Examples of technology searches using patent databases Andrew Czajkowski Head, Innovation and Technology Support Section Jerusalem 21 June 2010 Outline Examples from: PATENTSCOPE USPTO FTPat and FTApp JPO IPDL State of the art search Example To find the state of the art for rotatable buildings using renewable energy for generating electric power WIPO Homepage Keywords Initial Keywords building rotatable converting energy Synonyms found from a thesaurus, specialized dictionary, etc.,: building, edifice, house, structure, construction, office block, skyscraper, tower, shop, etc. Keyword search tools Truncation build* to give buildings or builder; structur* to give structural or structures; etc. Boolean Operators AND, OR, ANDNOT, NEAR Parentheses (build* or edifice* or .. or office block) and (rota* or spin* or swirl*) and (conver* or generat*) and (energ* or power*) Combine search terms and use search tools Too many results! Find IPC symbols Search using IPC Combine Keywords and IPC Combine keywords and IPC IPC E04B = rotary building structures in general E04H = rotary building sections National Phase Status Procedural Documents Competitor search - Example Who is currently working in the field of avian influenza? Search: H5N1 or avian flu or synonyms Result: 1248 documents Competitor Search / Monitoring To find only patents from Novartis Search: H5N1 and PA/Novartis Use RSS to monitor new patent applications from Novartis each week Competitor Search / Monitoring WIPO Homepage State of the Art Search Example Relevance weighting ^ symbol Relevance weighting vehicle hydraulic suspension strutvehicle^5 hydraulic suspension strut Description - Embedded Images Patent Application information Retrieval PAIR JPO Search Full document - figures Legal Status Any Questions? For further information contact: