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Stephane JOUANIN Stephane JOUANIN 14 Décembre 200414 Décembre 2004

Thomson Dialog Thomson Dialog

‘‘Journée Juriconnexion’Journée Juriconnexion’

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ThomsonKey Figures

• 2003 Revenues : $ 8.4 billion

• Headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

• Global presence in 40 countries

• 36,000 employees worldwide

• 4 business units:

– Financial– Business, Legal and Regulatory– Scientific and Healthcare– Learning

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Thomson - DialogThomson - DialogCreated the Online Information IndustryCreated the Online Information Industry

Founded in 1972 - Technology project between NASA and LOCKHEED

e content / database aggregatorfrom 500 top information providers worldwide

More than 900 on-line databasessearchable simultaneously.A unique search engine developedand improved continuously in the last 30 years

Business (news, directories,Market researches, Patents,Trademarks...), Science (healthcare,pharmacology, energy, chemicals, scientific journals…), Philosophy, Literature…

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Dialog around the World

Dialog has representation in 57 countries with a global network of sales, development, consultancy and customer support

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“To act with foresight, the company must act on signals, rather than on pain.”

Arie de Geus

Main clients’ concern

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“ “Porter’s Model”Porter’s Model”

SubstitutesSubstitutes

SuppliersSuppliers BuyersBuyers

Potential Potential EntrantsEntrants

Bargaining

Power

BargainingBargaining

PowerPower

Industry RivalryIndustry Rivalry

Economic & Technical

shifts

ConsumersInternational shifts

Governments

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Information Channels

Vertical Markets

Automotive Engineering FMCG Materials Chemicals

Horizontal Job Function

Management

Researchers

Analysts

Sales

Competitor Information

Market Information

Brand Information

Buyers/Suppliers

Company Information

Product Information

Intellectual Property

Developers

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Thomson Dialog OfferThomson Dialog Offer

INTELLECTUALPROPERTY

CURRENTAWARENESS

SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY

MARKET REPORTS

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Vertical Market ApproachVertical Market Approach

Pharmaceutical…

Telecommunications… Airport &Infrastructure…

Food & Beverages…

Etc, Etc…..

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Pharmaceutical…

Telecommunications… Airport &Infrastructure…

Food & Beverages…Scrip (Cover-to-cover)IMS Market LetterClinicaFDC ReportsTargetPharmabusinessJapan Chemical Week…

International Communication IntelligenceCambridge Telecom ReportElectronic Buyers News IEEE Communications Magazine Telecommunications PolicyBT Technology Journal…

International Product Alert Food Institute Report Eurofood GrocerSnack FoodFrozen Food Digest Milling and Baking News …

Transportation Circular Journal of Air Transport Management Civil EngineeringJournal of Infrastructures SystemsAirport ForumAviation Engineering …

Etc, Etc…..

Vertical Market ApproachVertical Market Approach

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Intellectual Property

• 17 dedicated patent files

• 22 dedicated trademark files

• Dialog standardises Patent and Application numbers across all databases.

• Multi file searching is possible and duplicates extracted

• All databases can be searched with the one command language

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Trademarks

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Patents

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DerwentDerwent

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ExamplesExamples

- 1 - Patents protect but do not reveal- 1 - Patents protect but do not revealA few examples :A few examples :

Original title : Original title : CHILD SEATCHILD SEAT

Original title : Original title : AC PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AC PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL

Original title : Original title : USE OF AT LEAST ONE GRAFTED SILICONE POLYMER AS TIGHTENING AGENT USE OF AT LEAST ONE GRAFTED SILICONE POLYMER AS TIGHTENING AGENT

Derwent Title : Seat belt locking system for a childs car seat comprises a mechanism to secure the diagonal portion of the car seat belt to the seat upper back rest portion tightened by a lockable lap belt deflector

Derwent Title : AC type plasma display panel in TV image receiver, has insulated substrate in which scanning and maintenance electrodes are arranged and data electrode covered by insulator layer protrudes towards scanning electrode

Derwent Title : Use of at least one grafted silicone polymer containing polysiloxane and organic non-silicone chain parts as tensing agent in cosmetic compositions for reducing or erasing signs of ageing such as wrinkles

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• Derwent collects the fulltext patents from 41 patent officesfrom 41 patent offices around the world

• Specialised staffSpecialised staff (Scientists, Experts, Engineers, Phds…)

– Teams focusing on specific areas eg biosciences, chemistry, physics…

• 600 staff600 staff reading/indexing patents all day

• They read, understand & summarise the patents down to 1-2 pages in easy to understand english

• Derwent have made it easy for users by reading through all the patents and summarising them in easy english.

• Derwent is a private company in the UK – they don’t work for free.

• You won’t find Derwents work on the webYou won’t find Derwents work on the web

Derwent World Patents Index - 351

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• Most people do not really want to read the complete patent (hundreds of pages) with all its technical and legal jargon, coded in a way that’s not easy to understand

• Summaries are only $6.50 per document and saves you huge amount of time Summaries are only $6.50 per document and saves you huge amount of time !!

• Title wont be the original as that’s too obscure

• Abstract is a short summary

• Also include the Novelty (reason why its new –why the patent was granted)

• After reading the Derwent summary you can then decide if you need/want the fulltext.

Derwent World Patents Index - 351

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Derwent World Patents Index - 351

• Excellent source of general subject matter – access to information from more than 26 million patent documents26 million patent documents– Pharmaceutical records from 1963– Covers all technologies from 1974all technologies from 1974

• Sourced from 41 countries/bodies41 countries/bodies

• Bibliographic records, plus a Derwent abstract & Title for each recordplus a Derwent abstract & Title for each record

• Highly indexed records

• Updated weeklyUpdated weekly (Derwent week)

• Includes:– Examiners Cited patents– Many records contain images -1 per record– Electrical and engineering drawings back to 1988– Chemical structure drawings back to 1992– From 1999 Novelty field with non-obvious improvements over previous

technology

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Derwent Patent Index First View - 331

• A companion filecompanion file to Derwent World Patent Index

• It provide a complete view of all the published patent documents beforeview of all the published patent documents before their inclusion in DWPI

• The 2 files should be searched together to get a more comprehensive view of their area of interest.

• A record enters the First View file and remains there until all the value-add Derwent abstracting and indexing has been created by Derwent Analysts

• After the record has been abstracted and indexed by Derwent it is then added to DWPI (file 351/352) and removed from the Derwent Patent Index First View (file 331).

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Derwent Citation Index - 342

• Sourced from 6 major patent authorities6 major patent authorities

• Contains patent & literature citations for over 1 millionpatent & literature citations for over 1 million patent families

• RecordsRecords contain both Cited and Citing referencescontain both Cited and Citing references

• For some years inventors citations are included, which expands the country coverage to anywhere.

• Updates weekly

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Pfizer as a Patent Assignee

Pfizer citing himself

Pfizer citing SCHERING

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InpadocInpadoc

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Inpadoc, Family & Legal Status - 345

• Gives you the status of the Application as it goes through the process of being submitted by the Inventor to the patent office

– Every step of the relationship between the Inventor & the Examiner is monitored

• Patent Families are included (all countries that you applied for the patent to cover)

• One record contains

– Basic patent details plus all Equivalents (countries) for one invention

– Each family record is bibliographic - no abstracts

– Most comprehensive coverage - sourced from 66 countriessourced from 66 countries

– Legal status information for 27 countriesLegal status information for 27 countries

– Derwent Accession Number

– Updates weekly

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IMS Patent FocusIMS Patent Focus

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IMS Patent Focus - 447

• Produced by IMS Health

• includes evaluated product patent family data for pharmaceuticals worldwide.

• Contains product patent family data for over 1,000 commercially significant drugs

• Unique in linking the patent to the generic name and tradename of the drug

• Gives details of drug name, therapeutic class, registry numbers and patent data including estimated expiry dates, priority details, originator and originator country

• IPIP is compiled from IMS databases e.g. R&D Focus and MIDAS, original patent specifications, Patent Office journals, and various sources of patent and chemical information.

• Updates monthly

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IMS Patent Focus - 447

• Patent title – includes the generic name of the drug and the type of patent. Patent types include;

• Certificate of Invention• Composition• Equivalent to Composition• Equivalent to Process• Equivalent to Product• Equivalent to Use• Method of Use• Patent of Addition• Patent of Importation• Process • Product• Product by Process• Utility Model

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Searching on DialogSearching on Dialog

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Expert mode : Choosing a database

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Choosing a database

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SYNONYMS :This is a key issue when patents are searched

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Patent Assignee sorting : RANKInstant snapshot of “Who is investing in the same Market/Technology…”

• Use the Patent Assignee field

Rank PA : Rank S11/Paname

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Patent Assignee searching

• Use the Patent Assignee field

S PA=

• Expand to see all nomenclatures of an Assignee

E PA=

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Pfizer as a Patent Assignee

RANKING companies which are

cited by PFIZER

Ranking Companies cited by PFIZER

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The Dialog Advantage

• Only combined source for Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights

• Ability to search hundreds of databases at one time, in one place, using one interface

– Excellent for Prior Art

• Powerful Search Engines for expert and novice users– Choose appropriate interface to reflect users experience

• Extensive collection of patent files - 17 files & 44 million patents– Dialog standardises Patent and Application numbers across all databases.

• Multi file searching is possible

• Duplicates identified and removed

• Many Patent records go back to 1970

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Accessing and sharing Accessing and sharing key informationkey information

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Intranet DeliveryIntranet Delivery

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Merci

Stephane.Jouanin@thomson.com

01 55 23 52 37