UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI Postgraduate Supervision Workshop (December 10, 2013) CCU Intellectual Property Management Office UNITID Building, KNH Campus Next

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBIPostgraduate Supervision Workshop

(December 10, 2013) CCU

Intellectual Property Management OfficeUNITID Building, KNH Campus

Next to Medical LibraryP. O. Box 19676 00202 Nairobi

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ROLE OF PATENT INFORMATION IN

RESEARCH

RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUPPORT


PATENT Any invention which is not protected in

a given country is considered as being in the public domain in that country.

Could be used in the country for its own technology development without the risk of infringement.

Patent -inventor has the maximum legal means of PROTECTION

Higher sales price or royalty for selling or licensing invention than those without.


PATENT DOCUMENTS

Patent documents generally convey the most recent information.

First to file an application Patent documents -fairly uniform

structure generally easier to understand.

Patent Documents - sources of information not only on what is new (the invention) ,what is already known (i.e., the state-of-the-art) and in many cases furnish a history


patent documents.. Patent Documents generally cover

most of what is new and most of what is worthwhile knowing about technological development;

This is shown not only by the great number of patents but also by the fact that they cover every branch—big or small, relatively simple or sophisticated—of technology

Patent documents generally contain information which is not divulged in any other form of literature.


patent documents.. Don’t ASSUME that relevant information

contained in patent documents will come to one’s notice by other means including journals, books – Not patentable

Over 80% of all U.S. patents contain technology that is not disclosed or only partially disclosed in the non-patent literature.

PD belonging to a given classification subdivision (familly) contain a highly concentrated supply of technically advanced information on a given technological field.© UoN, 2013 ISO 9001:2008 Certified http://www.uonbi.ac.ke

patent documents.. Patent documents bear a date –

duration under legal protection. Patent documents -name and address

of the applicant, the patentee, and the inventor (s): contact

Patent documents often disclose not only concepts concerning the general utility of the invention,

Give detailed information on the possibility of its application in industry.

PDs information is not secret, it can be used to support research and development

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patent documents..

Information on patent documents:

useful sources of technological information

clear advantages over other sources of information.


USE OF PATENT INFORMATION..

Patents estimated at over 45 million.

A patent system has two functions:

Protection Information = POWER


USE OF PATENT INFORMATION..

THE LOW UTILIZATION OF

PATENT INFORMATION!!


British Patent Office millions of Pounds—are wasted to develop things that are already developed and documented in the description of patent specifications

40% of the patent applications in Austria do not lead to a granted patent, because they do not contain any new aspects.

Costs for development and staff could be cut if the relevant patent literature was consulted at an earlier stage in the development- at proposal development.

THE LOW UTILIZATION OF PATENT INFORMATION!!


WHY USE PATENT INFORMATION?

Acquire knowledge about existing/prospective industrial property rights in the country (validity, ownership, ...), particularly to avoid infringement actions;

Acquire knowledge about the state-of-the-art in a specific technology in order to be aware of the latest development;


WHY USE PATENT INFORMATION?..

Development of new products or processes; Identification of alternative technology and its

sources; Location of sources of know-how in the field in a

given country; Identification of new research trends at an

early stage. Solution of a specific technical problem; Improvement of an existing product or process;


WHY SEARCHES

To determine the general state-of-the-art for the solution of a given technical problem as background information for R&D activities

To know what relevant patent documents already exist in the field of the research activity;

To identify alternative technologies which may replace a known technology © UoN, 2013 ISO 9001:2008 Certified http://www.uonbi.ac.ke

WHY SEARCHES..

To evaluate a specific technology which is being offered for license or which is being considered for acquisition

To locate information about published patent documents involving specific companies or individuals, such as applicants, assignees, patentees or inventors


To assist in determining the novelty or lack of novelty of the invention claimed in a patent application or a patent already granted, or even of an invention for which no application has yet been filed

To locate documents relevant to the determination not only of novelty but also of other criteria of patentability, such as the presence or absence of inventive step

WHY SEARCHES..


WHY SEARCHES..

To identify a member of a “patent family” which could be useful in order to:

Find the countries in which a given patent application has been filed (if published);

Locate the document that is written in a desired language;

Obtain a list of prior art documents or “References Cited”;


WHY SEARCHES..

Estimate the importance of the invention by number of patent documents relating to the same invention and being published in different countries or by industrial property organizations.


To obtain information on the validity (status) of a published patent application or a granted patent, on a given date.

Important in the negotiation of license agreements.

Guide on the value attached to a particular patent by the patentee.

WHY SEARCHES..


TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

SUPPORT CENTRE(TISC) AT

UNIVERSITY O F NAIROBI

TOWARDS QUALITY RESEARCH


What is TISC?Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) is joint WIPO-KENYA DEVELOPMENT project aimed at:-

assisting researchers, scholars, small and medium enterprises and others to more fully exploit their innovative potential;

supporting researchers in creating and developing new solutions to technical challenges faced on a local and global level;

TOWARDS QUALITY RESEARCH..TISC@UON


What is TISC?..

assisting researchers to protect and manage their intellectual property rights.

Foster the development of appropriate, effective and sustainable technology and innovation support services

TOWARDS QUALITY RESEARCH..TISC@UON..


What is TISC?.. Appropriate: Adapted to local needs

and conditions Effective: Delivers desired benefits to

stakeholders and the country Sustainable: Can ultimately be

maintained using locally available resources



TISC Project Objectives:1.Facilitating access to databases FOR:

Patent (free-of-charge and commercial) information

Non-patent (scientific and technical journals) information

2.Capacity Building Establishing Technology and Innovation

Support Centers (TISCs) Training TISC staff – face to face and online Organizing Regional Conferences



TISC Project ServicesCore services

Access to patent and non-patent databases Assistance in using databases

Additional services (based on user need and office capacity) Technology search services Patent analytical services IP Awareness-raising



Access to Free-of-Charge Databases: Regional and international

organizations e.g. PATENTSCOPE® (WIPO), esp@cenet(EPO)

National offices (e.g. USPTO, JPO) Private sector providers (e.g.

Google Patent, etc.)



Benefits of TISC Allow users to benefit effectively from

increased accessibility offered by internet searches through direct personal assistance

To strengthen the local technological base by building up local know-how

To increase technology transfer, To assist local users to create, protect, own

and manage their intellectual property rights



Capacity building: Distance learningDL-101: General course on

intellectual propertyDL-301: PatentsDL-318: Patent information

search…and many othersNB: Courses are FREE for TISC members



Access to Commercial Patent Databases and Journals:

Access to Specialized Patent Information (ASPI) program

Access to Research for Development and Innovation (aRDi)

Other UN Programmes -HINARI (WHO)-AGORA (FAO)-OARE (UNEP)



OVERALL IMPACT OF TISC



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

1.Prof. Julius MWANGI [email protected], 0722825966 2.Mr. Spencer [email protected], 0721572340



I THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION

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