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WHETHER GOVERNMENT PATENT OFFICES SHOULD CONTRACT WITH

PRIVATE COMPANIES TO SEARCH THE PRIOR

ART                   

Charles P. Baker

Colloquium on Reform of the Patent Cooperation TreatyApril 8-9, 2003Nice, France

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Interested Parties

•Patent Offices

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Interested Parties

•Patent Offices•Patent Owners

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Interested Parties

•Patent Offices•Patent Owners•The Public

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Interests of Patent Offices

•Budgets

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Interests of Patent Owners

•More Patents

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Interests of Patent Owners

•More Patents•Less Cost

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Interests of the Public

•An Incentive Interest:– Investors in New

Technology and in New Jobs

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Interests of Investors

•Certainty

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Interests of Investors

•Certainty– Quality

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Interests of Investors

•Certainty– Quality– Promptness

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Interested Parties

•Patent Offices•Patent Owners•The Public

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Interested Parties

•The Public•Patent Offices•Patent Owners

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Interests

•Quality •Promptness•Patent Office Budget•More Patents•Less Cost

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Quality

•Enhanced by Combined Search and Examination

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Quality

•Enhanced by Combined Search and Examination

•Diminished by Private Search Companies

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Quality

• Enhanced by Combined Search and Examination

• Diminished by Private Search Companies– Profit Motives

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Quality

•Enhanced by Combined Search and Examination

•Diminished by Private Search Companies– Profit Motive– Decertification Casts

Doubt on Quality

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Interests

•Quality•Promptness•Patent Office Budget•More Patents•Less Cost

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Promptness

•Diminished by Separated Search and Examination

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Interests

•Quality •Promptness•Patent Office Budget•More Patents•Less Cost

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Budget/Cost

•Inefficiencies of Doing the Same Work Twice

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Budget/Cost

•Inefficiencies of Doing the Same Work Twice

•Costs of Certification and Monitoring Private Companies

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Searches by Other Governments

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Searches by Other Governments

•Less Concern About– Promptness– Budget– Cost

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Searches by Other Governments

•Quality– Differences in the Laws

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Searches by Other Governments

•Quality– Start to Examine Based

on Search of Other Government

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Searches by Other Governments

•Quality– Start to Examine Based on

Other Government Search– If Allowable Subject Matter

Found, Supplement Search

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Conclusion:

•Public Interests•Investors

– New Technology– New Jobs

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Conclusion:

•Certainty – Quality– Promptness

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Conclusion:

•Search Not Based on Private Company Profit Motive

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Conclusion:

•Search Not Based on Private Company Profit

•Examination and Search Combined

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_________________________________________© Copyright 2003, Charles P. Baker,FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO, NEW YORK CITY

WHETHER GOVERNMENT PATENT OFFICES SHOULD CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE COMPANIES TO SEARCH

THE PRIOR ART        

Charles P. Baker

Colloquium on Reform of the Patent Cooperation TreatyApril 8-9, 2003Nice, France