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Patenting activity in the field of biotechnology: Indian scenario
World Patent Information, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 54--6l, 1992. Pergamon Press plc Printed in Great Britain
Stillger J. The Unification of Germany and the Consequences for Patent Information. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 21-25.
Abstracts of Articles Included in This Issue Kiige C. J. The ARIPO Patent Search, Examination and Documentation Procedures. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 5-7.
The problems arising from the closing of the GDR patent office following unification and the taking over of its functions by the German Patent Office, formerly the FRG office, are described. The new organisation of the Berlin sub-office and the tasks undertaken by the former GDR office are outlined and the differences between the patent information systems of the former GDR and FRG offices, and the problems these raise following integration, are described.
This paper reveals the set-up and contents of the ARIPO documentation, patent search techniques, substantive examination and the analysis of such searches and examination. It describes the future plans of the organisation with regards to documentation and examination.
Derday E. and Mayer N. The Electronic Patent Information System PATIS of the German Patent Office: Planning and Realization. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 26-31.
Quarda G. The Role of ONLINE and C D - R O M within the Framework of the European Patent Information Policy. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 8-12.
Like all major examining patent offices, the German Patent Office (GPO) is increasingly facing problems of space and access in connection with its paper search file. After a planning period of approximately five years, realization of the pilot system for its electronic patent information system, PATIS, was started late in 1989. This project in respect of which the experience and results of similar projects at the American, European and Japanese Patent Offices have been taken into account to a large extent, is designed to secure in particular the search quality and, thus, the grant of valid industrial property rights for the economy and the possibility of international cooperation.
In 1988 the foundations for a European Patent Information Policy were laid by a decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. Cooperation between the national patent offices of the Member States of the European Patent Organisation and the European Patent Office in the field of patent information policy offers Europe opportunities unequalled by anything that Japan and the United States have to offer. A number of projects for the further development of the publication system of the European Patent Office within the next four to five years will create new information media. These projects refer to the building-up and improvement of data collections and their processing. To dam up the flood of paper, patent information is offered and passed on with priority in electronic form. This is done in the form of online databases as well as in the form of CD-ROMs. At present, a situation of competition between these two media cannot be recognised however, a kind of combination of the advantages of both might be possible.
It is intended to set out in the following the main results of the planning, the technical concept as well as the aims and the line of proceeding in realizing the pilot system of PATIS in two consecutive contributions.
Wherry T. L. Intellectual Property Service Variations: The PTO and PTDL. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 32-35. The article describes the result of a research project involving a study of the differences in service obtainable at the USPTO and the Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDL). In the project three techniques were investigated: (1) Performing a field of search and a prior art search; (2) Locating 14 common patent search tools; (3) Comparing the responses to the same questions about patents.
Buffet P. Telecommunication Systems and Software. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 13-16. The article reviews the telecommunication systems and devie,es available for accessing patent information databases online. It covers packet switching networks. Local Area Networks (LANs), Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDNs), user terminals and workstations and gateways.
The conclusion was that the PTO is much more efficient for making a search through patents but that a novice receives much more help at a PTDL about how to make a search.
Gupta R. K. and Subbaram N. R. Patenting Activity in the Field of Biotechnology: Indian Scenario. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 36-41.
Dwyer B. Australian Patent Applications 1979-89: An Analysis. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 17-20.
This paper analyses the trends in the patenting of inventions in India in the field of biotechnology, with reference to the provisions under the Indian Patents Act, 1970; the analysis covers the period 1972-9I. The results for the study have been generated from the Computerised Database on Indian Patents developed by the Patents Unit, Technology Utilisation Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi with financial support from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi. The bibliographic information contained in the Database relates to the patents accepted and notified in the Gazette of India, Part III, Section-2, a weekly publication.
This paper analyses the composition of and increase in patent applications in Australia during the 10 year period from 1979 to 1989. Two significant events occurred in the Australian industrial property scene in 1979 and 1980 at the beginning of this period. On 1 July 1979 legislation came into force which made available the Australian Petty Patent. On 31 March 1980 the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) became operational in Australia. The analysis includes identification of the main countries of origin of the applicants for Australian patents.
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Stillger J. The Unification of Germany and the Consequences for Patent Information. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 21-25.
Abstracts of Articles Included in This Issue Kiige C. J. The ARIPO Patent Search, Examination and Documentation Procedures. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 5-7.
The problems arising from the closing of the GDR patent office following unification and the taking over of its functions by the German Patent Office, formerly the FRG office, are described. The new organisation of the Berlin sub-office and the tasks undertaken by the former GDR office are outlined and the differences between the patent information systems of the former GDR and FRG offices, and the problems these raise following integration, are described.
This paper reveals the set-up and contents of the ARIPO documentation, patent search techniques, substantive examination and the analysis of such searches and examination. It describes the future plans of the organisation with regards to documentation and examination.
Derday E. and Mayer N. The Electronic Patent Information System PATIS of the German Patent Office: Planning and Realization. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 26-31.
Quarda G. The Role of ONLINE and C D - R O M within the Framework of the European Patent Information Policy. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 8-12.
Like all major examining patent offices, the German Patent Office (GPO) is increasingly facing problems of space and access in connection with its paper search file. After a planning period of approximately five years, realization of the pilot system for its electronic patent information system, PATIS, was started late in 1989. This project in respect of which the experience and results of similar projects at the American, European and Japanese Patent Offices have been taken into account to a large extent, is designed to secure in particular the search quality and, thus, the grant of valid industrial property rights for the economy and the possibility of international cooperation.
In 1988 the foundations for a European Patent Information Policy were laid by a decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. Cooperation between the national patent offices of the Member States of the European Patent Organisation and the European Patent Office in the field of patent information policy offers Europe opportunities unequalled by anything that Japan and the United States have to offer. A number of projects for the further development of the publication system of the European Patent Office within the next four to five years will create new information media. These projects refer to the building-up and improvement of data collections and their processing. To dam up the flood of paper, patent information is offered and passed on with priority in electronic form. This is done in the form of online databases as well as in the form of CD-ROMs. At present, a situation of competition between these two media cannot be recognised however, a kind of combination of the advantages of both might be possible.
It is intended to set out in the following the main results of the planning, the technical concept as well as the aims and the line of proceeding in realizing the pilot system of PATIS in two consecutive contributions.
Wherry T. L. Intellectual Property Service Variations: The PTO and PTDL. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 32-35. The article describes the result of a research project involving a study of the differences in service obtainable at the USPTO and the Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDL). In the project three techniques were investigated: (1) Performing a field of search and a prior art search; (2) Locating 14 common patent search tools; (3) Comparing the responses to the same questions about patents.
Buffet P. Telecommunication Systems and Software. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 13-16. The article reviews the telecommunication systems and devie,es available for accessing patent information databases online. It covers packet switching networks. Local Area Networks (LANs), Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDNs), user terminals and workstations and gateways.
The conclusion was that the PTO is much more efficient for making a search through patents but that a novice receives much more help at a PTDL about how to make a search.
Gupta R. K. and Subbaram N. R. Patenting Activity in the Field of Biotechnology: Indian Scenario. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 36-41.
Dwyer B. Australian Patent Applications 1979-89: An Analysis. World Patent Information 14 (1), pp. 17-20.
This paper analyses the trends in the patenting of inventions in India in the field of biotechnology, with reference to the provisions under the Indian Patents Act, 1970; the analysis covers the period 1972-9I. The results for the study have been generated from the Computerised Database on Indian Patents developed by the Patents Unit, Technology Utilisation Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi with financial support from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi. The bibliographic information contained in the Database relates to the patents accepted and notified in the Gazette of India, Part III, Section-2, a weekly publication.
This paper analyses the composition of and increase in patent applications in Australia during the 10 year period from 1979 to 1989. Two significant events occurred in the Australian industrial property scene in 1979 and 1980 at the beginning of this period. On 1 July 1979 legislation came into force which made available the Australian Petty Patent. On 31 March 1980 the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) became operational in Australia. The analysis includes identification of the main countries of origin of the applicants for Australian patents.
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