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Present situation of documentation at the Japanese Patent Office
Worm Patent Information, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 204-209, 1984. Pergamon InfoLine Inc. Printed in Great Britain.
Abstracts of Articles Included in This Issue
Office in 1964. Since then the fields of the computer utilization have been expanded with the aid of technological improvement.
Basberg B. L. Patent statistics and the measurement of technological change--an assessment ofthe Norwegian patent data, 1840-1980. Worm Patent Information 6 (4), 158-164.
At present the computer is applied to the administration of applications, PCT applications, registrations, publications and trials, as well as to the retrieval of patent documents and trademarks. Future computerization plans include improvements in the administrative and searching systems and advanced uses of the stored information.
This paper presents a s u m m a r y of the main findings and results of a research project on the methodological aspects of using patent statistics as a technology indicator. The assessment of this method is done by way of analysis at several levels of aggregation; total aggregate data, industry data and micro data (patent-class data, innovation data and firm level data).
Okazaki K. Present situation of documentation at the Japanese Patent Office. World Patent Information 6 (4), 177-183. In preparing documents necessary for examination, considerable effort has been made to cope with the greater number of technological documents and the higher technical level thereof, to maintain efficiency of search and to make the most effective use of available space. For example, abstracts and microfilms have been prepared from primary documents (e.g. patent specifications), and technological articles have been extracted from non-patent literature. Machine retrieval systems have also been introduced, including the ICIREPAT systems, patent family and cited document inquiry systems and the IPC retrieval system, as well as commercial on-line services, such as PATOLIS and JOIS. With an information-oriented society in the future in mind, the Japanese Patent Office has just embarked on an ambitious program.
Cutler R. S. A study of patents resulting from NSF Chemistry Program. Worm Patent Information 6 (4), 165-169. The purposes of this study were to determine the extent to which the NSF Chemistry Program's research funding led to patented technology, to estimate the economic value of those patents, and to develop a systematic method for evaluating patents associated with other NSF supported research grants. A procedure was developed to select the names of those principal investigators supported by NSF Chemistry grants who are also named as inventors on chemistry patents registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. An examination was then performed to determine the relevance of each grant to the associated patent. Finally, an estimate was made of the economic impact of those patents, based on licensing data obtained from patent assignees.
Documents necessary for examination are to be stored in electronic files and computers will be used in wider areas of office operations. A so-called paperless system will be established eventually.
Thiam P. A. Patent documentation as an aid to technological development in the developing member countries of O.A.P.I. World Patent Information 6 (4), 184-186.
The study found that between 1964 and 1977 about one NSF Chemistry Program grantee in 1190produced patents related to his or her grant, and that the aggregate long-term sales of products derived from those patents is estimated to be in the order of magnitude of $20-30 million. Similar frequency of patents and their average value were found from an analysis of a set of chemistry grantees supported by Research Corporation, a private foundation. This suggests that the values found in this study for the NSF Chemistry Program represent what can be expected from basic research at academic institutions.
At the present time the patent document has manifested itself as an important source of technical information which contributes to the success of research and development.
The procedures used in this study can be applied, with comparable effort, to evaluating patents associated with similar research grant programs at NSF and elsewhere.
O.A.P.I. assists development by its diversified activities such as the valorization of patents with respect to their technical information by means of a Documentation and Information Centre. This Centre carries out different types of search in its documentation; one of these types is illustrated by an actual example.
Shibata S. The current status and future plans of computer utilization in the Japanese Patent Office. World Patent Information 6 (4), 170-176.
O.A.P.I. benefits from international cooperation and directs its documentation towards priority sectors. In addition to its statutory functions for granting protection rights, O.A.P.I. is firmly committed to the dissemination of information contained in patents.
The first computer system was introduced in the Japanese Patent
204
Abstracts of Articles Included in This Issue
Office in 1964. Since then the fields of the computer utilization have been expanded with the aid of technological improvement.
Basberg B. L. Patent statistics and the measurement of technological change--an assessment ofthe Norwegian patent data, 1840-1980. Worm Patent Information 6 (4), 158-164.
At present the computer is applied to the administration of applications, PCT applications, registrations, publications and trials, as well as to the retrieval of patent documents and trademarks. Future computerization plans include improvements in the administrative and searching systems and advanced uses of the stored information.
This paper presents a s u m m a r y of the main findings and results of a research project on the methodological aspects of using patent statistics as a technology indicator. The assessment of this method is done by way of analysis at several levels of aggregation; total aggregate data, industry data and micro data (patent-class data, innovation data and firm level data).
Okazaki K. Present situation of documentation at the Japanese Patent Office. World Patent Information 6 (4), 177-183. In preparing documents necessary for examination, considerable effort has been made to cope with the greater number of technological documents and the higher technical level thereof, to maintain efficiency of search and to make the most effective use of available space. For example, abstracts and microfilms have been prepared from primary documents (e.g. patent specifications), and technological articles have been extracted from non-patent literature. Machine retrieval systems have also been introduced, including the ICIREPAT systems, patent family and cited document inquiry systems and the IPC retrieval system, as well as commercial on-line services, such as PATOLIS and JOIS. With an information-oriented society in the future in mind, the Japanese Patent Office has just embarked on an ambitious program.
Cutler R. S. A study of patents resulting from NSF Chemistry Program. Worm Patent Information 6 (4), 165-169. The purposes of this study were to determine the extent to which the NSF Chemistry Program's research funding led to patented technology, to estimate the economic value of those patents, and to develop a systematic method for evaluating patents associated with other NSF supported research grants. A procedure was developed to select the names of those principal investigators supported by NSF Chemistry grants who are also named as inventors on chemistry patents registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. An examination was then performed to determine the relevance of each grant to the associated patent. Finally, an estimate was made of the economic impact of those patents, based on licensing data obtained from patent assignees.
Documents necessary for examination are to be stored in electronic files and computers will be used in wider areas of office operations. A so-called paperless system will be established eventually.
Thiam P. A. Patent documentation as an aid to technological development in the developing member countries of O.A.P.I. World Patent Information 6 (4), 184-186.
The study found that between 1964 and 1977 about one NSF Chemistry Program grantee in 1190produced patents related to his or her grant, and that the aggregate long-term sales of products derived from those patents is estimated to be in the order of magnitude of $20-30 million. Similar frequency of patents and their average value were found from an analysis of a set of chemistry grantees supported by Research Corporation, a private foundation. This suggests that the values found in this study for the NSF Chemistry Program represent what can be expected from basic research at academic institutions.
At the present time the patent document has manifested itself as an important source of technical information which contributes to the success of research and development.
The procedures used in this study can be applied, with comparable effort, to evaluating patents associated with similar research grant programs at NSF and elsewhere.
O.A.P.I. assists development by its diversified activities such as the valorization of patents with respect to their technical information by means of a Documentation and Information Centre. This Centre carries out different types of search in its documentation; one of these types is illustrated by an actual example.
Shibata S. The current status and future plans of computer utilization in the Japanese Patent Office. World Patent Information 6 (4), 170-176.
O.A.P.I. benefits from international cooperation and directs its documentation towards priority sectors. In addition to its statutory functions for granting protection rights, O.A.P.I. is firmly committed to the dissemination of information contained in patents.
The first computer system was introduced in the Japanese Patent
204