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"SERVICES" The analysis and research carried out by Ufficio Studi e PatLib offers information on patents and publications and provides access to a large amount of data useful for defining future development strategies on the basis of the results already stored. The services available are:
Information on patents:
Research on patents already registered throughout the world is carried out using specialised data banks. An initial interview is always required to find out more about the topic. Professional confidentiality is guaranteed. Descriptions in patents are not always explicit and the classifications established by the examiners for the national Patent Offices may vary. The most appropriate analysis strategy is defined on the basis of information gathered: the final result is a collection of complete texts (if available) of the most significant patents, accompanied by a commentary.
Document retrieval:
Ufficio Studi e PatLib has access to numerous document data banks, each dealing with a specific technical/scientific sector. These contain details of articles, reports and minutes of meetings published worldwide and are continually updated. This type of document provides a picture of ongoing activity among researchers and technologists in academic institutions or in public and private research laboratories, providing a valuable update on recent advances which have not yet had productive results. In ascertaining the patentability of a finding, it is necessary to integrate patent research, document recovery and search via internet, since material that has been published constitutes a precedent (prior-case) which may cancel out the fundamental originality requirement. Technological Monitoring and Business Intelligence:
A continuous or occasional monitoring system of the patents and documents published within a certain sector provides useful information for defining future strategies. The patents are indeed registered before the idea in question is ready for the market and it can take even longer before the ongoing document recovery is carried through. The results of data analysis can be therefore useful to understand developments in the worlds of research and business, which sectors are attracting most investment, what changes in strategy are being introduced by the big groups influencing the markets, how the most active competitors on the international scene are operating and which businesses or researchers might be regarded as potential partners. In particular, Ufficio Studi e PatLib has data-processing equipment which can be used for extracting information on and interpreting trends emerging from document packages. Such software applications can be used for larger document packages and are therefore more useful for monitoring rather than for individual document or patent recovery in response to specific queries. Ufficio Studi e PatLib provides information regarding patents and documents. Assistance in the drafting of patents and in the procedures for patent issuing is obviously provided by professional consultants within the sector. For further information: Ms. Liana Nardone tel. +39 040.375 5120 – 040.375 5125 mailto: patlib@area.trieste.it
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