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e-learning resources on:

• Patent Information - general
• The European Patent Classification
• esp@cenet
• "Search matters" seminar

Patent Information - general

Patent Information Tour
A collection of short, interactive e-learning modules introducing users to patent information and its application. 

The European Patent Classification

• Introduction to the European Patent Classification, Roberto Iasevoli
• IPC8 and ECLA - comprehensive search and retrieval, Heiko Wongel 
  
  

esp@cenet

• esp@cenet - freely accessible patent databases and professional sources, Paul Schwander
• esp@cenet assistant
  The esp@cenet assistant is a series of 36 short e-learning modules, designed to help new and occasional users to get the most out of esp@cenet, the database of technical ideas with around 60 million patent documents. These web-based training units introduce the basic functionalities of esp@cenet. They describe the search possibilities of the database, provide advice on navigation, with tips and tricks for searching, and discuss a number of search strategies. All of the 35 interactive learning modules contain exercises and are available in English, German and French. They are free of charge, and no registration is required. Send your feedback on esp@cenet assistant to: training.vienna@epo.org.
• esp@cenet assistant 日本語版
  36 本の短編ｅラーニングモジュールを通じて esp@cenet の使い方が学べます
  
  

"Search matters" seminar

(contributions to Search Matters 2009 seminar, 30/31 March 2009, The Hague)

• Welcome speech (no slides, sound only), Jeremy Scott, Director, EPO DG 1
• EPO documentation strategy, John Bambridge
• EPOQUE - the EPO system for finding relevant prior art, Claus Albrecht
• How is your patent application progressing?, Nigel Clarke
  
• esp@cenet just got a whole lot . . . smarter, Nigel Clarke
• Free patent searching in web sources: a changing landscape, Paul Schwander
• Search in machine translation databases - the EPO’s experience, Richard Frey
• From novelty search to competitive intelligence, Gerard van der Ligt, Director Business Intelligence, Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
• Removing classification bottlenecks, Heiko Wongel & Oscar Gonzalez Ordonez
• Inside the mind of an EPO examiner, Philippe Lahorte
• Raising the bar, Alfred Spigarelli
• Lack of unity – when applications contain more than one invention, Razik Menidjel & Sytse de Jonge
• Non-patent literature, Emmeline Marttin & Yves Verbandt
• When to stop a search, Judy Ceulemans & Dominique Winne
• What’s new in search?, Bart de Ceulaer & David Mazur

 (contributions to Search Matters 2008 seminar, 7/8 April 2008, The Hague)

• EPO tools and documentation strategy, Jürgen Rampelmann
• Patent searching in free sources - a changing landscape, Paul Schwander
• IP searching and analytics - addressing quality assurance, Alistair Curson
• Internet as a source of prior art and status of the results, Dominique Andlauer, Lucas Tsitsilonis
• Market-driven classification - getting the most from your search, Heiko Wongel, Oscar Gonzalez Ordonez
• Scenarios for the future, Guy Carmichael
• From EPC2000 to the London Agreement, Giovanni Arca
• Academic publications on the internet, Martin van Staveren
• So you think you know everything about esp@cenet?, Nigel Clarke
• Trilateral Harmony Project, Pierre Held, Alan Bacon
• Machine translation of patents and cross-lingual information retrieval, Richard Frey
• The problem and solution approach for assessing inventive step, Joachim Stellmach, Sytse de Jonge
• Search in non-patent literature (NPL), Hermann Borotschnig, Emmeline Marttin
• When to stop a search, Dominique Winne, Sytse de Jonge
• Inside the mind of an EPO examiner, Philippe Lahorte