1. Improved Patent Search on SIPO’s Website Huabing Liu Intellectual Property Publishing House of SIPO liuhuabing@cnipr.com April, 2008 Huabing Liu Intellectual Property Publishing House of SIPO liuhuabing@cnipr.com April, 2008

2. Contents General view of SIPO’s patent information p. Current condition of patent search systems Summaries & Conclusion Main topics for discussion

3. SIPO’s Efforts on Patent Information for Public Domestic Environment –Increasing needs from industry. –Insufficiency on getting patent information. Efforts of SIPO –Making basic information more available to public. –Improving the search efficiency step by step. –Data processing & collection. Automation Department of SIPO

4. Architecture of Patent Information Search SIPO Beijing Shanghai Guangdong Zhejiang Jiangsu ………… 47 provinces or cities SIPO Chinese www.SIPO.gov.cn SIPO English www.SIPO.gov.cn EPPIS Chinese pub.cnipr.com EPPIS English pub.cnipr.com Patent Database Service Platform Others ……… subordinates IPPH www.cnipr.com CPIC www.cnpat.com.cn

5. Experimental Platform of Patent Information Services(EPPIS) ——Search Function Chinese Version –Full-text Search –Legal Status –Whole Document Download –Update Weekly English Version –Abstract Search –Legal Status (MT)

6. Experimental Platform of Patent Information Services(EPPIS) ——Summaries & Future Role of EPPIS –Experimentation based on improved search engine and large scale patent data. –SIPO’s attempt for new model of patent information dissemination. Feedback –1.17 million browsing amount per month averagely, more than 99% from China. –Popular for the integrated patent data from China and other countries. Future Plan –New search system is under consideration.

7. SIPO Search System －－ Chinese Version Search Function –Chinese patent –IC Layout Design –Legal Status & Patent Affair Improvement –Search & Download –Data Quality

8. SIPO Search System －－ English Version More Invention Abstracts have been added to the system. Update Monthly. 3-4 Month Lag. Full-text machine translation will be introduced soon. Improved search interface and document display are under consideration

9. Other Patent Search Links from SIPO website www.cnipr.com (IPPH)www.cnipr.com –More search functions will be free for public. –English search is open for test, English full- text search is also available. www.cnpat.com.cn (CPIC)www.cnpat.com.cn –New search interface. –Enhanced patent data.

10. Search System Summaries ——Chinese Version

11. Search System Summaries ——English Version

12. Conclusion Aims of SIPO –M eet the needs in different levels. –M ake more information available freely. –M ore powerful search system for public in the future.

13. Some Topics for Discussion Main barriers on obtaining Chinese patent information. The problems on searching Chinese patent. Chinese patent data coverage. New trends of searching Chinese patent data. ………… Any related topics

14. Thank You !