ADVERTORIAL FEATURE: MINESOFT PatBase, for example, provides non-Latin “IT IS OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR TOOLS, LIKE PATBASE, ARE NOT ONLY MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM BUT THAT THE TOOLS THEMSELVES ARE FIT FOR THAT PURPOSE.”
training seminars on patent searches to TISCs in the region. “Taking an
active patent role as a Minesoſt
representative in the ASPI programme allows me to see first-hand how transformative and empowering
search training can be resources and for developing countries,”
Huc says, having returned from Guayaquil in Ecuador, where he delivered a workshop on patent searching as part of a training course for the national TISC network. Organised by WIPO in conjunction with the Ecuadorian
Institute of Intellectual Under the public-private partnership,
patent data service providers offer access to specialised collections of patent information such as PatBase, and deliver training and other resources to enable institutions to use patent information to drive regional innovation. Te ASPI programme falls within the
framework of WIPO’s Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISC) project, which focuses on establishing regional centres in developing countries where local stakeholders can increase the level of their technical and scientific knowledge by benefiting from access to specialised resources such as those provided by ASPI.
Encouraging innovation in Ecuador Minesoſt’s participation in ASPI has ushered in new users from all corners of the globe, from Argentina to Vietnam, which benefit from free or nominal-cost access to PatBase. Olivier Huc, business development manager at Minesoſt, regularly travels to South America to deliver
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Property (IEPI), the workshop was attended by a mix of IEPI patent examiners and patent searchers from TISCs throughout Ecuador, including universities, chambers of commerce and research centres. As is the formula for training ASPI members throughout the developing world, the course included guidance on searching techniques, the use of patent classifications and how to use WIPO’s PatentScope and the European Patent Office’s Espacenet free public search services. Huc delivered presentations on
the
importance of accessing a professional patent database and the methodology involved in searching by using more advanced tools, with live demonstrations on PatBase.
Locally accessible global information As patent filings continue to increase, along with awareness of
information providers must
search functionality, allowing native language searches to be carried out in Chinese or Tai, for example. It also offers cross-lingual information retrieval tools, developed in cooperation with WIPO, which enable searchers to quickly identify keyword synonyms in different languages to enhance their searches. Huc notes that “at the heart of ASPI and the
TISC project is the idea of encouraging relevant stakeholders in these countries to understand and actively promote the benefits of access to patent information to a wider audience”. He adds: “As providers of patent information,
it is our responsibility to ensure that our tools, like PatBase, are not only made available to them but that the tools themselves are fit for that purpose. Tis means constantly enhancing content (as an example we have just loaded searchable Colombian full text patent data in PatBase for the first time) and incorporating sophisticated tools for interpretation, from linguistic aids such as Language Explorer to analysis and visualisation features such as PatBase Analytics.” Knowledge feeds innovation. Patent
information is a hugely important source of technical and scientific knowledge, but the information can only
become knowledge
when users all over the world are able to access and understand it. Initiatives like the ASPI programme are important first steps to
empowering developing countries to
exploit information from patents to increase innovation.
the importance of patent
information in both developing and developed nations, patent
respond to the diverse and evolving needs in terms of content and accessibility. Searchable machine translations, integrated on-demand machine translation engines and multilingual interfaces are some of the ways providers cater for a global user base.
Katy Wood is global marketing manager at Minesoft and has seven years of experience in the IP industry, specialising in patent information. Her roles at Minesoft have included product development, sales and marketing. She can be contacted at:
katy@minesoft.com
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