Patent Information Utilisation to Promote Innovation in the ASEAN Region

Edited by Yoshitoshi Tanaka Patent Information Utilisation to Promote Innovation in the ASEAN Region Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)Sentral Senayan II 6thFloorJalan Asia Afrika No. 8, Gelora Bung KarnoSenayan, Jakarta Pusat 10270Indonesia © Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2024ERIA Research Project Report FY2024 No. 01Published in May 2024 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrievalsystem, or transmitted in any form by any means electronic or mechanical without priorwritten notice to and permission from ERIA. The findings, interpretations, conclusions, and views expressed in their respectivechapters are entirely those of the author/s and do not reflect the views and policies of theEconomic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, its Governing Board, AcademicAdvisory Council, or the institutions and governments they represent. Any error in contentor citation in the respective chapters is the sole responsibility of the author/s. Materialin this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted with properacknowledgement. Table of Contents List of Authoriii Acknowledgementsiv List of Figuresvi List of Tablesvii Executive Summaryviii Chapter 2ResearchPromotionOrganisationsandResearchMethodology3 Research Results8 Chapter 3 Conclusion and Recommendations29 Appendices30 List of Figures Figure 2.1Basic Flow of Workshops and Invention Business Contests5Figure 2.2Model Workshop Programme and Invention Business ContestSchedule6 List of Table Table 3.1Table 3.2Table 3.3Table 3.4Table 3.5Table 3.6Table 3.7Table 3.8Table 3.9Table 3.10Table 3.11 Number of Survey Responses Received8Patent Information Databases Used by IPOs10National Patent Information Databases11Language of National Patent Information Databases13Reasons for Patent Information Searching14Survey Responses from Universities17Linear Regression for University Survey Results18Survey Responses from Private Companies22Linear Regression for Private Company Results22Linear Regression for Law Firms Responses24Workshops and Contests Schedule26 Chapter 1 Background and Project Purpose 1.Background The patent system has been established as a global standard, and around 3.4 millionpatent applications are filed annually around the world (WIPO Intellectual PropertyStatistics, 2021). The amount of patent information1issued far exceeds the number ofacademic research publications devoted to it; expectations for the effective use of patentinformation are increasing. For patent information, many databases are available, suchas Espacenet from the European Patent Office, DEPATISnet from Deutsches Patent undMarkenamt(German Patent and Trademark Office),Patentscope from the WorldIntellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and J-PlatPat by the Japan Patent Office. At present, international cooperation on mutual exchange of patent gazette data issued inAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States (AMS) and that issuedelsewhere has not progressed sufficiently. Indeed, many overseas companies haverequested improvement of search systems of patent gazettes issued in AMS. As an educational activity for patent information retrieval, a patent information retrievalcompetition began in 2007 in Japan. In January 2022, the Tokyo Institute of Technologyheld a patent information retrieval workshop and patent information retrieval competitionin Manila, Philippines, beginning education, training, and dissemination activities forpatent information retrieval overseas. A total of 160 students took part in this workshopandcompetition.There,a team imparted the importance of patent information,demonstrated search methods using Patentscope and J-PlatPat, and held a full-scalecompetition for patent information retrieval. 2.Project Purpose At private companies and higher educational institutions – like universities – in AMS,patent information retrieval activities are nascent, and few people have been trained in it.To encourage local innovation, patent information retrieval systems must be promoted as well as guidance on patent information analysis. Thus, first, the needs of privatecompanies and universities regarding patent information retrieval activities in each AMSmust be understood. A questionnaire for intellectual property offices (IPOs), companies,and patent attorneys regarding patent information retrieval systems in AMS was createdand distributed under this project.2 Results sought to detail how entities in each AMS usepatent information search systems, the current state of each country system, and specificproblems faced by users. Second, patentinformation utilisation workshops and patent information retrievalcompetitions were held throughout ASEAN. By inviting representatives from privatecompanies and universities as participants and providing opportunities for practicaleducation in patent information retrieval, the associated needs in each AMS were revealed.T