Patent Mining: Presented By: Kartik Puttaiah Senior Patent Analyst Brain League Ip Services

PATENT MINING

Presented by: Kartik Puttaiah Senior Patent Analyst Brain League IP Services

© 2009 Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd.

AGENDA

•What is patent mining? •At what stages should we mine for patent documents, and how patent mining will be useful at each of these stages?

WHAT IS PATENT MINING? Systematic scanning and analysis of patent documents

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS? PROBLEM CONCEPT R&D PRE-LAUNCH LITIGATION

SOLVING A PROBLEM…

•Identify the problem •Gather facts related to the problem •Analyze the way others have solved the problem •List the possible solutions to the problem • Determine the best feasible solution

Dr. Joe Daniele, former Director of Licensing at Xerox “IP management is the direct connection of R&D to the marketplace”

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS? PROBLEM CONCEPT R&D PRE-LAUNCH LITIGATION

PATENT LANDSCAPING

PATENT LANDSCAPING… Vehicle Transmission

Manual Transmission

Roller Driven Transmission

Continuously Variable Transmission

Automatic Transmission

Belt Driven Transmission

PATENT LANDSCAPING… Class

Class 1

Class 4

Class 2

Class 3

Class 5

Information through data 600 Class 1

500

Class 2

450

Class 3

400 350 300 250 200 150 100

Years

20 07

20 06

20 05

20 04

20 03

2 20 0

20 01

20 00

19 99

8

50 19 9

Number of patents

550

Top 5 companies in Class 3 60 Company 1

50

Company 2

45

Company 3

40

Company 4

35

Company 5

30 25 20 15 10

Years

20 07

20 06

20 05

20 04

20 03

2 20 0

20 01

20 00

5 19 99

Number of patents

55

Information through data 60 Company 1

50

Company 2

45

Company 3

40

Company 4

35

Company 5

30 25 20 15 10

Years

20 07

20 06

20 05

20 04

20 03

2 20 0

20 01

20 00

5 19 99

Number of patents

55

Information through data 60 Company 1

50

Company 2

45

Company 3

40

Company 4

35

Company 5

30 25 20 15 10

Years

20 07

20 06

20 05

20 04

20 03

2 20 0

20 01

20 00

5 19 99

Number of patents

55

Patent Expiry Chart

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS? PROBLEM

PATENT LANDSCAPING

CONCEPT

PATENTABILITY ALALYSIS

R&D PRE-LAUNCH LITIGATION

Example...

Example...

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS? PROBLEM

PATENT LANDSCAPING

CONCEPT

PATENTABILITY ANALYSIS

R&D PRE-LAUNCH LITIGATION

FREEDOM TO OPERATE

Example...

Example…

Example…

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS? PROBLEM

PATENT LANDSCAPING

CONCEPT

PATENTABILITY ANALYSIS

R&D PRE-LAUNCH LITIGATION

FREEDOM TO OPERATE INFRINGEMENT ANALYSIS

Patent Analysis Overview Analysis

Relevant section of a patent document

Relevant jurisdiction

Patentability analysis

Complete patent specification

All over the world

Freedom to operate

Claims section of patent specification

Countries in which product has to be launched

Infringement analysis

Product specification and elements of patent claims

Patent Invalidation search Complete patent specification

All over the world

Landscape analysis

All over the world

Claims and detailed description of the patent specification

PATENT ANALYTICS Freedom to Operate

Infringement Analysis

IP STRATEGY Patentability Analysis

Invalidation Study

Patent Landscaping

THANK YOU

© 2009 Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd.