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World Intellectual Property Organization. PatentScope - Electronic Publication. http://www.wipo.int/patentscope. http://www.wipo.int/patentscope. PatentScope objectives: Access to WIPO’s Patent and PCT resources in one place
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World Intellectual Property Organization PatentScope - Electronic Publication http://www.wipo.int/patentscope
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope • PatentScope objectives: • Access to WIPO’s Patent and PCT resources in one place • From a paper environment to an electronic environment - “Everything online” • Single authentic source of PCT data • Dissemination of patent data • Legal publication obligations • Implement consistently WIPO Standard for electronic documents (e.g. ST. 36) • Broaden our audience
Electronic PublicationSame Content - Different Format • Gazette in electronic form only • Amendments to rules 86.1, 86.2 and Section 407 • The content of the former Sections I, II, III of the Gazette are in electronic form - accessible via PatentScope • Official notices (Section IV) published on the internet only, but no changes to format at this stage • Published application in electronic form • Section 406 of the Administrative Instructions • Can be viewed, downloaded, printed from PatentScope • Discontinuation of applicant’s copy (paper) in July 2006 • Declarations, sequence listings • Available as published documents with the published international application
Architectural Goals • Security • External SAN contains only publicly available documents • Read Only storage for Documents • High availability • Flexibility / Cost • Common software architecture through components • Reduction in complexity • Use of Open Source software
PatentScope Architecture Document cache & Thumbnails Tomcat (web container) JSP engine local COR External database jdbc Execute servlet rmi Forward request: search-adv.jsp fetch.jsp patentscope.jsp html flow Document repository Apache (web server) Isearch fulltext indexes cgi http request html PatentScope User (browser client, IE) http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/ search-adv.jsp, browse.jsp, ia.jsp
Access to the complete collection of published PCT international applications Search using keywords boolean operators (AND, OR) field codes (applicant name, publication date, etc) IPC 8 symbols Search International Applications
Browse by Week (Gazette View) • Access to published international applications by publication date • THE GAZETTE • Search using • Publication date • Notices provided separately
Bibliographic Data • View the latest bibliographic data on record at the International Bureau including changes since publication • View full text of description and claims for latin-language applications • View National Phase Information where available • View publication Notices
Documents • Access to the documents contained in the file of the International Bureau • Publications • Priority Documents • Declarations (e.g. of inventorship) • Written Opinions, Examination Reports and related documents • View or download the documents in different formats • PDF • XML • HTML
Planned changes • May 2006 • RSS Service • July 2006 • Discontinue PDF Gazette • Discontinue applicant’s copy of the published application • July-December 2006 • New document types available online (forms) • Full text database complete from 1978 to 2006 (Latin languages) • National phase notifications from more offices • January 2007 • Declaration update • DTD related updates (?)
Future possibilities (not promises) • PCT reform - 2007 Rule changes • Online Functionality • Office ordering functionality • Additional files / formats available • Rework of Rule 87 and Article 20 product structures • Revised publication processing • Increase use of electronic notifications • Increased XML content availability • Publication list orientation change • Front page formatting change