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

2. 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?

3. 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"

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

5. 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

6. European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Information Journey................... 1a) Ignorance

7. European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Information Journey..................... 1b) Ignorance

8. European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Information Journey....................... 2) Discovery

9. European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Informatin Journey........................ 3) Prospecting

10. European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Information Journey..................... 4) Surveying

11. European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Informatin Journey........................ 5) Active Development

12. European Patent Office epoline ® The Patent Information Journey...................... 6) Exploitation

13. 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

14. 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,...).

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

16. European Patent Office epoline ® Patent Database 2 points of view

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

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

19. European Patent Office epoline ® For science, technology and innovation: esp@cenet www.espacenet.com

20. European Patent Office epoline ® For business law and economics Register Plus www.epoline.org/registerplus.htm

21. 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

22. 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

23. European Patent Office epoline ® For daily monitoring and alerts: WebRegMT www.epoline.org/webregmt.htm

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

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

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