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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

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Patent Landscape Reports and other WIPO services in the area of food and agriculture Geneva

15 December2010

Irene KitsaraPatent Information Section, Global Information Service

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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

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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

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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

FTO? (legal status)

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What can a Patent Landscape show?

General innovation/technology trendsSource: PATENTSCOPE® Search Service

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Increase in wind energy patent filings – reflects general trend towards climate-change related technologies
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What can a Patent Landscape show?

Trends over time in various fieldsTrends in various receiving offices (countries/regions)

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What can a Patent Landscape show?

Patenting activity by sector/organization typeSource: Who owns our carbon future? Chatham House, 2009

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What can a Patent Landscape show?

Brain exchange (gain/drain)Source: WIPO PLR on Alternative Energy Technologies

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What can a Patent Landscape show?

Correlation between R&D investment and patenting activitySource: IEA, Energy Technology R&D Statistics 2007

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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

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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

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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

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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

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