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Institut nationalde lapropriété
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Institut nationalde lapropriété
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY PREDIAGNOSISPascal DUYCK – INPI – Director of Regional Action
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IP Pre-diagnosis>Pascal Duyck – INPI page 2
IP Prediagnosis
Presentation
What is prediagnosis?
Who is it addressed to?
Results
Performance as at 1st September 2008
Evaluation
Future outlook
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Presentation
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IP Prediagnosis: why?
The challenge: SMEs make hardly any use of industrial property.
Barriers to SMEs accessing IP have been identified:
> Too expensive > Too complicated
IP PREDIAGNOSIS
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IP Prediagnosis
Evaluation of industrial property issues for a company from a global perspective
Taking account of all the tools industrial property has to offer
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IP Prediagnosis
Prediagnosis will never be:
> Just documentary research
> An IP diagnosis of just one project
> Just a legal service
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IP Prediagnosis: the sequence of events
1st interview
> The company comes under review (business activities, products)> Survey of IP practices > Competition
A report is drafted by the expert
The report is submitted by the expert to the company
> Avenues to pursue > Resources
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IP Prediagnosis in practice
Case handled by: an INPI expert or an outside expert authorised by INPI
Cost : 1,500 € - totally subsidised by INPI
Undertaking signed by INPI and company management
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IP Prediagnosis: who does it address?
SMEs with less than 1,000 employees
Hardly any use made of IP and more particularly patents (no patent applied for in the last five years)
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Resources made available
Human resources > Establishment of a network of in-house experts > Development of a network of experts from outside
Technical resources > Guidebook > Standard appendices
Quality> Monitoring service quality > Monitoring client satisfaction
Prospection Network
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RESULTS
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Performance in France
Number of prediagnosis cases handled
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Satisfaction survey among SMEs
Quality control: annual survey
Impact of prediagnoses in 2007
satisfaction level good or excellent: 90%
fuller appreciation of IP: 74%
IP action initiated following prediagnosis: 68% > With applications filed: 66% 42% patents
53% trademarks
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Evaluation by the European Commission
High satisfaction level among companies handled
Impact on IP practice
Success factors demonstrated
> Qualification level of experts fielded > Outreach: via local innovation-promoting networks > Dovetails with other schemes (PTR)
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Future developments
High points
> Start-ups > Cross-border developments > Handover
Typology of companies: facility to assist with handling prediagnoses
Development of prediagnosis in other countries:
> Requests from: Portugal, Belgium> Passed on by EPO
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Thank you for your attention
Pascal DUYCK
INPI
Director of Regional Action
