Today, we will look at intellectual property rights, especially “patent publications (Japan, Europe) and numbering system”.
1. Japanese Patent Publication System
Japan has its own classification system. In addition to the patent publication and patent registration publications, there are other publications. There is a type of correction publication by modifying the existing publications when changes occur in existing patents. This correction publication allows a third party to know of republished patent publications.
2. European Patent Publication System
The European patent publication system is also not significantly different from Korea, the United States, and Japan. However, there is one thing called a search report. A search report indicates in the literature the opinion on whether or not to register a patent if the examiner finds the presence or absence of a patent at the time of publication of the patent.
3. Corresponding patents document
The patent system in each country seems similar but is exclusive. Therefore, it is advantageous to prepare a document that identifies how related patents are being applied for in each country. Such document is important particularly when entering overseas markets after filing a domestic patent application. This document is called corresponding patents. Since this document is an important reference data when conducting research projects or making products with patents, there has been a trend in recent years to make it mandatory to provide corresponding patent search results when submitting research proposals. The necessity of such a corresponding patent search is as follows.
- Identification of future technology development directions
- Identification of whether or not a patent can be granted or not
- Prevention of overlapping investment in the same technology
- Prevention of patent disputes by understanding the scope of infringement
4. Characteristics of patent information
1) It is easy to collect information and obtain data
2) It is detailed enough to be read and realized by a third party
3) It describes the latest technical information because it is published one year and six months (in Korea) after the patent application
5. Patent information search
Patent information search is necessary for an applicant to understand research trends in the patent technology field they are considering. Through the documents provided by the Korean Intellectual Property Office, all patent information of competitors can be identified and analyzed to determine which technologies the competitor is investing in and researching. In addition, it is also possible to limit the range of technologies that one can invest in by creating a patent map through such research. In various publications provided by the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the owner of the technology (applicant) can be identified, and thus, a direction in the labor market can also be suggested. Lastly, patent information research can be seen as a very important step in technology development because it can suggest the direction of new technology in which one's own technology development should be made and also provide a blueprint for the patentability of one's own technology.
6. Numbering system of patent documents in each country
1) Korea: The first two digits indicate the classification of patents, utility issues, design rights, and trademark rights, the next 4 digits are the year, and the next 7 digits are the serial number.
2) Japan: The number of applications and publications consists of the year and serial number, but the year is written differently from other countries. Since Japan is a country with a king, the name of the king is used to indicate the year of the patent.
3) USA: They use the first two-digit for the year and a serial number follows.
4) Europe: Its numbering system consists of letter “EP” indicating Europe, 2 digits indicating year, and serial number.
5) PCT Application: When filing a PCT application through WIPO, WIPO does not issue registration publications, but discloses application publications to each country. In this case, the year is indicated by a two-letter English code and a two-digit code for each country.
Today, we will learn about intellectual property rights, especially “patent publications (Japan, Europe) and numbering system”. Next, we will study intellectual property rights, especially “the concept of patent prior art search and patent classification”.
*I am a student learning IP, not an IP expert. Translation is also by Google translator and my own, insufficient English skills. I wanted to deliver the IP related contents in the perspectives of a student. I hope my blog helps people like me.
*The above is what I learned from Professor Moon's intellectual property lecture, which can be viewed through K-mooc. Here is the link to the lecture (you may not be able to view it without logging in).
kmooc.kr/courses/course-v1:YeungnamUnivK+YU21900+2021_01/course
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