Recent Developments in Information Technology (IT) and the Effective Use of Global IP Protection Systems- From PCT perspective-

Tokyo11-12 NovemberTokyo

Takashi YAMASHITADirector, PCT International Cooperation Division

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Contents

Overview of IT in PCTPCT-SAFEPCT-ROADPCT-EDI

DigitizationPATENTSCOPE®Possibilities for future developments

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E-dossier

Overview of IT in PCT

ApplicantRO

ISAIPEA

DO/EO

IB

International Publication

DO/EO

PCT-ROAD

PATENTSCOPE®

PCT-SAFE

EDI

EDI

EDI

EDI

EDI

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PCT-SAFE (1)

Secure Applications Filed ElectronicallyTypes of filing

Paper: all documents on paper accompanied by Form PCT/RO/101

PCT-SAFE (PCT-EASY): all documents on paper accompanied by PCT-EASY request Form and diskette/physical medium

PCT-SAFE fully electronic: request, text and drawings filed on-line or on physical media, no paper required

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PCT-SAFE (2)

PCT-SAFE fully electronic filings; Currently accepted by 20 ROsPossible with RO/IB since February 2004 for all PCT applicants

PCT-EASY type filings accepted by more than 70 ROs

PCT-EASY type and fully electronic filings accounted for approximately 78% of all PCT filings in 2009

At RO/IB(2009)PCT-EASY type filings 6.7%, fully electronic filings 63.6%, paper only filings 29.7%

http://www.wipo.int/pct-safe/en/

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PCT Filing by type (2009)

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50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

Applications

Image Electronic

Full XML

PDF+ XMl Request

Paper + XML Request

Paper only

160,000 Filings, 100,000 + Filings

with XMLfrom applicants

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PCT-ROAD (1)Receiving Office ADministration

PCT-SAFE

Paper

Data EntryRequest & Application

PCT-ROAD

ExaminationFormality

Fee Calculation

invitation

correction

EDIReceive

Record Copy

Applicant RO IB

Record copy

E-dossier

PATENTSCOPE®

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PCT-ROAD (2)

Basic functions

Data EntryPhysical media (CD-ROM,FD)Paper (manual entry)

ExaminationEx-officio correction, formality check

Fee calculationCreation of record copy to IB

http://www.wipo.int/pct-safe/en/pctroad/index.html

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PCT-EDI (1)

Electronic Data Interchange

Internet based secure transmission by which Offices can send and receive documents to/from IB

Initially (~2007) the service made available was upload to IB of certain documents

Extended to upload and download of all PCT documents

Still a large number of documents are sent on paperImplication to PCT framework (PCT/WG/3/2 para90-93)

http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/pct-edi/

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PCT-EDI (2)To IB From RO/IB

Record copy ISR Search copy

EPOEDI

Request-XMLApp. Body-TIFF

paper paper +EDI(TIFF)

JPO TRINET(XML)

TRINET(PDF-TEXT)

paper

USPTO EDI(PDF)

EDI(PDF)

paper

KIPO EDI(XML)

EDI(TIFF XML)

EDI(TIFF)

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Advantages

Preservation of original documents

Provide formats for electronic data exchange

Enable cost effective processing

Enhance value added quality service

Digitization (1)

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Digitization (2)

PaperImage

Text

XML

101010100

011000110 100101100 100001000 001011010

<claims> 1010101001100 0110110001101 00

</claims>

001101- - - - - - - - - - - -

Step by step depending on Office status

XML from ISA/IPEA for all PCT documents

goal (C.PCT 1160)

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Digitization (3)

XML eXtensible Markup Language

101010100

011000110 100101100 100001000 001011010

<claims> 1010101001100 0110110001101 00

</claims>

- - - - - - - - - - - -

XML

Computer recognizes the text logically according to its tagged attributes, e.g., “claim” “abstract.”

Facilitate administration, retrieval, translation

High quality service !

Text (Structured text)

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PATENTSCOPE® (1)

WIPO’s patent information portal site

Published international applications are available through this portal site (www.wipo.int/pctdb)

PATENTSCOPE® is not just a site of international publication. It provides powerful search engine and analytical resources,etc.

http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/

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PATENTSCOPE® (2)

http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/search/en/search.jsf

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PATENTSCOPE® (3)

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PATENTSCOPE® (4)

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PATENTSCOPE® (5)

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PATENTSCOPE® (6)

http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/search/en/help/CLIR_DOC.pdfhttp://www.wipo.int/patentscope/search/en/clir/clir.jsp

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PATENTSCOPE® (7)

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PATENTSCOPE® (8)

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PATENTSCOPE® (9)

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Possibilities for future developments (1)

PCT SAFE PCT-ROAD EDI seamless

IBRO

ISAISA

IPEA

DO/EO

DO/EO

seamless and organic network

network

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Possibilities for future developments (2)

Intelligent coordination among international authorities and national offices

Collaborative search and examinationFeedback of national examination

Prior art search in multilateral language [CLIR]Need to enrich corpora in different languagesMachine translation is essential

High quality patents worldwide !!

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Thank you !