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Using Technological Information for Strengthening the Competitiveness of SMEs
Tools and services of the Italian Chambers of Commerce network
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF MSMES
Roma, 10th December 2009
Alessandro Piras
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Index
Dintec overview IP services and projects:
Technology monitoring IP newsletter Patent and trademark observatory Technology trends
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Dintec - Consortium for Technological
Innovation
CCIAA 5 Regional Union
of chambers of c.
CaptionUnioncamere: Italian Union of the Chambers of CommerceCCIAA: Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Craft Trade and AgricultureENEA: Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment
8 Patent Information Point 5 Patlib
Shareholders
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Dintec activitiesDintec supports its shareholders and the Chamber of Commerce network on issues such as: legal metrology; technology innovation; technical regulations.
It is involved in projects dealing with: industrial property; agro-food production; quality systems; energy efficiency and renewable sources.
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IP ongoing projects and services Patnewspatent monitoring service IP Newslettermonthly email information service on IP issues Patent and trademark surveyItalian EPO applications databaseItalian OAMI applications database Patents and new innovative companynot exploited italian EPO patent database Technology trends
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Innovation Technology Platform It is a web tool developed
by Dintec and Unioncamere to foster SME activities in the field of innovation and technology transfer
It is used to promote and support interaction between enterprises, Patlib centers and Chambers of Commerce
It gives up to date information on IP issues:
• events• legislation• databases
It gives the opportunity to subscribe to the technology monitoring service and IP newsletterWeb site: http://www.innovazione.dintec.it
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Technology monitoring: Patnews It is a free online technology alert service
managed by Dintec on behalf of the Chambers of Commerce;
It was developed to help SMEs to identify relevant EPO applications and extract strategic information.
Patnews could answer to the following issues: What is the latest technology developed in my field of
interest? Who is the most active player for a specific technology
application? Who are my direct competitors in the technology arena?
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Patnews activation steps
Online request through the innovation technology platform
Email or fax request using an application module
MSMES Chamber of CommerceSTEP 1 - REQUEST
STEP 2 – IPC CODE IDENTIFICATION
Keyword, IPC and competitor suggestions
Request validation
Data collection and elaboration on technology fields of interest
Definition of IPC code
STEP 3 – SERVICE START UP Patent applications extraction through IPC codes Data elaboration and creation of the personalized
report
Technology information periodically delivered in the form of PDF attached to email
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Patnews personalized technology report
Strategic information
Technology information
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IP Newsletter It offers a monthly selection of Italian and
international news about publications, statistical reports, laws, calls and funding opportunities.
IP newsletter is addressed mainly to the following actors: SME; Patlib centers; Chamber of Commerce patent and trademark offices; Patent attorneys; Universities and research centers.
Subscription (in Italian)http://www.innovazione.dintec.it/servizi/newsletter/newsletter_iscrizione.php
IP newsletter is delivered to 865 subscribers IP newsletter is delivered to 865 subscribers
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Patent and Trademark ObservatoryGOALSThe Italian Patent and Trademarks Observatory (PTO) is a
Unioncamere project, managed by Dintec, with the following goals:
To analyse industrial property scenario of Italian applicants: companies, inventors, Universities and research centers;
To compare Italian technological trends and performances with that of most industrialized countries (for example G8 or G12 countries)
To discover emerging technologies To disseminate information about Italian innovation behaviour
OUTPUT databases of the published European patent applications
(Italians appl.) and Italian OAMI filed trademarks; statistical analysis with technical and scientific comments; annual report about patent and trademarks observatory; data analysis support for relevant topic such as “Italian
medium manufacturing companies”.
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Patent and Trademark ObservatoryDATABASEIt is built on data extracted from: Italian patent application published by EPO (weekly
updated) Italian trademark applications filed to OAMI in the period
1999-2008
IPTS data can be segmented on several parameters, such as: assignee (company, University or Research Institute,
physical person); geographical area (area, region, province, postal code); economic parameter (integration with Unioncamere
databases for revenue, company dimension, etc.); product and service classification (Nizza code); technology classification (IPC code).
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Some PTO output
Country Share % Annual mean growth rate (%)
Patent application published
USA 28,7% 5,0 280.905
Germany 18,9% 3,6 185.210
Japan 17,7% 5,8 173.489
France 6,7% 3,7 65.053
Great Britain 4,2% 2,4 41.226
Italy 3,3% 4,8 31.901
Canada 1,5% 7,8 14.194
China 0,4% 41,3 3.466
Russia Federation 0,1% 9,4 1.090
G9 Country 81,6% 5,0 798.544
EPO total 100,0% 5,7 978.085
(1999-2007 data)(1999-2007 data)
G8 Countries + China: EPO applications
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Some PTO output
(1999-2007 data)(1999-2007 data)
Italian area Share Annual mean growth rate
North-West 49,8% 3,8%
North-East 31,8% 5,5%
Central 13,1% 6,5%
South & Islands 3,9% 5,9%
Applicant Share Annual mean growth rate
Companies 86,8% 4,5%
Individuals 9,8% 5,0%
Public Research Inst. / University 2,0% 18,8%
Distribution of italian patent applications published by EPO
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Italian technology landscape
Technological indexes used:1. Share of patent applications2. EPO Quartile
EPO divides IPC classes in 4 quartiles: (I) very high growth; (II) high growth; (III) moderate or low growth; (IV) decreasing (IV)
3. TendencyComparison of mean annual growth rate of 1999-2006 and 1999-2007
Top ten italian IPC classes for EP
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Italian technology landscapeIPC
classDescription Share Quartile
EPO2
Tendency
A61 Medical or veterinary science; hygiene 7,6% I
B65 Conveying; packing; storing; handling thin or filamentary material
7,4% II
B60 Vehicles in general 4,1% I
H01 Basic electric elements 4,0% III
A47 Furniture; domestic articles; coffee mills; spice mills; suction cleaners in general
4,0% III
F16 Devices for fastening or securing constructional elements or machine parts together
4,0% II
C07 Organic chemistry 3,7% III
G01 Measuring; testing 3,2% III
H04 Electric communication tecnique 3,1% II
H02 Generation, conversion, distribution of electric power 2,2% IV
Top ten Italian IPC classes for EPO applications
(1999-2007 data)
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Products and services landscapeNice class
Description Share Tendency
25 Clothing, footwear, headgear. 12,1%
9 Apparatus and instruments, automatic vending machines,
data processing equipment and computers 7,3%
33 Alcoholic beverages (except beers). 6,0%
30 Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, tapioca, sago, artificial coffee; flour and preparations made from cereals, bread, pastry and confectionery, ices; honey, treacle; yeast, baking-powder; salt, mustard; vinegar, sauces (condiments); spices; ice.
5,7%
36 Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs. 5,5%
Top five italian Nice classes for community trademark
(1999-2007 data)
Tipical “Made in Italy” products
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Emerging products and services area
(1999-2007 data)
Tendency Nice classes Mean annual growth rate
44 - Medical - veterinary services; hygienic and beauty care; agriculture, horticulture and forestry services.
+39,2
43 - Services for providing food and drink; temporary accommodation.
+33,4
34 - Tobacco; smokers' articles; matches. +26,0
37 - Building construction; repair; installation services. +23,1
26 - Lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers.
-0,9
23 - Yarns and threads, for textile use. -11,0
22 - Ropes, string, nets, tents, awnings, sails, bags; padding materials; raw fibrous textile materials.
-11,5
Best and worst growth rate for Nice classes of IT community trademark
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Technology trends
PaperPaper
FootwearFootwear
Marine sectorMarine sector
MechanicsMechanics
Agro-foodAgro-food
Technology trends
Technology trends
Food preserve Food preserve
Fruit and vegetables
Fruit and vegetables
Olive sectorOlive sector
Patents Technical and scientific
publicationsINSTRUMENTS
WINEWINE
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Wine industry chain of productionPhase 1
genetic improvement
Phase 2grape cultivation
Phase 3production
Phase 4bottling and packaging
Phase 5Storage
Phase 6Carrying
Phase 7 distribution and
selling
57.386 52.105 52.127 46.000 41.429
49.935 50.566 52.03645.900 48.633
42.98836.158 38.137
36.781 34.630
10.0079.153 8.916
10.161 10.400
28.84825.097 25.548
24.819 26.510
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Data from International Organization of Vine and Wine - OIV
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Wine technology trend results
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• Phase 1: genetic impovements• Phase 2: grape cultivation• Phase 3: productions• Phase 4: bottling and packaging• Phase 5: storage• Phase 6: carrying• Phase 7: distribution and selling
2004-2008 data
