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Espacenet and Patent Searching

Dr Fergal BradyExaminer of Patents

Trinity College, Dublin16 June 2014

Espacenet…

! is a network of patent databases. ! contains over 60 million patent documents from

all over the world! is searchable ! has a simple interface! is free! provides access to actual patent documents

Format of patent documents

! Bibliographic details (searchable)! Description ! Claims! Drawings! Abstract (searchable)

Bibliographic data

Who? Applicant/s, Inventor/sWhat? Title of Invention, AbstractWhere? Country in which patentedWhen? Application date

Publication dateWhich? Application No.

Publication No.Priority No.

Classification IPC – International Patent ClassificationECLA – European Classification

CompleteApplicationpublished –+ Search Report(A document)(A1, or A2, A3)

GrantedPatentpublished (B)

New app filed:ONLY detailsPublished in IPO Jrnl ApplicantTitleDate of AppPat. App. No.Priority details

Patent expires20 years after filing18 months

Available in Espacenet

Publication stages

Application filed in

Country A

Application filed in

Country B

App B must be filed within 12 month priority period

Application published in Country B

Application published in Country A

Both applications published 18 months after 1st filing

Priority Period

Espacenet v5 http://worldwide.espacenet.com/

Advanced Search options

Saved document

INID CODES

Important INID CODES

! (11) – Publication Number! (12) – Type of document! (22) – Date of filing! (32) – Priority Date! (51) – IPC Code (classification)! (54) – Title of published document! (71) – Applicant! (72) – Inventor

Internationally agreed Numbers for the Identification of (bibliographic) Data

Citing/Cited Documents

!Cited Documents– From Search Report– Novelty Destroying / No Inventive

Step– Good Prior Art !!!

!Citing Documents– Other documents that have cited

yours.

Citing/Cited Documents

Citation list – View all

INPADOC

!Legal status of patents!Provided by EPO for its own patents,

and for others where notified.!Generally available for EP member

state and EP/WO documents.!May be available for others.

INPADOC – Access from tab

European Patent Register

!Legal status of EP, EP/WO patents

!Can access Register in two ways

– https://register.epo.org/espacenet/regviewer

– Straight from Espacenet


Click to view pdf of document

Other features

! Save searches! RSS feeds

– Click on RSS symbol– Generates url of RSS, updated when visited

! Export results (.csv/.xls format)– Links (e.g. publication no.) are active in the .xls

! Bookmark! Error reporting (with notification of action)! Smart search

– Accepts up to 20 terms (10 max per biblio data field)! Claims tree (shows claim hierarchy)! Covers download (front pages w abstracts)

International Patent Classification (IPC)

Using “Abstract” search fieldand/or

IPC

will bring more accurate results

http://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en/

The IPC

Example of IPC Code

B – Performing Operations; Transporting!B65 - Conveying; Packing; Storing...

– B65D - Containers for storage; Packaging elements• B65D 65/00 - Wrappers of flexible covers; Packaging materials of

special type or form– B65D 65/38 – Packaging materials of special type or form

• B65D 65/46 – Applications of disintregable, dissolvable or edible materials

The IPC – B65D

The IPC – B65D 65/00

The IPC – B65D 65/46

IPCCAT

IPCCAT – automated classification


Enter text into IPCCAT and it will suggest possible IPC symbols.

STATS – IPC term search

Summary

! Technology database of 60M+ patents! Search with keywords or classifications

– IPC – more exact searching (IPCCAT, STATS)! See original patent documents (as .pdf)! Citation lists! Check status

– Inpadoc or Register

Thank you for your attention

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