Transcript IP Prediagnosis

Institut national
de la
propriété
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
PREDIAGNOSIS
Pascal DUYCK – INPI – Director of Regional Action
industrielle
IP Prediagnosis
Presentation
 What is prediagnosis?
 Who is it addressed to?
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Results
 Performance as at 1st September 2008
 Evaluation
Future outlook
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Institut national
de la
propriété
Presentation
industrielle
IP Prediagnosis: why?
 The challenge: SMEs make hardly any
use of industrial property.
> Too expensive
> Too complicated
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 Barriers to SMEs accessing IP have been
identified:
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Evaluation of industrial property issues for a
company from a global perspective
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Taking account of all the tools industrial property
has to offer
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Prediagnosis will never be:
> Just documentary research
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> An IP diagnosis of just one project
> Just a legal service
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IP Prediagnosis: the sequence of
events
1st interview
A report is drafted by the expert
The report is submitted by the expert to the
company
> Avenues to pursue
> Resources
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> The company comes under review (business activities, products)
> Survey of IP practices
> Competition
IP Prediagnosis in practice
Case handled by: an INPI expert or an outside expert
authorised by INPI
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Cost : 1,500 € - totally subsidised by INPI
Undertaking signed by INPI and company management
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IP Prediagnosis: who does it
address?
 SMEs with less than 1,000 employees
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 Hardly any use made of IP and more particularly patents
(no patent applied for in the last five years)
Resources made available
Human resources
> Establishment of a network of in-house experts
> Development of a network of experts from outside
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Technical resources
> Guidebook
> Standard appendices
Quality
> Monitoring service quality
> Monitoring client satisfaction
Prospection Network
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propriété
RESULTS
industrielle
Performance in France
Number of prediagnosis cases handled
2500
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Satisfaction survey among SMEs
 Quality control: annual survey
 Impact of prediagnoses in 2007
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 satisfaction level good or excellent: 90%
 fuller appreciation of IP: 74%
 IP action initiated following prediagnosis: 68%
> With applications filed: 66%
42% patents
53% trademarks
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Evaluation by the European
Commission
 High satisfaction level among companies handled
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 Impact on IP practice
 Success factors demonstrated
> Qualification level of experts fielded
> Outreach: via local innovation-promoting networks
> Dovetails with other schemes (PTR)
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Future developments
 High points
> Start-ups
> Cross-border developments
> Handover
 Development of prediagnosis in other countries:
> Requests from: Portugal, Belgium
> Passed on by EPO
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 Typology of companies: facility to assist with handling
prediagnoses
Thank you for your attention
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Pascal DUYCK
INPI
Director of Regional Action
[email protected]
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