Intellectual Property Guide
patent requirements
industry approaches
patent strength -> patent map
International property offices
Scenario extends to more patents) - case study
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2. Outline
? Intellectual Property Guide
? 專利要件 (patent requirements)
? 產業關點: 資訊+通訊類
? 專利強度 (patent strength) -> patent map
? 專利地球村 (International property offices) - 速審
? 情境打造更多專利延伸 (Scenario extends to more
patents) - case study
? Summary
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3. Intellectual Property Guide: comparisons
Right Usage fee Advantage
Utility
patent
(發明)
Articles where the new features
have a useful function
Apply:
$3,800 ~
$15,000
Expire: 20 years from filing
date
新型
美國無, 台灣, 德國有
物品形狀/構造/裝置, 採形式審查
計算匯差 申請日起10年
Design
patent
(新式樣)
The aesthetic shape or layout by
artificial
Apply:
$1,600 ~
2,600
Lasts only 14 years, 1~3
years secure
Copyright
?
Writings, flat artwork, photos,
maps, drawings, programs, prints,
labels, movies …
Only small
filing fee
A very long time ( life + 70
years or 95-120 years)
Nature Mountain, sea … 0
Trademark
?, ?
About $50 ~
$120
? Trademark can deny
offensive right
‐ become “generic”
‐ Ex. Xerox, Aspirin
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Ref: howdoigetatrademark.com Patent fee: http://www.webpatent.com/costs.htm
4. 發明(Utility) + 新型
發明
申請人: MTK
證書號: I384871
名稱: 數位電視訊號管理方法及系統
US8,051,444: make
a bridge btw Ads &
TV program
新型
申請人: 航創科技
證書號: M441883
名稱: 外接式車用高畫質數位電視全
觸控操作系統
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17. PPH Portal Site
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Ref: JPO
? Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Portal Site
– Describe the activities among international patent
offices
Ref: http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/linke.cgi?url=/ppph-portal/index.htm
18. Current PPH Guidelines
Short name Important date description
PPH (Paris route) Start pilot 2007/9/4(UK) Using the national work products
PCT-PPH
Start JP,EPO:2010/1/29 KR:2010/6/1
During = 2 yrs
PPH using PCT international work
products
PPH MOTTAINAI Start (8 countries) 2011/7/15 Easing of PPH (Pairs) Requirements
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OSF/OLE/Office of Filing
OFF/OEE/ISAorIPEA
19. Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH): Pair-PPH
? PPH speeds up the examination process
– Participate countries by allowing examiners to re-
sue search & examination results
? a streamline patent processing
– Ex. The OSF can use OFF’s work products
? All claims in the OSF application must sufficiently
correspond to the allowable claims (/search results) in OFF
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Applicant’
s file
Office of First
Filing (OFF)
Office of Second
Filing (OSF)
> 1 claim
(patentabl
e)
2010/5/25 USPTO has eliminated the fee for the petition to
make special under PPH program
20. PPH (Paris Route)
? USPTO is currently in negotiations with other
Patent Offices to become PPH partners
– OSF can utilize search & examination results from the
OFF to accelerate examination
? Improve quality of examination, and avoid duplication of
work
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OFF
application
OSF
application
Patentable/Allowable
Request for PPH
Priority
claim
Ref: finland’s NBPR http://www.prh.fi/en/patentit/pph/request_for_pph.html + USPTO worksharing program
21. [PCT-PPH] Triway Pilot program
? Triway pilot program is limited to 100 applications
of diverse technologies
– Member offices: USPTO + EPO + JPO
– During = one year [2008/7/28 ~ 2009/7/28]
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Ref: JPO
22. PPH MOTTAINAI Pilot Program
(2011~2012)
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Case 2: OFF is other than Office A or Office B.
Case 1: OSF (Office B) provides the examination result to the
OFF (Office A).
Ref: PPH MOTTAINAI http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/mottainai.htm
OS
F
OFF
OFF
24. Why make a Patentability Search?
? Valuable background info
– Know how to describe & draw components
? Contain a detailed description of your invention
? Provide more info about operability & design
? Obtain commercial info 24
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Check grant patents
on your invention?
Avoid wasting time/
money
Learn valuable
background
info.
“feel for the art”
Invention in
what field?
25. Create a scenario ->
more patents (technologies)
– improve the consistency examinations to map JPO’s
division(code) by IPO’s technical fields
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JPO division/
subdivision (code)
IPO
(technical
fields)
Zeebox is your TV
sidekick Ref: http://zeebox.com/
Scenario
26. ? US8014768 (2011)
Mobile phone
multimedia controller
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JPO division/
subdivision (code)
IPO
(technical
fields)
Assignee Disney enterprises, Inc.
U.S. Class 455/420 ; 340/3.1; 340/3.71; …
International
Class (IPO)
H04N 7/14 (20060101); G06F 19/00 (20110101); G06F
17/00 (20060101); A63F 13/00 (20060101); A63F 9/24 (20060101);
H04N 7/173 (20110101); G05B 11/01 (20060101); G05B
23/02 (20060101)
Interactive application –
mobile multimedia controller (2nd screen)
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JPO division/ subdivision
(code)
IPO
(fields)
Current US8014768 (2011) Mobile phone multimedia controller
International
Class (IPO)
H04N 7/14 (20060101); G06F 19/00 (20110101); G06F 17/00 (20060101);
A63F 13/00 (20060101); A63F 9/24 (20060101); H04N 7/173 (20110101);
G05B 11/01 (20060101); G05B 23/02 (20060101)
G06F
Electricity Transmission and Distribution
/Data Transfer Sub-Division(5T) within
Telephonic Communications Division(5G)
Data Processing Division(5B)
Interface Division(5E)
E-Commerce Technology Division(5L)
Video System Division (5C)
US8014768
(2011) Mobile
phone
multimedia
controller
H04N
how to extend IPO’s technical fields?
Ref: JPO: outline of technical fields examination (1st - 4th), 2012/4/1
29. Select a main group
G06F7/00
– G06F7/00 (English version) Methods or arrangements
for processing data by operating upon the order or
content of the data handled (logic circuits H03K 19/00)
– G06F7/00 (Japan version) - subgroup
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30. Sub Group G06F9/00
F-term list (patents)
– 9/00 Arrangements for programme control, e.g. control unit
(programme control for peripheral devices G 06 F 13/10; in
regulating or control systems G 05 B)
? 9/06630E . . Timing/schedule management of correction(New, Apr. 2000)
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F-term list: “5B376:stored programmes”
31. Summary
? Scenario -> patent search will make your
patent more strong
– 情境打造更多專利延伸 (Scenario extends to
more patents)
? Create yourself patents DB
– Because those summaries maybe more reliability
<- not only the proper noun
– Make patent map earily
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