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The International

Patent System

Regional Workshop on the Use of PCT Products

Tokyo, Japan

September 13-14, 2016

Mr. Kenichiro NATSUME

Director

PCT International Cooperation Division

Patents and Technology Sector

Session 2 Accessing to the PCT Products and Other Offices’ Work

JP

Session 2 -1

The International

Patent System

Contents

■ Introduction to

Patentscope

WIPO-CASE

Espacenet

■ Demonstration of Patentscope

■ (in the afternoon) Exercises to use Patentscope

JP

Session 2 -2

The International

Patent System

Patentscope

JP

Session 2 -3

The International

Patent System

3

JP

Session 2 -4

The International

Patent System

Search Forms – Examples

(Simple Search, Advanced Search, Field Combination)

4

JP

Session 2 -5

The International

Patent System

5

JP

Session 2 -6

The International

Patent System

6

JP

Session 2 -7

The International

Patent System

7

JP

Session 2 -8

The International

Patent System

Machine Translation of Description/Claims 8

9

JP

Session 2 -10

The International

Patent System

10

Information on National Phase Entries

JP

Session 2 -11

The International

Patent System

11

Information on PCT documents

JP

Session 2 -12

The International

Patent System

PATENTSCOPE CLIR*

► Free tool available at http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/clir/clir.jsp?interfaceLanguage=en

► Enter a search query in either EN, DE, ES, FR, JP, RU, ZH, PT, IT, DU, SE and it will be expanded into the other languages (keywords translation)

► Built from bilingual dictionaries extracted statistically from Patent corpuses without supervision

(*) PATENTSCOPE CLIR: An empirical approach to applying

SMT techniques to Cross Language Information Retrieval in the patent domain, C.

Mazenc in Asian-Pacific Association for Machine Translation Journal Nr 51, June 2012

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JP

Session 2 -13

The International

Patent System

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CLIR (Cross lingual Information Retrieval)

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EN JP FR

CLIR

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ES, DE, KR

PT, CN, RU,

IT, NL, SE

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create relevant

terms in 12

languages

JP

Session 2 -14

The International

Patent System

14

Interface : Cross-lingual (CLIR)- Automatic

JP

Session 2 -15

The International

Patent System

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JP

Session 2 -16

The International

Patent System

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JP

Session 2 -17

The International

Patent System

17

Interface : Cross-lingual (CLIR)- Supervised

JP

Session 2 -18

The International

Patent System

CLIR: precision vs recall

18

JP

Session 2 -19

The International

Patent System

CLIR – supervise mode – choice of technology domains

19

JP

Session 2 -20

The International

Patent System

CLIR – supervise mode – choice of terms

20

JP

Session 2 -21

The International

Patent System

CLIR – Supervised mode – adjustment of terms and IPC 21

JP

Session 2 -22

The International

Patent System

22

JP

Session 2 -23

The International

Patent System

Examples of accessing to the PCT

Products

JP

Session 2 -24

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -25

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -26

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -27

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -28

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -29

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -30

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -31

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -32

The International

Patent System

Espacenet

JP

Session 2 -33

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -34

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -35

The International

Patent System

JP

Session 2 -36

The International

Patent System

WIPO-CASE

JP

Session 2 -37

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE Service - Outline WIPO CASE

AU

CA*

IL*

MM

MY

NZ

PG

SG

VN

IN

CN

EP

JP

KR

US

BN

LA

KH

OPD

System &

Gateway

Data

CL

TH

WO

Linkage

Web Portal

CN

JP

KR

US

PATENTSCOPE

Public

Users

Patent family

Biblio data*

Citation*

Document*

(*Only depositing

offices inside)

IP5

GB*

EP EA

ID

PH

JP

Session 2 -38

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE Service - Outline

■ Who can use?

Examiners of participating offices

■ When and where can you use?

Accessible on the Internet through authentication

■ What can you use?

Patent family data

Bibliographic data

Documents (specification, examination results)

Citation (AU, CN, EP, GB, JP, KR, US)

■ Why do you use?

Improve efficiency and quality of examination

■ How do you use?

Number search (see User Guide at portal)

Printable and viewable Pdf file

JP

Session 2 -39

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE Membership

Providing

Offices Notes

AU (Australia) Available to public access

CA (Canada) Available to public access

CN (China) Available to public access

EP (EPO) Available to public access

GB

(United Kingdom)

IL (Israel)

JP (Japan) Available to public access

KR (Republic of

Korea)

Available to public access

US (United States

of America)

WO

(WIPO IB (PCT))

Providing office only, for

PCT documentation

Available to public access

Accessing-

only Offices Notes

BN (Brunei

Darussalam)

Not yet active as a providing

office

CL (Chile) Will become providing office

when technically ready.

EA (EAPO)

ID (Indonesia)

IN (India)

KH (Cambodia)

LA (Lao PDR)

MN (Mongolia)

MY (Malaysia)

NZ

(New Zealand)

Indicated willingness to

become a providing office.

PG (Papua New

Guinea)

PH (Philippines)

SG (Singapore)

TH (Thailand)

VN (Viet Nam)

JP

Session 2 -40

The International

Patent System

Usage of WIPO CASE

Accessing

Office

Usage

Count Percentage

of Total

JP 10,068 59%

GB 1,568 9.2%

PH 1,482 8.7%

MY 1,254 7.3%

AU 854 5.0%

CA 702 4.1%

CN 518 3.0%

ID 206 1.2%

KR 180 1.1%

IL 151 0.9%

Period: March. 2015 – March. 2016 Total: 17,099 (based on Counts of Accessed Documents)

Statistics

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

Trend of Usage

JP

Session 2 -41

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE Service – Patent Family ■ Patent Family Data

National applications and PCT applications

Application (numbers and dates)

Publication (numbers, kind codes and dates)

Priority application (numbers and dates)

National phase entry application (numbers and

dates)

Covered with AU, CA, CL, CN, EA, GB, ID, IL, JP,

KR, MY, PH, SG, TH, VN, US, WO(PCT)

Data coverage information updated daily

Check

JP

Session 2 -42

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE Service – Patent Family

■ Simple search

One level backward and then one level forward

■ Extended search

All sets of applications related by priority or national

phase entry

Application Priorities

A1 P1

A2 P1 P2

A3 P1 P2

A4 P2 P3

A5 P3

A6 A1

A7 A5 A6

JP

Session 2 -43

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE Service – Document Data

Office AU* CA CN* EP GB* IL JP* KR* US* IB

Applications

published

since

Jan

1,

2006

Jan

1,

2008

Jan

1,

2008

Jan

1,

1978

Published

applications

that are filed

on and after

Feb

10,

2010

Jan

1,

2010

Dec 1,

1990

Jan 1,

1999

Jan 1,

2003

Specifications

and Incoming

Documents

(e.g. claims,

amendment)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Outgoing

Documents

(e.g.

examination

document)

Yes Yes Yes** Yes Yes Yes** Yes** Yes** Yes Yes**

JP

Session 2 -44

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE Service – Document Data Office AU* CA CN* EP GB* IL JP* KR* US* IB

Applications

published

since

Jan

1,

2006

Jan

1,

2008

Jan

1,

2008

Jan

1,

1978

Published

applications

that are filed

on and after

Feb

10,

2010

Jan

1,

1990

Jan

1,

2010

Dec 1,

1990

Jan 1,

1999

Jan 1,

2003

Specifications

and Incoming

Documents

(e.g. claims,

amendment)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Outgoing

Documents

(e.g.

examination

document)

Yes Yes Yes** Yes Yes Yes** Yes** Yes** Yes Yes**

*: Citation provided, **: Including translation

JP

Session 2 -45

The International

Patent System

Possible Scene for Use of WIPO CASE ■ Routes of applications

Domestic

PCT route

Paris Convention route

- They are filed or entered to individual countries nearly

at the same timing.

- When they are filed from providing offices like JP, KR or

US, their original examination results are available on

WIPO CASE if examinations have started.

- Examiners can basically search for patent family by

their own national application numbers.

Foreign applications

JP

Session 2 -46

The International

Patent System

Possible Scene for Use of WIPO CASE

■ Example of examination procedure

Understanding

Subject matter

Background

Search

Prior art

Examination

Drafting

Communication

with applicant

Decision

Collect patent family

information and its relevance

Check claim difference,

search report or citations of

patent family

Check patent family of

citations or own prior arts

(1)

(2)

Check examination

document, amended claims

or history of patent family

(3)

Understanding Search Examination

JP

Session 2 -47

The International

Patent System

Functions of WIPO CASE

■WIPO CASE Web Portal

Usability of user interface

Time line

Comparison of documents

Linkage to PATENTSCOPE

Translation

Family citations

Configurable preference

Discussion forum

Improved notification service

JP

Session 2 -48

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE – Time Line

GB1108683.2

JP

Session 2 -49

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE – View/Download

Documents

JP

Session 2 -50

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE – Comparison of Documents

JP

Session 2 -51

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE – Comparison of Documents

JP

Session 2 -52

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE – Bibliographic Data

Linkage to PATENTSCOPE

JP

Session 2 -53

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE – Citation Data

Linkage to PATENTSCOPE

JP

Session 2 -54

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE – Family Citations

JP

Session 2 -55

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE - Translation

JP

Session 2 -56

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE - Notification

JP

Session 2 -57

The International

Patent System

WIPO CASE – Link to WIPO CASE

Click citation numbers for another

search on WIPO CASE