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Patent Filings Slow Amid Economic Slowdown
The worldwide economic crisis appears to be having an impact on international patent filings. This week the WIPO announced that the number of international patent application filings in 2008 increased by 2.4 percent, a big drop from the 9.3 percent … Continue reading
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New Guide to Using Patent Information from WIPO
WIPO recently published a new 44-page guide to using patent information. The guide explains what a patent is, the information contained in a patent document, where patent information can be found, and how to use basic patent search strategies. Almost … Continue reading
Locating Re-examination Certificates
Patent attorney Stephen Nipper recently posted on his blog, The Invent Blog, a question about re-examination numbers. It seems that the USPTO website has some erroneous examples of re-examination document numbers. In brief, anyone may file a request for a … Continue reading
Posted in patent documents, reexaminations
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Promoting IP Awareness – Database of Materials
The WIPO has a new database called IP Outreach in Practice which contains “basic information and links to practical examples of interesting IP outreach initiatives.” It’s quite an interesting collection and a great place to look for inspiration and ideas. … Continue reading
Posted in education, patent information dissemination, promotion, WIPO
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Browser Toolbar for Patent Info Resources
Patent Pal is a new browser toolbar that links numerous patent information tools and resources. Included are over 30 patent search sites, numerous IP blogs and newsfeeds, patent office websites, manuals, job sites, and much more. Users can customize the … Continue reading
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Patent Databases: 2008 in Review
USPTOEarly in 2008 the USPTO installed verification software in its Public PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) system that requires users to enter a two-word code in order to access patent and published application files. This was done in response to … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent Counts – Year in Review
Figure 1. U.S. Patent (blue) and PGPub (red) Counts, Q4 2008 was a typical year for U.S. patents and published applications, but there were some surprises. The USPTO continued to churn out huge quantities of published applications (A docs), publishing … Continue reading
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New Kind Codes for Republished PCT Documents
WIPO is introducing three new kind codes for republished international applications that will be implemented on Jan. 1, 2009. The codes are: A4 = Later publication of amended claims and/or statement (PCT Article 19) with revised front page A8 = … Continue reading
Posted in Kind codes, PatentScope, PCT Applications
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PatentScope Suppresses Inventor Address Data
WIPO has announced that due to privacy concerns it will remove address data for inventors and individual applicants from its PatentScope database. The data will not be indexed or displayed in Internet search engines. This will not affect PatentScope searches … Continue reading
Posted in inventors, PatentScope, search alerts, WIPO
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FreePatentsOnline Launches CitePatents
FreePatentsOnline has launched a new site called CitePatents that is designed to make it easier for journalists, bloggers, copy writers and website owners and to link to patent documents. I hope this encourages more newspapers to link to patent documents … Continue reading
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Patent Librarian's Notebook 