intellectual property china

© Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential

Evalueserve China – Intellectual Property

December 2008

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Evalueserve is a Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) company, which provides custom research services to leading-edge companies worldwide.

Evalueserve has seven synergistic competencies – Investment Research, Business Research, Intellectual Property and Legal Process Services, Data and Financial Analytics, Market Research, Circle of Experts and Knowledge Technology.

Our team comprises highly skilled professionals including MBAs, Engineers, MDs, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, Scientists, Architects, etc.

→ Attention to detail in every element of client interaction

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→ Accurate and insightful analysis → Extensive research infrastructure

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Evalueserve Value Proposition


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interview experts

End-to-end market research services B2B and B2C surveys (design, execution and analysis) Data processing Survey analytics Market research solutions: employee satisfaction, customer

satisfaction, brand perception, new product development, advertisement effectiveness

Data and Financial Analytics Intellectual Property and Legal Process

Data cleansing, validation, and treatment Dashboard solutions and reporting Statistical modeling and forecasting Data-driven strategies including profitability

analysis, channel assessment, product affinity analysis/cross selling

Segmentation and cluster analysis

Patent application drafting, filing and prosecution

Patent Litigation Support Patent Licensing Support Prior Art Search Competitive Landscape Legal Process Services Technical writing

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Validation of investment ideas Corporate finance Equity research support Industry landscape and company

profiles Fixed income research Target identification Quantitative Analysis Financial modeling and valuation

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Evalueserve Executive Leadership

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Division (16 Years, US/India)

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Engineering, ETH Zurich→ Ex-partner at McKinsey

Marc Vollenweider

→ VP Marketing and Sales→ IBM Marketing and Sales

Executive→ Managed Worldwide B2B

Sales Group→ Managed Worldwide Supply Chain Sales Group

Robert Daigle

→ COO and Country Head, India→ MBA, Carnegie Mellon→ BTech (Mechanical), IIT Delhi→ Ex-Engagement Manager,

McKinsey & Co.

Ashish Gupta→ CFO→ MBA, Bentley College in Boston→ BTech, IIT Delhi→ Ex-CFO of Napster and Roxio;

Ex-VP Corporate and Business Development at Evolve Inc.

Nand Gangwani


Key Milestones

Highlights

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Jan ’01 Commenced India Operations

Jul ’01 First Major Client Signed Up

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Sep ’05 Commenced China Operations

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Feb ’07 Acquired Circle of Experts

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Evalueserve is a global research and analytics firm – with operations across Chile, India and China (Shortly opening a center in Romania)

Shanghai Operations centre has been functional for more than 3 years (est. Sept 2005)

Successful completion of ~700 projects

Worked and partnered with Consulting firms, MR firms, Fortune 500 firms, SMEs, across industry

verticals such as Pharma/Healthcare, Telecom, Energy, Construction, IT

The team strength is 190+, and growing!!

Evalueserve ChinaOverview

Strong team of MBAs, Engineer, and Accountants Analysts from top 10 Schools in China Prior experience in Accounting, Consulting, Retail,

etc. Expatriates (from US) having Mandarin skills

working closely with Chinese analysts

Rich Experience / Credentials

Proximity to ground-level realities Rapidly emerging network of business contacts ,

and relationships Ability to cover English, Chinese, Korean,

Japanese, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese language territories

Value-for-money pricing

Advantage China


Evalueserve Intellectual Property Group Over 220 professionals in India and China

→ 98 chemical engineering, chemistry and pharmaceuticals/biotech professionals

→ 80 Electronics and telecommunications

→ 45 Mechanical, Food technology and Others

Providing Intellectual Property related service in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages

Chemicals, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology

(45%)

Chemistry Chemical Engineering Pharmaceuticals Medicine Biotechnology

PhDs Masters Bachelors Medical Doctors

98

Electronics and telecommunications (35%)

Electronics Telecommunications Computers

Masters Bachelors 80

Others (20%)

Mechanical Civil Industrial Material Science Food Technology

Masters Bachelors 45


Commercialisation Studies

IP Asset Management

Services

Patent Drafting & filing

Search

Evalueserve IP Services

Translation of Technical Literature

Translation of

patent and non-

patent literature

from Chinese,

Japanese and

Korean

languages to

English, or vice

versa

Evalueserve uses the

help of a partner

translation firm.

Patentability

assessment

Invalidation

searches

Freedom-to-

use searches

Regular Patent

Watch

Evalueserve conducts

prior art searches in

the native languages

using multiple local

databases

IP Landscape

analysis

Portfolio analysis

Overlap analysis/

Claims mapping

Licensing support

Evalueserve’s team can

handle the analysis of

large number of patents

to identify trends in

patent filing or to identify

‘who owns what’ in the

industry. Technology

analysis combined with

claims analysis can help

the client to analyze

patents.

Assessment of

commercial

potential of

technologies vis-

à-vis existing

technologies and

market players

Evalueserve helps the

client to identify potential

in-licensing and out-

licensing opportunities

Drafting and

filing a complete

patent

application

Drafting of

invention

disclosures after

detailed face-to-

face discussions

with the inventor

Evalueserve does not

providing patent

application drafting and

filing services from its

China office


Evalueserve IP China: Aims to Bridge the Language Gap in Patent Research and Analysis

Evalueserve IP China includes employees with proficiency in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and English.

Language Skills

The Evalueserve IP China team can access Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English patent databases.

Being located in Shanghai, Evalueserve has access to local experts and information relating to the Chinese market.

Access to Databases and Information

The team members of Evalueserve IP China hold technology degrees from top universities such as Shanghai Jiaotong, Fudan, Tongji, etc.

Knowledge of Technology

Combination of English and Non-English prior art search results

Analysis of non-English patents to identify the freedom-to-operate in the Chinese market or an analysis of the Chinese patent landscape in English

Translation of key patent information into English

Communication with the client in English

High quality

Unique Work Product


Project Example: Prior Art Search

Patentability Study in the Domain of Pharmaceutical

Project Overview: The client is a global market leader in pharmacy industry. It wanted Evalueserve to conduct a patentability study for a new mixture.

Work Approach: The project team adopted the following methodology to conduct the project: Identify the keywords, key strings and different combinations for search Search patents in MicroPatent and Delphion Database Conduct a chemical structure search for patents in MARPAT and CAS Registry by STN Conduct a non-patent search in Medline.ScienceDirect.EMBASE, BIOSIS and BIOTECHNO Analyze the search results and provide a deliverable to the client

Invalidation Search in the Domain of Electronics

Project Overview: The client is a law firm specialising in providing intellectual property related service. It wanted Evalueserve to conduct a prior art search covering English speaking countries, China, Japan, and Korea to invalidate a US patent in the domain of electronics.

Work Approach: The project team adopted the following methodology to conduct the project: Understand the patent, study the file wrapper, and identify key words, key strings and key features Patent search and analysis on MicroPatent, PatentCafe, SIPO, IPDL of JPO and KIPRIS databases, using the following strategies:

→ Key word based→ Class based search→ Assignee-based search→ Inventor-based search→ Citation analysis (Forward-Backward citation)→ Concept search

Non-patent literature search on selected databases Analyze the identified prior art, and provide claim mapping to present the relevant sections of each prior art


Project Example: Prior Art Search

Patentability Study in the Domain of Polyurethane

Project Overview: The client is a global market leader in special chemical industry. It wanted Evalueserve to conduct a patentability study for a new mixture.

Work Approach: The project team adopted the following methodology to conduct the project: Identify the keywords, key strings and different combinations for search Search patents in MicroPatent, Delphion, SIPO, KIPRIS, IPDL Databases Analyze the search results and provide an interim deliverable to the client Get feedback from the client and conduct a complementary search Prepare a final deliverable to the client

Invalidation Search in the Domain of Hydrocarbon Conversion

Project Overview: The client is a leading company specialising in providing paving materials. It wanted Evalueserve to conduct a prior art search in Japan to invalidate a US patent in the domain of hydrocarbon conversion.

Work Approach: The project team adopted the following methodology to conduct the project: Understand the patent, study the file wrapper, and identify key words, key strings and key features Patent search and analysis on IPDL of JPO database, using the following strategies:

→ Key word based→ IPC Class based search→ Assignee-based search→ Inventor-based search→ Citation analysis (Forward-Backward citation)→ FI/F-term based search

Non-patent literature search on selected databases Analyze the identified prior art, and provide claim mapping to present the relevant sections of each prior art


Project Example: Freedom-to-Operate Study

Patent Expiration Study – Drug Molecular

Project Overview: The client is a leading manufacturer of intravenous injections that wanted to enter the ready-to-expire drug market and produce/merchandise injections by using potential target drugs in selected regions. The firm wanted to use the study to validate the value of patent portfolios (as pitched by the potential investment target). It wanted Evalueserve to conduct an IP expiration study to select drug moleculars in specific regions (Mainland China and Taiwan) of a potential investment target for a client.

Work Approach: The project was conducted in the following three stages: Stage 1 (keyword construction and preliminary search): The team constructed several series of key strings by using keywords found in Google

and Wikipedia:→ General name of target drugs in English→ General name of target drugs in simplified and traditional Chinese→ Other Chinese translations found in SIPO and TIPO through a preliminary search using “general name keywords”→ Chemical name of target drugs in English and Chinese (both simplified and traditional)→ Brand names in English and Chinese (both simplified and traditional)

The aim of this stage was to compile the most comprehensive key strings that would be useful in the next stage. Stage 2 (patent search): The team conducted patent/publication searches by using:

→ Key strings in databases such as SIPO, CNIPR, TIPO and TWPAT→ An assignee-based search in the selected databases→ A family member-based search→ A general internet search to find more potential assignees who are engaged in this field

The aim of this stage was to find as many relevant hits as possible. Stage 3 (legal status study and analysis): The team checked the legal information relating to all the relevant patents/applications, according to

clients’ criteria, and conducted a country-wise and time-wise study.


Project Example: Freedom-to-Operate Study

Freedom-to-operate Study in Negative Photosensitive Resin Composition in Japan

Project Overview: The client is a leading manufacturer of photosensitive resin that wanted to launch a new product. The company wanted to use the study to validate the possibility of commercializing the new product. It wanted Evalueserve to conduct an FTO study to identify the established IP protection in Japan.

Work Approach: The project was conducted in the following three stages: Stage 1 (keyword construction and preliminary search): The team constructed several series of key strings by using keywords found in Google

and Wikipedia:→ General name of target constituents in English→ General name of target constituents in Japanese→ Other Chinese translations found in JPO through a preliminary search using “general name keywords”→ Chemical name of target constituents in English and Japanese→ Brand names in English and Japanese

The aim of this stage was to compile the most comprehensive key strings that would be useful in the next stage. Stage 2 (patent search): The team conducted patent/publication searches by using:

→ Key strings in IPDL database→ An assignee-based search→ A family member-based search→ A general internet search to find more potential assignees who are engaged in this field

The aim of this stage was to find as many relevant hits as possible. Stage 3 (legal status study and analysis): The team checked the legal information relating to all the relevant patents/applications, according to

clients’ criteria, and conducted a country-wise and time-wise study.


Project Example: Landscape AnalysisTest Patent Landscape Analysis in the Domain of Graphical User Interface

Project Overview: The client is one of the best-known companies in consumer electronics. The objective of the project is to conduct a patent landscape analysis in the domain of graphical user interface in touch panels of portable devices in Mainland China. The project includes identifying granted patents related to this domain, developing taxonomy, classifying the relevant patents according to the taxonomy and analyzing the trends of relevant patents based on statistic results.

Work Approach: The specialty of the landscape project is that the emphasis is put on the precise of technology relevancy. And the development of search strategy is based on the specific technology described by the client.

The project was conducted in the following steps:

Step I: Understanding of the Technology and Preliminary Search for Related Patents •understands the specific technology falling into the interests of the client •identifies four key features of the technology for further screening•constructs keywords, identifies potential key players as assignees and related IPC classes to form search strings•performs preliminary search in SIPO with search strings

As per the client’s requirements, only granted patents are included in the list.

Step II: Preparation of the Final List of Relevant Patents

further screens the preliminary search results in title, abstract, claims and description including figures in terms of relevancy to defined key features

Step III: Patent Categorization and Analysis

Each patent in the list obtained is analyzed and categorized into different levels based on the number of the features it maps onto.

Step IV: Statistical Analysis of Patent Landscape•carries out statistical analysis of the list of most relevant patents•shows charts illustrating assignee-wise and IPC-wise trends in patent filing activity in the domain of graphical user interface based on relevant patents •provides observations for the above charts .


Project Example: Landscape AnalysisChinese Patent Analysis in the Domain of Digital Television

Project Overview: The client is one of the best-known companies in consumer electronics. They wanted to obtain patent information of Chinese universities/institutes on digital televisions, which may lead to cooperation on technology between the client and the universities/institutes. Evalueserve was expected to conduct a patent landscape analysis in the domain of digital television based on their requirements.

Work Approach: The project was conducted in the following steps: Stage 1 (Understanding of the digital television domain): The team gained a comprehensive understanding of the technology in the domain and

developed a preliminary taxonomy for confirmation with the client. The aim of the stage was to ensure that the team grasped a full technology understanding.

Stage 2 (keyword-based search in SIPO): The team constructed search strings with keywords identified in different categories in the domain, and then conducted a keyword-based patent search in SIPO with search strings approved by the client. The aim of the stage was to hit as many relevant results as possible for further analyzing.

Stage 3 (Inventor-based search in SIPO): The team conducted an inventor-based search in SIPO with inventors identified from the results obtained at Stage 2 so as to include patents/applications whose assignees are not universities/institutes but professors. The aim of the stage was to provide relevant results for further analysis based on the client’s requirements.

Stage 4 (Taxonomy and comments): The team developed a complete taxonomy based on the relevant results and categorized all relevant results with comments explaining the relevancy.

Stage 5 (Statistical analysis with figures): The team analyzed relevant results with figures illustrating from different perspectives. The figures illustrated the trends of patent filing by universities/institutes in digital televisions, detailed inventor-wise breakdowns of relevant results pertaining to leading universities/institutes as well as breakdowns of technologies which were of the client’s interest. The aim of the stage was to provide the client an all-round analysis in the domain.


Project Example: Landscape Analysis

Patent Landscape Analysis in the Domain of Carbon Fiber Reinforcement Resin

Project Overview: The client is a global solutions-driving group that focuses on the use of engineering resins. Through this study, they want to obtain an overview of development degree of technology and patents information related to carbon fiber reinforced members in China and Korea in order to, in all likelihood, establish their future strategy of production toward Far East. The objective of the project is to conduct a patent landscape analysis in the domain of carbon fiber reinforced members in China and Korea. The project includes identifying patents/published applications related/relevant to this technology domain, marking the designated four types of thermoplastic resin used for fiber reinforcement in the relevant patents/published applications and analyzing the overall trends in patent filing activity based on statistic results

Work Approach: −The project was conducted in the following three steps: −Step I: Understanding of the Technology and Preliminary Search for Related Patents •identifies three key features of the technology for further screening•constructs keywords, identifies potential key players as assignees or inventors and related IPC classes to form search strings•performs preliminary search in SIPO and KIPRIS with search strings−Step II: Analysis of Relevant Patents•maps relevant section in claims and marks four types of thermoplastic resin used for fiber reinforcement in the relevant patents/published applications and manufacturers in this field−Step III: Statistical Analysis of Patent Landscape•carries out statistical analysis of the list of relevant patents resulted from the previous steps•shows charts illustrating time-wise, assignee-wise, inventor-wise and component-wise trends in patenting activity in the domain of carbon fiber reinforced members domain−provides observations from the above charts


Project Example: Landscape Analysis

Patent Landscape Analysis in the Domain of Construction Equipment

Project Overview: The client wanted to analyse all patents relating to construction equipment filed in Mainland China within a defined period. Evalueserve analyzed ~4000 patents in the domain of construction equipment in Mainland China.

Work Approach: The project was conducted in the following five stages: Stage 1 (analysis of patents relating to the construction equipment industry): The team carried out a quick analysis of the preliminary search

results from SIPO to identify the inventions relevant to the construction equipment domain. Stage 2 (developing a technology taxonomy): The team developed a technology taxonomy, after studying specific technology categories and the

differentiable features. Stage 3 (patent categorisation): Each of the inventions that were relevant to the specific categories were analysed and categorised against the

taxonomy developed at Stage 2. Stage 4 (analysis of the patent landscape): Charts illustrating time-wise, technology-wise and assignee-wise trends in patenting activity in the

domain of construction equipment in Mainland China were prepared, based on the analysis at Stage 3. Stage 5 (company profiling): Detailed profiles of the top five companies, based on the patent count from phase 4, were provided.

Chinese Patent Identification in the Field of Human Papilloma Virus

Project Overview: The client is a leading firm providing innovative technologies and products for pre-analytical sample preparation and molecular diagnostics solutions. It wanted Evalueserve to conduct a Chinese patent search in the field of human papillomaviurs, more apecifically, in the HPV genome sequence and its detection.

Work Approach: The project was conducted in the following two steps: Stage 1 (family-based identification): The team conducted a family-based search in the MicroPatent/Delphion databases by using keywords and

key strings, constructed with a combination of HPV, primer and nucleic acid, and retained all the families with the CN family members and pending WO members. The aim of this stage was to find all possible patents/applications that had counterparts abroad, in case the keywords used in the SIPO search were not comprehensive enough.

Stage 2 (keyword-based search in SIPO): The team conducted a patent/publication search according to the client’s request, with keywords approved by the client (in the domain of only HPV). At this stage, the aim was to find as many relevant hits as possible and create a technology taxonomy for the next stage of patent categorisation.


Project Example: Patent Mapping AnalysisChinese Patent Mapping Analysis in AVS

Project Overview: The client is one of the best-known companies in consumer electronics. They expected Evalueserve to analyze the given Chinese patents and map them with the AVS standard. The project requires in-depth understanding of the AVS standard and the core technologies in the audio/video coding domain as well as efficient and close teamwork between team members.

Work Approach: The project was conducted in the following steps: Stage 1 (Understanding of technologies): The team gained a comprehensive understanding of the core technologies relating to the standard

through a considerable amount of materials such as papers, websites, etc. Then, the team developed a technical category for patents classification and summarized the technical points under each class. The aim of the stage was to ensure that the team grasped a full and clear technology understanding, which is highly expected by the client.

Stage 2 (Sample Analysis): The team selected two typical relevant patents with different relevancy degree to analyze and map to the standard. The aim of the stage was to demonstrate the methodology and the understanding of the project conducting by presenting a sample, and to gain the confirmation on the key points from the client to continue the project accordingly.

Stage 3 (Patents Analysis and comments): The team analyzed the patents provided from the client in several batches as required. By comparing the patents with the technical points of the standard, the team categorized the patents and identified them as ‘relevant’ and ‘related’ with comments. Meanwhile, the patents identified as irrelevant were also categorized and provided with evidences of irrelevancy to the stand in Evalueserve comments. The aim of the stage was to present an in-depth analysis for all the patents the client provided.

Stage 4 (Preparation of deliverables): The team illustrated the analysis with excerption of claims, specifications and representative figures. The aim of the stage was to provide the deliverable in each batch.


Project Example: Others

Fee Analysis of a Set of Patents

Rule Lists and Flowcharts for the Patent Application Process

Project Overview: The client is global company that makes software systems. The client wanted to develop a new set of software for patent application management. It wanted Evalueserve to produce detailed rule lists and flow charts about the entire process of patent application drafting in China, Japan and Korea.

Work Approach: The project team studied the Chinese/Japanese/Korean patenting rules and regulations and prepared the rule list and flowchart.

Project Overview: The client is the market leader in the car navigation device industry. It wanted Evalueserve to check the legal status of and conduct a fee analysis for a set of Japanese patents before deciding to purchase them.

Work Approach: The project team adopted the following methodology to conduct the project: Understand various laws governing the fee of a patent/ published patent application in the respective jurisdiction Check whether all the fees have been paid, and provide the list of fees paid until the project execution date Provide the time at which the next fee is due Provide the names of the counsel/attorneys involved in the process of patenting/ publishing a patent application

Intellectual Property Assessment – New Compounds under Research

Project Overview: The client is a world leading medical devices firm. it wanted Evalueserve to conduct an IP assessment study of new identified compounds, which are under research in Mainland China, India, Korea and Taiwan.

Work Approach: The team conducted a patent study to estimate the protection of the compounds being studied. The project was conducted in the following two stages: Conduct an assignee-based search after three lists of class I drug (synthetic, bio-pharmaceuticals and TCM) were generated from the SFDA

clinical trial database, and try to find: → Patents/applications related to drugs on the lists of the SIPO, WIPO, EPO and USPTO→ Patents/applications protecting potential new compounds in China and abroad

Develop a technology taxonomy according to therapeutic area and the patent holder, and classify the identified patents against


Databases Used– English

Search in USPTO, JPA, DEPATIS, CIPO, Espacenet, INPADOC through the following sources:

→ Delphion

→ MicroPatent (PatentWeb)

→ Derwent

→ PatentCafe

→ DGene

→ Registry through STN

→ Questel Orbit

Search in Patent Databases

Exact structure search

Substructure search

Markush structure search

Role-defined reaction search

Coming soon: Merged Markush Search

Structure-based Searches

Exact match search

Subsequence search

BLAST homology search

Sequence-based Searches

Pharma/Biotech/Chemistry: Pubmed/Medline, Science Direct, PubChem, QueryChem, Microbial Biocatalytic Reactions and Biodegradation Pathways

Electronics and communication: IEEE, ACM

Mechanical and automobiles: SAE

Others: IP.com, Scirus, Google scholar, California & Stanford Digital Library, IIT Delhi Library, Citeseer, Findarticles, SPIE

Search in Non-Patent Databases


Databases Used – Chinese

Patent Database

Non-Patent Database

Petrochemical Patent Database

Bio-Sequence Database

State Intellectual Property Office of P.R. China (SIPO) Patent Database Service Platform

Full text search for all Chinese patents from 1985 Updated monthly

China National Knowledge Infrastructure Research paper, thesis, journal, conference

publication, news, yearbook 1994 to date

China Petrochemical Patent Database Developed and maintained by SIPO and SINOPEC Organized by different sectors/products from upstream

to downstream, from 1985 to date >3 million petrochemical patents and increasing

National Bio-sequence Database of Chinese Patent Nucleic acid and protein sequences in Chinese patents

published after 1999 Sequence based search: Blast search, SNP screening,

motif screening


Databases Used – Chinese

Patent Database

Non-Patent Database

State Intellectual Property Office of P.R. China (SIPO) Patent Database Service Platform

Full text search for all Chinese patents from 1985 Updated monthly

CNIPR All the patents (including inventions, utility models, and

designs) published from SIPO since September 10 1985.

TWPAT – WEBPAT granted patents from 1950 and published applications

from May 2003 Taiwan Intellectual Property Office

China National Knowledge Infrastructure Research paper, thesis, journal, conference

publication, news, yearbook 1994 to date

Greater China Scholar (GCScholar) Taiwan Science Journal Database (~360 different journals

published in Taiwan) Chinese Dissertation and Paper Database (over 50,000 papers

from universities in Taiwan) Chinese Conference Paper Database (~20 symposiums published

in Taiwan) China Natural Science Journal Database (~510 different journals

published in mainland China) China Applied Science Journal Database (~720 different journals

published in mainland China.


Databases Used – Japanese

Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) of JPO→ Boolean search in title,

abstract and claims from 1993→ Patent number search for all

Japanese patents→ English abstracts from 1976

Patent Databases

IPDL

ATMS owned by Fujitsu→ Complicated Boolean search

in full-text search from 1986→ Citation search→ Conception search

ATMS

PATOLIS-J NEF-NET2 NRI Cyber Patent

Under Consideration

CiNii→ NII Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator, 3,000,000 papers (full-text) from about 1,000 journals of 284

associations

J-Stage→ Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic, 855,324 papers from 676 journals

J-EAST→ English bibliography information and abstract translation of papers published in Japanese, 1,380,000 papers from

3,000 journals, public documents, proceedings and technique reports, from 2001

JDreamII - Under consideration

→ 48,000,000 papers of 50 countries which is the biggest science and technology paper database in Japan, trial account for 450,000 papers

Non-Patent Databases


Databases Used – Korean

Korea Industrial Property Rights Information Service→ Database developed by the Korean Intellectual Property Office → Patent/ published applications filed after 1948→ Boolean search in title, abstract, claims and full text→ Application No., publication No., registration No. search→ Application date, publication date, registration date search→ IPC class, applicant, inventor, agent search → Legal status information→ English abstracts for some patents from 1979

Patent Database

NDSL→ National Digital Science Library, a database developed by Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information

(KISTI). It provides information for 42,263,000 English and Korean language papers from about 260,600 journals.

DBPIA→ Database Periodical Information Academic, provides 624,467 papers from 854 journals of 434 associations.

Paper Search→ A database for research papers and journals in different technology domains. It provides 250,000 treatises.

Naver Knowledge Market→ A database for reports, papers, journals, books and designs in different technology domains. It provides 1,326,747

papers and reports.

Non-Patent Databases

Search in Search in Korean Korean

LanguageLanguage


Evalueserve Confidentiality Management System

Non-disclosure agreement Client-favorable jurisdiction IP of projects belongs to Client In-house legal counsel ensures

contractual compliance Internal/External advisors

ensure statutory compliance

Chinese walls Staffing rules Independent expert

opinions

Clean desk, clear screen

Legal Privilege Principle – ‘Need-to-know’

IS0 27001 certification Confidentiality as element of

quality Pre- and post-involvement

confirmation of expert’s role Strict ‘ethical research’/business

conduct guidelines

Secure transmission Secure storage Data access for

team members only

Legal Measures Dedicated Teams

Process Measures Technology

Confidentiality

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