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Patent Landscape Reports and other WIPO services in the area of food and agriculture Geneva 15 December 2010 Irene Kitsara Patent Information Section, Global Information Service
Patent Landscape Reports and other WIPO services in the area of food and agriculture Geneva
15 December2010
Irene KitsaraPatent Information Section, Global Information Service
OverviewIntroduction - Patent Information
A. Patent Landscape Reports (PLR)FeaturesExamplesPLR in the area of Food and Agriculture
WPIS – Free State of the art searches
WIPO related servicesPATENTSCOPEaRDiASPI
Introduction – Patent Information
What is Patent Information? Technical description of innovation/technologyLegal patent owners, duration and area of patent protectionBusiness collaborations, competitors‘ activity
WIPO Global Information Service Services and tools related to access to and utilization of patent information
Patent Landscape Reports - Overview
Patent information patent search patent analysis
Specific area of technologyState of the art search (prior art)Statistical analysis and visualizationInterpretation/evaluation
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What can a Patent Landscape show?
General innovation/technology trendsSource: PATENTSCOPE® Search Service
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What can a Patent Landscape show?
Trends over time in various fieldsTrends in various receiving offices (countries/regions)
What can a Patent Landscape show?
Patenting activity by sector/organization typeSource: Who owns our carbon future? Chatham House, 2009
What can a Patent Landscape show?
Brain exchange (gain/drain)Source: WIPO PLR on Alternative Energy Technologies
What can a Patent Landscape show?
Correlation between R&D investment and patenting activitySource: IEA, Energy Technology R&D Statistics 2007
Usability of Patent Landscape Reports
Customizable according to specific needs
Support tool for policy-makers
Comprehensive information that can be used for:prioritization for areas of R&D and investmentsetting up collaborationstechnology transferidentification of technology in the public domain
WIPO’s Patent Landscape Reports ProjectThemes (Development Agenda Project):
Public Health Climate Change / EnergyFood and Agriculture
Collaborations:Public Health:
WHO: H5N1 Influenza Virus PLR (PIIPA), vaccines PLRUNITAID: 2 Antiretrovirals PLR
Food and Agriculture:Cambia: Rice Genome PLRFAO: Salinity Tolerance PLRAATF: discussions for further PLRFurther adaptation & mitigation technologies and water-related technologies of interest cooperation partners
WPIS – State of the art searches
What is a state of the art search?Identifying known solutions for a technical problemIdentifying similar or alternative solutions to a given solution (e.g. a particular patent application)
WIPO’s PI service for developing countries Free of charge state of the art searches through donor offices:
Institutions, IGOs, NGOsprivate sector, e.g. SMEs
Patent Information Resources
PATENTSCOPE® WIPO’s free patent search engine
ARDI (Access to Research for Development & Innovation) free/low-cost access to scientific and technical publications for developing countries
ASPI (Access to Specialized Patent Information) free/low- cost access to commercial patent databases for developing countries
