980050 TS Patent Searching (2012W)
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (Please check-in at reception 15 minutes before the workshop starting time)
Place: European Patent Office, Rennweg 12, 1030 Vienna, Room 248
Please note: Participation is subject to an accepted research proposal or an dissertation agreement. Please send your research proposal to training.doktorat@univie.ac.at
Beside the online registration you can also register via e-mail (training.doktorat@univie.ac.at) until January 13th.
Place: European Patent Office, Rennweg 12, 1030 Vienna, Room 248
Please note: Participation is subject to an accepted research proposal or an dissertation agreement. Please send your research proposal to training.doktorat@univie.ac.at
Beside the online registration you can also register via e-mail (training.doktorat@univie.ac.at) until January 13th.
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Language: English
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The goal of the workshop is to provide doctoral candidates and staff in scientific disciplines with a general understanding of how to formulate effective patent search strategies in Espacenet, thereby identifying the patent literature of greatest relevance to their research projects. No previous knowledge of patents, patent databases, or database searching is assumed. However, prior attendance at the 'Introduction to Patents and Inventions` workshop (on 23.01.13) may facilitate understanding.
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Patents deliver a wealth of scientific knowledge that complements the information available from journal publications. Searching of patent prior art is also an important element of an analysis of the patentability of an invention, helping to determine whether it may be possible and worthwhile to obtain patent protection for the invention.
The European Patent Office (EPO) is not only one of the major patent examining and granting authorities, but is also a world leader in developing patent databases. Espacenet is a database of more than 90 million worldwide data sets (inventions) that has been made available free-of-charge to the public by the EPO. The EPO trainers will guide participants through the information available in the Espacenet database, and show them how to develop suitable search strategies to find the most relevant patent documents.