1. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Patents, continued US International Patents

2. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin International Patents Patents granted by sovereign states, so only valid within that jurisdiction. US patents – valid in US and its territories only Geographical Protection

3. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Harmonization Efforts Paris Convention – 1883 PCT/EPC – 1978 NAFTA GATT First to file vs. first to invent Pre-grant/post-grant opposition

4. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Effects Harmonization – success on application process – uniformity of recognition for priority date, foreign nationals same privileges as nationals. Same information for application: inventor, claim, Growth of international patent documents

5. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Patent Application Must contain: –Name of inventor –Enablement/Best Mode –Drawing –A Claim

6. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Basic Parts of a Patent Title Abstract Background Summary of invention Brief description of the drawing Detailed description Claims

7. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin PCT – Patent Cooperation Treaty Uniform filing; designate states for ultimate granting Preliminary examination by World Patent Information Organization (WIPO) Published 18 months after filing Application only

8. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin www.wipo.org

9. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin International Patent Classification Format: ANNA NNN/NN Section, class, subclass for first four characters Successive characters further define field Hierarchical relationship IPC information: www.wipo.int/classifications/en/ipc/brouch ure/struct.htm www.wipo.int/classifications/en/ipc/brouch ure/struct.htm

10. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Example C07c 45/50 C- chemistry 07 –organic chemistry C-acyclic compounds 45/00 – preparation 45/50 – prep by oxo reactions

11. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin EP – European Patents Not same as European Union Authority to grant patents for several countries Both applications and granted patents Publishes both application and granted patents ECLA – classification scheme Inventor may be a corporation

12. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin www.european-patent- office.org/espacenet

13. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Patent searching (US, EP, PCT)- free USPTO: http://www.uspto.govhttp://www.uspto.gov PCT at www.wipo.orgwww.wipo.org EP at www.european-patent- office.org/espacenetwww.european-patent- office.org/espacenet www.piug.org has lists of other patent offices.www.piug.org

14. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Patent searching - Vendors STN (SciFinder) DERWENT DELPHION Micropatent Questel-Orbit Dialog LexisNexis

15. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Searching fields in addition to subject International patent classification number Patent application and priority number Patent countries Patent numbers Structure Inventor / Assignee

16. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin STN/CAS Patent coverage in Chemical Abstracts –http://www.cas.org/EO/caspat.htmlhttp://www.cas.org/EO/caspat.html Lists countries covered Lists IPC classes covered Patent searching user’s guide http://www.cas.org/ONLINE/UG/ugco ver.html http://www.cas.org/ONLINE/UG/ugco ver.html

17. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Kind Codes US United States A Granted US Patent (issued prior to Jan. 2, 2001) A1 US Patent Application (issued on or after Jan. 2, 2001) B1 Granted Patent (no pre-grant publication; issued on or after Jan. 2, 2001)

18. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Patent families Use of fluoxetine or norfluoxetine as anti- anxiety agents - pref. administered orally as hydrochloride salts Patent Assignee: (ELIL ) LILLY & CO ELI Author (Inventor): STARK P Patent Family: Patent No Kind Date Examiner Field of Search GB 2137496 A 841010 (BASIC) AU 8426457 A 841011 DE 3413093 A 841011 DE 3467704 G 880107

19. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Patent Families, 2 Patent No Kind Date Examiner Field of Search DK 166479 B 930601 DK 8401132 A 841009 EP 123469 A 841031 EP 123469 B 871125 GB 2137496 B 861001 IT 1175977 B 870812 JP 59193821 A 841102 JP 94035382 B2 940511 US 4590213 A 860520 ZA 8402457 A 851001

20. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin PCT Patent WO 9606391 A3 960509 364/496; 364/497; 364/499; 395/600 Derwent Week (Basic): 9615Priority Data: US 288503 (940810) Applications: US 288503 (940810); AU 9533202 (950810); EP 95929457 (950810 ); WO 95US10171 (950810); JP 96508133 (950810); US 883165 (970626) Designated States (National): AM; AT; AU; BB; BG; BR; BY; CA; CH; CN; CZ; DE; DK; ES; FI; GB; GE; HU; JP; KE; KG; KP; KR; KZ; LK; LT; LU; LV; MD; MG; MN; MW; MX ; NO; NZ; PL; PT; RO; RU; SD; SE; SI; SK; TJ; TT; UA; US; UZ; VN (Regional): AT; BE; CH; DE; DK; ES; FR; GB; GR; IE; IT; KE; LI; LU; MC; MW; NL; OA; PT; SD; SE; SZ; UG

21. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Patent examples Chemical structure searching US 4642762; US 5577239; US 5950192 Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals Cubist Pharmaceuticals

22. Sept 2001Adele Hoskin Summary Patent searching is exciting – it shows what is new New methods and sources are appearing every day to make this searching easy. This has been a quick overview—but it is like everything else – practice, practice, practice.