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Research for prior art
Strategic intelligence for patents
- State of the Art
- Freedom to use
- Potential new technology areas
- Key players – now and who is looking for the future!
- Market Intelligence
- Competitor intelligence
- Technology intelligence
- Finding commercialisation partners
Why patents?
They represent the largest freely available technical publication resource;
- Patents are often the only publication on a subject;
- Patents are usually the first publication;
- Large resource: 80+ million documents;
- Growing rapidly: 2 applications every minute.
Not just IPR / Legal information
- Bibliographic information (who, where, when – companies and individuals);
- Technical information (state-of-art, background, research areas);
- Legal status information (freedom to use, regions protected in);
- Commercial information (future markets and territories)
Searching for prior art
Patents free search
- Patents provide highly structured and classified technical info: they reveal trends over time.
- Where to find info:
- European Patent Office – espacenet: www.espacenet.com
- World Intellectual Organisation – Patentscope: www.patentscope.wipo.int
- Google patent: www.google.com/patents
- National patent offices