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ByKartik PuttaiahBrain League IP Services

PATENT MINING

© 2009 Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd.

AGENDA

•What is patent mining?

•At what stages should we mine for patent documents, and how patent mining will be useful at each of these stages?

WHAT IS PATENT MINING?

Systematic scanning and analysis of patent documents

PROBLEM

CONCEPT

R&D

PRE-LAUNCH

LITIGATION

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

SOLVING A PROBLEM…

•Identify the problem

•Gather facts related to the problem

•Analyze the way others have solved the problem

•List the possible solutions to the problem

• Determine the best feasible solutionDr. Joe Daniele, former Director of Licensing at Xerox -

“IP management is the direct connection of R&D to the marketplace”

PROBLEM

CONCEPT

R&D

PRE-LAUNCH

LITIGATION

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

PATENT LANDSCAPING

PATENT LANDSCAPING…

Vehicle Transmission

Continuously Variable

Transmission

Roller Driven Transmission

Manual Transmission

Automatic Transmission

Belt Driven Transmission

PATENT LANDSCAPING…

Class

Class 2

Class 4

Class 1 Class 3

Class 5

Information through data

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Top 5 companies in Class 3

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Company 5

Information through data

1999

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60N

um

ber

of

pat

ents

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Company 1

Company 2

Company 3

Company 4

Company 5

Information through data

1999

2000

2001

2002

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2007

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10

15

20

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60N

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ber

of

pat

ents

Years

Company 1

Company 2

Company 3

Company 4

Company 5

Patent Expiry Chart

PROBLEM

CONCEPT

R&D

PRE-LAUNCH

LITIGATION

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

PATENT LANDSCAPING

PATENTABILITYALALYSIS

Example...

Example...

PROBLEM

R&D

LITIGATION

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

PATENT LANDSCAPING

FREEDOM TO OPERATE

PATENTABILITYANALYSIS

CONCEPT

PRE-LAUNCH

Example...

Example…

Example…

PROBLEM

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

PATENT LANDSCAPING

FREEDOM TO OPERATE

PATENTABILITYANALYSIS

CONCEPT

R&D

PRE-LAUNCH

LITIGATIONINFRINGEMENT

ANALYSIS

Patent Analysis Overview

Analysis Relevant section of a patent document

Relevant jurisdiction

Patentability analysis Complete patent specification

All over the world

Freedom to operate Claims section of patent specification

Countries in which product has to be launched

Infringement analysis Product specification and elements of patent claims

 

Patent Invalidation search

Complete patent specification

All over the world

Landscape analysis Claims and detailed description of the patent specification

All over the world

PATENT ANALYTICS

IP STRATEGY

PatentLandscaping

PatentabilityAnalysis

Freedom toOperate

InfringementAnalysis

InvalidationStudy

THANK YOU

© 2009 Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd.

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