EPO INPADOC 44 years. Dr. Günther Vacek, EPO Patent Information Fair 2016, Tokyo. November 2016

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1 EPO INPADOC 44 years Dr. Günther Vacek, EPO Patent Information Fair 2016, Tokyo November 2016

2 Content The INPADOC period Integration into the EPO establishment of principal directorate patent information 44 years changing information media 44 years products and services Today s EPO: the full range of patent information services Conclusion 2

3 INPADOC what does it mean where comes it from 3

4 The time before INPADOC Growing economy in 1950ies and 1960ies Need of patent issuing authorities to identify identical inventions in multiple countries based on a common priority application considerations to establish a priority application research center at WIPO but: never implemented 4

5 The time before INPADOC next proposal goes far beyond initial ideas: creation of a World patent index based on bibliographic data and priority application information 5

6 The time before INPADOC Three opportunities for institutions to be entrusted with this task a private company (Derwent) the international patent institute in the Hague (IIB) a newly founded institution, namely a centre for patent documentation in Vienna, Austria Finally: decision for third opportunity 6

7 International Patent Documentation Center 2 May 1972 state treaty between Republic of Austria and WIPO AGREEMENT Between the Republic of Austria and The World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva Concerning the Establishment of an International Patent Documentation Center 7

8 International Patent Documentation Center Article I For the purposes of a world wide patent documentation service, the Republic of Austria shall, according to Austrian law, establish an International Patent Documentation Center with Headquarters in Vienna 8

9 International Patent Documentation Center Articel II The International Patent Documentation Center shall 1. identify, as being connected, patent documents which (a) on the basis of a common priority claim may be identified as being connected (Patent Family Service) (b) on the basis of the International Patent Classification symbols indicated on the various patent documents may be identified as being connected (Patent Classification Service); 2. provide a copy service for patent documents 9

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11 International patent documentation center Foundation of international patent documentation center INPADOC in 23 May 1972 cooperation agreements with patent authorities worldwide to receive bibliographic data activity supported by WIPO first agreement with JPO 17 November

12 International patent documentation center the first decade September 1972: start EDP system; 64kB memory December 1973: first accumulated data tapes delivered (data from AT, AU, DK, FI, NO, SE and US) February 1974: first PFS (patent family service) and first PCS (patent classification service) delivered on microfiche (COM computer output on microfiche) End 1974: 1 million records in the database October 1974: first INPADOC user meeting 1975: development of program for applicant name standardisation end 1975: 3,3 million documents 30 countries Basic agreement on CAPRI system 12

13 International patent documentation center the first decade January 1976: first IPG (INPADOC patent gazette) weekly statistics produced for DK, CH, DE offices IFD tape (INPADOC family data tape) produced July 1976: first installation of data terminal for patent family searches; punched paper tapes for telex transmission 43 countries, 4,5 million docs at the end of the year 13

14 International patent documentation center the first decade 1977: database covers 45 countries cooperation agreements with IIB (the Hague) Austrian patent office German patent office USSR State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries applicant name standardisation tool covers name variations 1978: design solution for PRS; approval by users community during INPADOC User Meeting First PCT application published first EP application published 14

15 International patent documentation center the first decade 1979: start of regular production of PRS; regular online availability 1980: opening of new computer center under presence of Director General of WIPO, Dr. Bogsch Online capacity of computer system reaches 3,2 GB 1981: voluminous documentation of PRS codes started in cooperation with customers: PRS code sheets first training courses on INPADOC services held 15

16 International patent documentation center the second decade 1982: online capacity of computer system is 4 GB 8,6 million bibliographic data 51 countries 1983: 10,5 million records bibliographic data 10,1 million records in PRS 1984: start of production of 16mm roll films with patent publications 52 countries representation agreement with JAPATIC for PATOLIS database first tests to display online transmitted Kanji characters on western computer equipment 16

17 International patent documentation center the second decade 1985: availability of INPADOC via telephone, telex and packet switching service of national PTT availability of CN English language abstracts via INPADOC 1986:10,2 GB online storage 10 countries in PRS 55 countries in patent family database 17

18 International patent documentation center the second decade 1987: celebration 15 years INPADOC INPADOC data becomes available at 6 commercial hosts/representatives development and distribution of INPADOC Kanji Terminal Emulator including automatic translation into English tests with new optical storage media 145 participants to INPADOC User Meeting data provision also on floppy disc 18

19 International patent documentation center the second decade 19

20 International patent documentation center the second decade 1988: training courses for accessing JP legal status information (PATOLIS) by using INPADOC Kanji Terminal Emulator Inclusion of References on Patent Abstracts of Japan Inclusion of BE data in PRS Increasing of capacity of computer system US and WO abstracts included in Patent family service Inclusion of Derwent accession numbers in PFS ongoing discussions on WIPO standard ST16 (Kind of Document code) 20

21 International patent documentation center the second decade 1989: presentation of the EPO patent information policy at the users meeting Inclusion of MY data in patent family service 56 countries in the bibliographic database INPADOC available at of hosts development of improved program for WATCH services discussions on inclusion of new kind of priority codes 1990: preparation for integration into EPO Inclusion of HU data in PRS improved search functionality of patent family system differentiation between priority document types becomes possible 21

22 1991 Integration of INPADOC into EPO Vienna sub-office opens With the background of increasing awareness of the importance of distributing patent information to a wider audience, the EPO integrates the International Patent Documentation Center (INPADOC) into its information services and sets up a new Vienna sub-office. When INPADOC becomes part of the EPO it already has nearly two decades of experience providing patent documentation services and its databases hold more than 95% of all patent documents published around the world. 22

23 EPO Patent Information June 1988: Decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation on a 'European patent information policy' goal: improvement of access to patent information in Europe for the general public and industry in order to stimulate innovative activity main target group: small and medium-sized companies 1990: creation of Principal Directorate Patent Information 23

24 1991 Integration of INPADOC into EPO Agreement between the EPO and the Republic of Austria, 2 July 1990 Article 2 The shall perform for the central industrial property offices of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) the services for the purposes of a worldwide patent documentation service provided for in Articles II and III of the Agreement of 2 May 1972 between the Republic of Austria and WIPO concerning the establishment of an International Patent Documentation Center 24

25 EPO INPADOC 1991 move of EPO Principal directorate patent information to Vienna first EPO Patent information User-Meeting in September in Munich continuation of services and training seminars 25

26 EPO INPADOC 1993 bibliographic data from 59 patent authorities worldwide Legal status information (PRS): 16 patent issuing authorities European patent information and documentation systems 26

27 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC media and tools paper (~1973- ) magnetic tape (~1973- ) telephone (~1973- ) microfiche (COM computer output on microfiche) (~1973- ) telex (~1974- ) floppy disc (~1983- ) microfilm (~1984- ) online services via packet switching networks (~1984- ) Telefax (~1985- ) CD-ROM (~1989- ) DVD (>1990- ) Internet(>1990- ) Harddisk (>1990- ) medialess transfer (FTP...) (>1990- ) 27

28 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC media and tools paper (~1973- ) magnetic tape (~1973- ) telephone (~1973- ) microfiche (COM computer output on microfiche) (~1973- ) telex (~1974- ) floppy disc (~1983- ) microfilm (~1984- ) online services via packet switching networks (~1984- ) Telefax (~1985- ) CD-ROM (~1989- ) DVD (>1995- ) Internet(>1995- ) Harddisk (>2000- ) medialess transfer (FTP...) (>2000- ) 28

29 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC media and tools paper (~1973- ) magnetic tape (~1973- ) telephone (~1973- ) microfiche (COM computer output on microfiche) (~1973- ) telex (~1974- ) floppy disc (~1983- ) microfilm (~1984- ) online services via packet switching networks (~1984- ) Telefax (~1985- ) CD-ROM (~1989- ) DVD (>1995- ) Internet(>1995- ) Harddisk (>2000- ) medialess transfer (FTP...) (>1990- ) 29

30 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC media and tools sample print COM patent family service 30

31 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC media and tools paper (~1973- ) magnetic tape (~1973- ) telephone (~1973- ) microfiche (COM computer output on microfiche) (~1973- ) telex (~1974- ) floppy disc (~1983- ) microfilm (~1984- ) online services via packet switching networks (~1984- ) Telefax (~1985- ) CD-ROM (~1989- ) DVD (>1995- ) Internet(>1995- ) Harddisk (>2000- ) medialess transfer (FTP...) (>1990- ) 31

32 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC media and tools sample print COM patent classification service 32

33 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC media and tools paper (~1973- ) magnetic tape (~1973- ) telephone (~1973- ) microfiche (COM computer output on microfiche) (~1973- ) telex (~1974- ) floppy disc (~1983- ) microfilm (~1984- ) online services via packet switching networks (~1984- ) Telefax (~1985- ) CD-ROM (~1989- ) DVD (>1995- ) Internet(>1995- ) Harddisk (>2000- ) medialess transfer (FTP...) (>2000- ) 33

34 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC the media paper (~1973- ) magnetic tape (large scale computing machines) (~1973- ) telephone (~1973- ) microfiche (COM computer output on microfiche) (~1973- ) telex (~1974- ) floppy disc (~1983- ) microfilm (~1984- ) online services via packet switching networks (~1984- ) Telefax (~1985- ) CD-ROM (~1989- ) DVD (>1995- ) Internet(>1995- ) Harddisk (>2000- ) medialess transfer (FTP...) (>2000- ) 34

35 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC the media paper (~1973- ) magnetic tape (large scale computing machines) (~1973- ) telephone (~1973- ) microfiche (COM computer output on microfiche) (~1973- ) telex (~1974- ) floppy disc (~1983- ) microfilm (~1984- ) online services via packet switching networks (~1984- ) Telefax (~1985- ) CD-ROM (~1989- ) DVD (>1995- ) Internet(>1995- ) Harddisk (>2000- ) medialess transfer (FTP...) (>2000- ) 35

36 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC the media paper (~1973- ) magnetic tape (large scale computing machines) (~1973- ) telephone (~1973- ) microfiche (COM computer output on microfiche) (~1973- ) telex (~1974- ) floppy disc (~1983- ) microfilm (~1984- ) online services via packet switching networks (~1984- ) Telefax (~1985- ) CD-ROM (~1989- ) DVD (>1995- ) Internet(>1995- ) Harddisk (>2000- ) medialess transfer (FTP...) (>2000- ) 36

37 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC products and services INPADOC NDB Numerical database PCS Patent classification service PFS patent family service PAS patent applicant service PAP patent applicants by priority PIS patent inventor service PRS patent register service IPG INPADOC patent gazette PATOLIS searches CAPRI Paper copies Microfilms 37

38 18 years INPADOC 26 years EPO-INPADOC patent information products and services EPO: a broad spectrum on products and services Raw data products (DocDB...) INPADOC Worldwide Legal Status European Patent Register Federated Register PATSTAT espacenet 38

39 EPO INPADOC 2016 Main product lines --- on various platforms DOCDB: almost 99 million patent documents receiving data regularly from >85 patent issuing authorities worldwide PRS: data regularly from 46 patent issuing authorities 210 million records >4600 PRS codes continued work on PRS codesheets European patent register Federated register Global Dossier... 39

40 EP data European Publication Server European Patent Register OPS Register Service Espacenet PISE: EP and Bulletin search Raw data: EBD Register XML EP full-text data Sequence listings PATSTAT Register Worldwide data from multiple authorities Espacenet GPI OPS Raw data: DOCDB/XML INPADOC Legal status National full-text collections First page images PATSTAT Biblio & Legal Status No raw data product for BNS images 40

41 Patent Data Services Offering value-added services to customers Raw data products - DOCDB etc... EPO Worldwide Legal Status database (INPADOC) Open Patent Services (OPS) Download area 41

42 Inpadoc Worldwide Legal Status Database Database of legal status events from 46 jurisdictions The database is accessible in the EPO's search services (e.g. Espacenet, GPI, Register, OPS) as one of the EPO's raw data products in data products of commercial data providers 42

43 Legal status data ~46 authorities Legal status database Database Source GUI/API Events INPA DOC daily On the fly INPA DOC family table Weekly INPADOC service API Espacenet OPS Register Legal status extraction DOC DB 6 months PATSTAT Commercial providers GPI 43

44 Useful tables and statistics, codes and coverage 44

45 Categorisation of legal status codes If you expand the view, you see a list of all similar codes included in the same category. It helps you in particular if you search for similar events in different countries. 45

46 Accessing legal status data in the EPO's databases European Patent Register 46

47 European Patent Register Deep Linking 47

48 European Patent Register Deep Linking AT BE CH CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LT LU MK NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK TR 30 COUNTRIES 48

49 European Patent Register Federated Register

50 European Patent Register Federated Register AT CH CZ ES FI GR HR IE LT LU MK NL RO RS SI 15 COUNTRIES mid term goal: all members states and validation countries shall be included

51 European Patent Register Global Dossier CN JP KR USA EP

52 Global Dossier

53 Business use of patent information PATSTAT product line: patent data for statistical analysis IPscore: qualitative patent valuation analysing patent portfolios 53

54 The EPO's PATSTAT product line European Patent Register for PATSTAT EPO Worldwide Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) EPO worldwide legal status database for PATSTAT Unique basis for conducting sophisticated statistical analyses of patent data Bibliographic data on nearly 100 million patent documents of leading industrialised and developing countries Legal event data of patent documents in many countries worldwide European patent register data: Bibliographic, legal and procedural information on published European patent applications and on published EURO-PCT applications 54

55 PATSTAT Online Web-based interface to the databases of the PATSTAT product line Main features: run queries in the databases of the PATSTAT product line perform statistical analyses visualise data download the result set Recent advances: migration to a more powerful hardware platform new database management system Outlook: simple form-based user interface to get acquainted quickly 55

56 New Espacenet project started in 2015 objective is to harmonise national interfaces of Espacenet, including full-text searching in the respective language and enhance the user experience for both advanced users and the non-specialist public first results already visible (secure access, full-text searching in EN, DE, FR, classification combination sets) 56

57 Full-text search Espacenet now supports full-text (FT) search in English, French and German To use full-text search, you must first select the collection you wish to search in E.g. Worldwide EN - collection of published applications in English offers full-text search in English for all documents published in English which are available in full text (description and claims) from the worldwide database 57

58 Full-text search Advanced search 58

59 Full-text search 59

60 Secure access - https Secure access to Espacenet is now available. This means that you can search in Espacenet within a verified secure domain. Espacenet has an Extended Validation Certificate as indicated by a green address bar. It also verifies that all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. 60

61 National office interfaces More and more national interfaces harmonised and hosted at EPO Current status 20 national interfaces 5 more to be added in the course of this year 61

62 JP language interface of EP Espacenet 62

63 Conclusion EPO and INPADOC: in the late 1980ies the right persons talked to each other at the right time and the right place an extraordinary and powerful basis for a broad range of patent information products and services 63

64 Source: Thank you for your attention! Günther Vacek Directorate Specialised Services Rennweg 12 A-1030 Vienna 64