PATENT MINING

By
Kartik Puttaiah
Brain League IP Services

© 2009 Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd.

AGENDA

•What is patent mining?

•At what stages should we mine for patent documents, and how
patent mining will be useful at each of these stages?
WHAT IS PATENT MINING?

Systematic scanning and analysis of patent documents

WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

PROBLEM

CONCEPT

R&D

PRE-LAUNCH

LITIGATION
 SOLVING A PROBLEM…

•Identify the problem

•Gather facts related to the problem
•Analyze the way others have solved the problem
•List the possible solutions to the problem
• Determine the best feasible solution
Dr. Joe Daniele, former Director of Licensing at Xerox -
“IP management is the direct connection of R&D to the marketplace”
WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

PATENT
PROBLEM
LANDSCAPING

CONCEPT

R&D

PRE-LAUNCH

LITIGATION
 PATENT LANDSCAPING…
Vehicle Transmission

Continuously
Manual Automatic
Variable
Transmission Transmission
Transmission

Roller Driven Belt Driven

Transmission Transmission
PATENT LANDSCAPING…
Class

Class 1 Class 2 Class 3

Class 4 Class 5
 Information through data
600
550
Class 1
500
Class 2
Number of patents

450
Class 3
400
350
300
250
200
150

100
50
00

03
2
99

01

04

07
05

06
8

0
9

20

20
19

20

20

20

20
20

20
19

Years
 Top 5 companies in Class 3
60
55
Company 1
50
Company 2
Number of patents

45
Company 3
40
Company 4
35
Company 5
30
25
20
15

10
5
00

03
2
99

01

04

07
05

06
0
20

20
19

20

20

20

20
20

20
Years
 Information through data
60
55
Company 1
50
Company 2
Number of patents

45
Company 3
40
Company 4
35
Company 5
30
25
20
15

10
5
00

03
2
99

01

04

07
05

06
0
20

20
19

20

20

20

20
20

20
Years
 Information through data
60
55
Company 1
50
Company 2
Number of patents

45
Company 3
40
Company 4
35
Company 5
30
25
20
15

10
5
00

03
2
99

01

04

07
05

06
0
20

20
19

20

20

20

20
20

20
Years
Patent Expiry Chart
WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

PATENT
PROBLEM
LANDSCAPING

PATENTABILITY
CONCEPT
ALALYSIS

R&D

PRE-LAUNCH

LITIGATION
Example...
Example...
WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

PATENT
PROBLEM
LANDSCAPING

PATENTABILITY
CONCEPT
ANALYSIS

R&D
FREEDOM TO
OPERATE
PRE-LAUNCH

LITIGATION
Example...
Example…
Example…
WHEN SHOULD WE MINE FOR PATENTS?

PATENT
PROBLEM
LANDSCAPING

PATENTABILITY
CONCEPT
ANALYSIS

R&D
FREEDOM TO
OPERATE
PRE-LAUNCH

INFRINGEMENT
LITIGATION
ANALYSIS
 Patent Analysis Overview
Analysis Relevant section of a Relevant jurisdiction
patent document
Patentability analysis Complete patent All over the world
specification
Freedom to operate Claims section of patent Countries in which
specification product has to be
launched
Infringement analysis Product specification and
elements of patent
claims
Patent Invalidation search Complete patent All over the world
specification
Landscape analysis Claims and detailed All over the world
description of the
patent specification
PATENT ANALYTICS

Freedom to Infringement
Operate Analysis

IP STRATEGY
Patentability Invalidation
Analysis Study

Patent
Landscaping
 THANK YOU

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