, Legal, Commercial and Financial Information -3- See "European Patents and the grant procedure"

European Patent Office epoline ® Debunk the Myths Patents are secret Patents make you rich Patents allow illegal R&D

European Patent Office epoline ® Why should I be interested? Scientific, Technical, Legal, and Commercial Publications Impact on new technologies Impact on new businesses Impact on economy Public interest

European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Information Journey a) Ignorance

European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Information Journey b) Ignorance

European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Information Journey ) Discovery

European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Informatin Journey ) Prospecting

European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Information Journey ) Surveying

European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Informatin Journey ) Active Development

European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Information Journey ) Exploitation

European Patent Office epoline ® Ignorance Discovery Prospecting Surveying Development Exploitation Cost Impact Risk Increasing Sophistication Patent Offices and Patent Information Centres Commercial Vendors Consultancies Custom Products

European Patent Office epoline ® Why should I be interested? Because you are a prime source of information to your stake holders, be it students, enterprises, patent applicants, decision makers (politicians,...).

European Patent Office epoline ® How can I find out about patents ? What's on offer?

European Patent Office epoline ® Patent Database 2 points of view

European Patent Office epoline ® What do you know, typically? Inventor The organisation he works for His invention Patent number Brand name

European Patent Office epoline ® What can you find out? Who else is working in the field Competitors Rival technologies Other patents

European Patent Office epoline ® For science, technology and innovation:

European Patent Office epoline ® For business law and economics Register Plus

European Patent Office epoline ® Patent information Register Plus Register Plus automates access to the - bibliographical and procedural data relating to European and international applications in which EPO member states are designated - legal status data that is also available for the national phase of the European applications - original European and international patent application files → find all the information relating to a European patent application

European Patent Office epoline ® Patent Information Register Plus You can - access about two million EPO patent documents - view the status of an application - view the latest change to an application - use truncations *, ?, # - search by 11 different categories

European Patent Office epoline ® For daily monitoring and alerts: WebRegMT

European Patent Office epoline ® Patent information WebRegMT - stands for "Web Register Monitoring Tool" - triggers automatic alerts when changes are made to the Register - monitors up to 250 cases per address - is only available within the secure My.epoline ® portal - can be used with username/password or smart card

European Patent Office epoline ® Don't underestimate the power of: and Google...

European Patent Office epoline ® Distributing Patent Information It's our job