1. Examples of technology searches using patent databases Andrew Czajkowski Head, Innovation and Technology Support Section Jerusalem 21 June 2010

2. Outline Examples from: PATENTSCOPE ® esp@cent USPTO FTPat and FTApp JPO IPDL

3. State of the art search – Example To find the state of the art for rotatable buildings using renewable energy for generating electric power

4. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article4207801.ece

5. WIPO Homepage

7. Keywords Initial Keywords building rotatable converting energy Synonyms found from a thesaurus, specialized dictionary, etc.,: building, edifice, house, structure, construction, office block, skyscraper, tower, shop, etc.

8. Keyword search tools Truncation build* to give buildings or builder; structur* to give structural or structures; etc. Boolean Operators AND, OR, ANDNOT, NEAR Parentheses (build* or edifice* or ….. or “office block”) and (rota* or spin* or swirl*) and (conver* or generat*) and (energ* or power*)

9. Combine search terms and use search tools

10. Too many results!

11. Find IPC symbols Search using IPC

16. Combine Keywords and IPC Combine keywords and IPC IPC E04B = rotary building structures in general E04H = rotary building sections

23. National Phase Status

25. Procedural Documents

27. Competitor search - Example Who is currently working in the field of avian influenza? Search: H5N1 or “avian flu” or synonyms Result: 1248 documents

33. Competitor Search / Monitoring To find only patents from Novartis Search: H5N1 and PA/Novartis Use RSS to monitor new patent applications from Novartis each week

34. Competitor Search / Monitoring

38. WIPO Homepage

40. State of the Art Search Example

43. Relevance weighting – “^” symbol

44. Relevance weighting vehicle hydraulic suspension strutvehicle^5 hydraulic suspension strut

51. Description - Embedded Images

55. espa@cenet

68. Patent Application information Retrieval PAIR

70. JPO Search

76. Full document - figures

77. Legal Status

78. Any Questions? For further information contact: patentscope@wipo.int