IPC, FI and F-term - WIPO - World Intellectual Property….pptVIP

Susumu IWASAKI Examination Policy Planning Office Japan Patent Office Contents Introduction (1)  JPO’s Contribution to the reformed IPC A huge volume of Japanese patent documents 　 (over 400,000 applications per year) Covered in every technical fields Introduction (4)Search index structure for JP patent documents JPO original search tool Subdivision of IPC (around 190,000 items) Covers all technical fields Covers all JP patent documents Backlog reclassification Available in the JPO internal system IPDL Biannual revise to keep pace with technology development What is FI? (3) Position of the FI in the reformed IPC Incorporation of the FI scheme into the reformed IPC in the following areas: 2007.01 Inverter devices (H02M7/) 　　T024 A004 2007.10 Hybrid Vehicles (B60K6/) 　　T010 A006 Air-conditioning systems (F24F) T035 A013 Back-log reclassification i.e. reassignment of revised F-terms to the Japanese patent documents already classified in the existing F-terms Available in the JPO internal system IPDL Comparison between IPC/FI/F-term (1) Comparison between IPC/FI/F-term (2) Effective search by F-term (1) F-term covers about 70% of all technical fields Average of F-term utilization rate : 42.4% F-term utilization rate 50% : around 600 themes out of 1800 themes Effective search by F-term (2) F-term search (1)-1 [Example 1] Collision Avoidance Radar [Example 1] Collision Avoidance Radar (G01S13/93) IPC: G01S 13/93 Radar or analogous systems, designed for anti-collision purposes FI: G01S 13/93@Z Anti-collision systems for automobile Theme: 5J070 (Radar systems and details thereof) F-term : AD00 Antennas and polarized waves 　　　　　　　　AD13 . Fixed Antenna 　　　　　　　BF00 Collision prevention BF19 . Curved roadway F-term search (1)-2 [Example 1] Collision Avoidance Radar Theme: 5J070 (Radar systems and details thereof) F-term: AD00