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Introductory sessions
As in previous years, EPO experts will offer short introductory sessions in the morning of the first day of the "East meets West" forum. These sessions are designed to give newcomers an introduction to East Asian patent information and serve as a preparation for the presentations and discussion rounds.
The introductory sessions will take place at the EPO Vienna on Thursday, 17 April 2008, from 9:00 to 11:00 hrs.
Introduction to patents in Taiwan
Over the past ten years, the number of patent applications in Taiwan has more than doubled, and while in the past the majority of patent applications were filed by foreign companies, the number of domestic patent applications in Taiwan grew more than fivefold between 1997 and 2006.
This session introduces the most important aspects of the patent system in Taiwan, looks at the major revisions in the patent laws and gives an overview of the patent granting procedure. It will also be your stepping stone to Taiwanese patent documentation, helping you understand document types, number formats and Taiwanese Minguo years. You will get practical tips on how to "read" a Taiwanese first page and how to extract the maximum amount of information from an original Taiwanese patent document.
Expert: Christine Kämmer, EPO
Overview of the patent systems in Japan, China and Korea
Information of a country's patent system is essential background knowledge for patent searchers who wish understand the patent documentation. The frequent changes to the patent systems in Japan, China and Korea in recent years will be of interest to anyone involved in East Asian patent documentation.
This session introduces patent granting procedures and gives an overview of important aspects of the patent law in Japan, China and Korea. You will understand special features like accelerated examination procedure or the extension of patent terms. The more important recent revisions of patent laws and their impact on patent documentation will also be discussed.
Expert: Jutta Haußer, EPO
Understanding Japanese, Chinese and Korean patent documents
Recent patent statistics show a tremendous growth in patent filings in East Asian countries, most notably China and Korea, in addition to Japan, which has been a force to be reckoned with for many years. These important developments affect patent searchers' daily work.
This introductory workshop will help you understand the essentials of East Asian patent documentation. It will uncover the mysteries of the numbering systems and explain country-related specifics such as the Japanese imperial years. You will learn to distinguish different types of documents, and get practical tips on how to read and interpret the information found on the first pages of Japanese, Chinese and Korean documents. In addition, this course will give you some practical search tips on how to retrieve Japanese, Chinese and Korean documents from free sources.
Expert: Jutta Haußer, EPO
Sources of legal status information from Japan, China and Korea
With coverage in most Western databases being incomplete of legal status information from Japan, China and Korea, the patent searcher still faces a challenge when trying to search East Asian legal status data. In many cases, it will be necessary to look at the original language sources offered by the patent offices in East Asia.
This introductory session takes a look at free sources of legal status data in East Asia and gives an overview of coverage, gaps in coverage and availability of English information. A few examples will illustrate what users have to be careful about when interpreting East Asian legal status data.
This session is the ideal preparation for those attending discussion round H ("The challenge of legal status from East Asia") on 18 April 2008.
Expert: Christine Kämmer, EPO