patents(medical robotics)
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Medical Robotics:Patents: Exploring the world of inventionTRANSCRIPT
Medical Robotics:Patents: Exploring the world of
inventionJay Bhatt
[email protected]://www.library.drexel.edu/engineering
New research initiatives being developed in institutions, universities and organizations◦ Drexel no exception◦ Multidisciplinary Fields: Nanoscience, Medical Robotics,
Plasma Medicine, Biology, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Translational Research and many more
◦ More research being done and more expected Huge potentials for innovation
◦ Patents and Intellectual Property Implications Increased need for faculty and students to learn about
inventions
Impetus on Interdisciplinary Research
What is a patent?◦ “A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right
to the inventor.”
Patent Granting Institutions:◦ US Patent and Trademark Office◦ Canadian Intellectual Property Office◦ European Patent Office◦ China Patent & Trademark Office◦ Japan Patent Office◦ and many others…
Patent Searching
Intellectual Property at Drexel
IP scene at Drexel encompassing many subject areas
Engineering, Sciences, and College of Medicine, etc.
Interdisciplinary focus - (Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Chemistry, Bionanotechnology)
Graduate and Undergraduate Research
Drexel, Penn and Ben Franklin partnersform the Nanotechnology Institute in 2000◦ Facilitate commercialization of IP discoveries by
NTI –member institutions◦ NTI accelerates regional economic development
by connecting industry with university assets◦ Vision for region’s economic growth as new
technologies emerge in the marketplace◦ Implications of research and courses being
taught at Drexel◦ Need to increase awareness of patents and
patent searching is growing fast The Office of Technology Commercialization at Dre
xel
Why Patent information is gaining momentum at Drexel?
Patent Policy Objectives-Drexel
Case Study – Medical Robotics
Challenges ◦ Interdisciplinary Field◦ Diverse Student Background◦ Interdisciplinary – students needs understanding
of those subject areas◦ Patent searching and understanding necessary
Need for learning about basics of patent searchingcrucial
Engaged learning through class assignments (an example of integrated learning)
Example of a class assignment
A successfully completed project must include (over the two terms) detailed design/response to: ..
What are the current state of the art available solutions?
What is the impact on the medical workflow of the system?
What are the challenges in introducing the solution to the market?
What are the drawbacks of the proposed solution? What is the Intellectual Property (IP) landscape for the
proposed system? What is IP protectable design of the system?
Drexel Student Learning Priorities
What is a Paptent?
Patent Searching
◦ What is a USPC classification schedule?
System using a 3 digit class. Subclass is a number up to 6 digits -last three digits are decimal places. See http://www.intellogist.com/wiki/US_Patent_Classification_System
Similar grouping of patent art. A single invention in multiple classification codes (U.S. Patent
Classification Code) For example, 318/568.21 ; 318/560; 318/567; 318/568.1;
318/568.11; 318/568.2◦ See Classification Help
and Glossary
◦ How does classification help in searching for patents?
Patent Classification
Patent classification
Keyword searching problematic◦ Searches locate words not concepts
◦ Difficult to search all the terms representing a concept
◦ Language issues
◦ International databases miss non-Englishdocuments (using only English keywords)
◦ USPC – 470 classes, app. 150,000 subclasses
Why use Patent classes?
United States Patent 8,541,970 Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses .
Current U.S. class: 318/568.21 ; 318/560; 318/567; 318/568.1; 318/568.11; 318/568.2
http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/uspc318/sched318.htm
Class 318: ELECTRICITY: MOTIVE POWER SYSTEMSSubclass 568.21 ….Including end effector (e.g., gripping jaw,
micromanipulator, etc.)
Clicking on ‘P’ retrieves all patents for class 424 subclass 9.1.
Patent Searching using classes and subclasses
Patent Searching
USPC Classification
Cooperative Patent Classification – CPC
Browsing CPC Scheme
Mapping USPC to CPC http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/index.htm
Statistical mapping of USPC to CPC for Class 318View Most statistically relevant CPC Subclasses
Google Advanced Patent Search http://www.google.com/advanced_patent_search
Searching by CPCclass
Find one patent using class 977/774.◦ What is the title of the patent you found?◦ What type of patents are we going to find in this
class/subclass combination?◦ Find a patent on “Quantum Dots’?◦ What is the patent application number? When
was this patent filed?
◦ What other classes/subclasses your patent recommends for additional references?
◦ What is the Current International Class for this patent?
Excercise
For more information:
Patents, FDA approved medical devices and Intellectual Property(Search in Library Website using keyword - patents
Classification http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/index.htm
World Intellectual Property Organization – International Patent Classification - http://www.wipo.int/wipogold/en/
Questions: Jay Bhatt, Liaison Librarian for [email protected]
Thank You!