-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Blogs I Follow
Meta
Author Archives: mjwhitekingston
New ECLA Codes for Green Technologies
The European Patent Office has created a new classification scheme for green technologies and applications related to the mitigation of climate change. The new category, identified as Y02 in the ECLA classification, has two main subclasses: * Y02C – CAPTURE, … Continue reading
Posted in ECLA, environment, espacenet, green technology
Leave a comment
Google Hosts Bulk USPTO Patent Data
The USPTO and Google have entered a two-year agreement to allow Google to provide bulk patent and trademark data to the public, according to a USPTO press release dated June 2. The agreement requires Google to host the data at … Continue reading
US Assignment Data in INPADOC
The EPO recently announced that US assignment data will be updated weekly instead of bimonthly in the INPADOC legal status database, which also means that it will be available via esp@cenet. The data will be captured from the USPTO’s assignment … Continue reading
Posted in Assignments, espacenet, INPADOC
Leave a comment
Canadian Inventor/Designer Robert Dickie
The Globe and Mail‘s business magazine has an interesting profile of Canadian inventor and industrial designer Robert G. Dickie. (“The Business of Brainstorms“, April 29) Dickie’s firm, Spark Innovations, is responsible for designing dozens of products ranging from electric toothbrushes … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, inventors
Leave a comment
10th World IP Day and New Logo for WIPO
Today is the 10th anniversary of World Intellectual Property Day and the 40th anniversary of the WIPO. In celebration, WIPO has adopted a new logo. It’s the first time the logo has been changed since the organization was established in … Continue reading
Posted in WIPO, World IP Day
Leave a comment
Green Tech Program
Scientific American reports that the USPTO has approved only one third of the requests filed under its new “Green Tech” examination pilot program.
Posted in USPTO
Leave a comment
Wikipedia Not an Authoritative Source, Judges Tell Govt. Officials
Several Canadian judges have criticized immigration officials for citing Wikipedia articles in decisions to deport or deny entrance to foreigners. (Judges rap Wiki-evidence… Globe and Mail, Apr. 21) This is the most recent case of government agents using the online … Continue reading
Posted in Prior art, USPTO, Wikipedia
Leave a comment
Chinese Patent Number System
According to a note on the EPO’s Asian Patent Helpdesk, the Chinese patent office has adopted a new numbering scheme for published applications and issued patents. Prior to April 2010, applications and patents were published with different numbers. The new … Continue reading
Posted in China, patent numbers, SIPO
Leave a comment
Reporting Data Errors in Patent Databases
Kudos to esp@cenet for providing an easy and convenient way for users to report data errors. Each record includes a link to an error reporting form; all you have to do is click and fill in a few lines. This … Continue reading
Posted in data errors, espacenet, Patent databases
Leave a comment
New University Patents Database
FreePatentsOnline has partnered with Technology Transfer Tactics, a website for university tech transfer professionals, to provide a resource for searching university-owned patents. Data for about 150 universities (mostly American) is available. Clicking on a name of a university will retrieve … Continue reading
Posted in academic patents, FreePatentsOnline, universities
Leave a comment
Patent Librarian's Notebook 