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Patent Document Review
Not hating it
Outside patents
• Prior art
• Infringement risk
• Competitive intelligence
Outside patents
• Technical and business information resource
• EPO says 80% of technical ideas published in patents and nowhere else*
* http://www.globalsciencecollaboration.org/public/site/PDFS/patent%20info/WONGEL-EPO_TS1.pdf
Patent information
• Searchability• English – abstracts, at least• Transparent (legally required to explain)
Process
• Volume: USPTO publishes 3500/week• Value lost if review delayed• What information?• What to do with it?
• Need a process!
Practical review process
• Detailed operating procedure– Defined roles– Primary review manager distributes secondary
review– Incentives not necessary – It’s part of your job
Practical review process
• Detailed operating procedure• Decision support platform
Practical review process
• Detailed operating procedure• Decision support platform• Training, refined search criteria, … other
Not a patent, its:Inside information on competitor
strategy
Not a patent, its:
A catalog of conventional wisdom
Not a patent, its:
List of overlooked improvements
Example design problem
Identify features / improvements
Turn signal
Not a patent, its:
A free diamond in the rough
Not a patent, its:
Forecast of potential complaints
Head off possible user frustration
Detachable light
Not a patent, its:
Well-posed innovation target
Due diligence better, cheaper, plus:
Patent lawyer Technology expert Marketing expert Strategy expert
Competitive intelligence
Features I never thought ofAlternative
solutions
Legal relevance
Concept expansion