Patent Search and document analysis

Asst. Prof. Viren G. Patel

Asst. Prof. Prayag M. Patel
Asst. Prof. Krunal R. Patel

What is Patent?

How to search Patents? Is Google enough !!??

Major websites used for Patent Search

Introduction about Patent Search and Analysis Report
Topics
What is patent?

A government authority conferring a sole right to exclude
others from making, using, or selling an invention for the
period of 20 years.

Once granted, a patent gives the inventor the right to
exclude others from making, using, selling, importing or
offering for sale the invention for the duration of the
patent term, which is usually 20 years.

Details include in Patent Document
Saffrony
Prof. Viren G Patel
Computer, IT, Auto, Civil etc.
How he is motivated and what are the
problem in previous patents
Heart of patent
Available sources for patent search

Google.com
http://www.google.com/
Indian Patent Office Website,
http://www.ipindia.nic.in/
European patent office database (Espacenet),
http://www.epo.org/searching/free/espacenet.htm
WIPO patent database,
http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf
U.S government database for Chinese patent
http://gpsn.uspto.gov/
General patent search site
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/

Available sources for patent search
Google.com:- Mainly for U.S patent only

Indian Patent Office Website:-Only for Indian patent

European patent office database:- (Espacenet):-top most
countries contributing in world patent

WIPO patent database:- for countries having less
contribution in world patent( like brazil, Pakistan etc.)

Google Search
The Paris Convention
for the Protection of
Industrial Property
provides that once you
file an application in
one country party to
the Convention, you
are entitled to claim
priority for a period of
twelve months and the
filing date of that first
application is
considered the priority
date."
What is difference between filing and priority Dates?
Filing date: 10/10/2010

Priority Date: 10/10/2010
Filing date: 20/12/2010

Priority Date: 10/10/2010
Filing Date: 12/01/2011

Priority Date: 10/10/2010
Within 12 month After first Filing Date
Indian Patent Office Website
No. of
options are
available in
all three
column and
then press
submit
Enter Keyword
Click here
Click on it
European patent office database
You have 3 option to choose
Here we can add keywords
Here we can add keywords
Here language translator is given for abstract translation
Click on it
WIPO documents are already in
European patent office site so no further
Searching required.
U.S government database for
Chinese patent

Add keyword
Click on search button
It shows availability
of results
Click on it
Original
Chinese
Translated
whole patent
into English
General patent search site
Enter
your
Keyword
here
Click on it
Abstract
Other detail regarding patent identification
Option of downloading pdf file of
patent document is given
Patent Search and Analysis Report
Every individual student has to do 5 patent search
related to their project or any area of their interest and
study the same


Analyzed data of each patent needs to be submitted
online in the form of 27 questionnaire


Report of patent search of each team will be made
public except students suggestion about improvements
with his/her original idea



Key Points
PSAR form filling Procedure