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Enhancing Patent Access: Open Patent Services Workshop Insights

This workshop, held in Vienna in September 2009, presented innovations in Open Patent Services (OPS) aimed at improving access for SMEs and users interested in bioinformatics resources. Manager Nigel Clarke discussed the evolution from OPS version 1 to version 2, highlighting enhancements such as XML support, bibliographic and full-text inquiries, and better user guidelines under the "Fair Use" charter. Participants gained understanding of integrated systems for automated access and compliance with EPO resource usage policies, ensuring clarity on service availability and user behavior.

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Enhancing Patent Access: Open Patent Services Workshop Insights

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  1. Patent Information:Open Patent Services3rd Annual Forum for SMEsInformation Workshop on European Bioinformatics Resources Nigel S. Clarke Manager Online Products and User Support Vienna, September 2009

  2. Open Patent Services:the evolution of a web service Written by: Davide Lingua Presented by: Nigel Clarke EPO Vienna September 2009

  3. EPO Mainframe Web Services Client (non-EPO) Web Services Client (non-EPO) Databases generate HTML generate XML generate XML esp@cenet and OPS: A different look at the same picture OPS v.1 OPS v.2

  4. The "Fair use" charter

  5. "Fair use" charter

  6. esp@cenet and OPS: • Free of charge • 24x7 Availability : 24 hours/day, 7 days/week • (Note: regular and extraordinary outages) • esp@cenet has been developed for human users only  no robots please • OPS: is dedicated to integrated systems/automated access  restrictions when bulk downloading • And: EPO resources are limited

  7. The "Fair use" charter • To give clarity on: • what the EPO can offer • how the users are expected to behave • Visible on: • http://ep.espacenet.com and • http://ops.epo.org/ • Main principle: Human users always come first!

  8. Specific to OPS • Integrated systems and robots must: • let us know who they are (IP address used)! • Sign a data user agreement • Observe restrictions as indicated • Enforcement of these principles is being implemented gradually

  9. Open Patent Services v.1http://ops.espacenet.com

  10. Open Patent Services (OPS) v.1 • To be discontinued in October/November 2009 • Retrieval of data for single input numbers • In operation since Summer 2003

  11. The latest statistics for OPS v.1 (week 20/2009)

  12. Open Patent Services v.2http://ops.epo.org

  13. OPS version 2 A complete overhaul of the version 1 XML and more: • Launched in December 2008 • Makes OPS a "document literal" web service • New elements are supported in the input XML • Returns bibliography and full-text in St. 36 XML • Adds operations to allow bibliographicsearch • Adds equivalents and full-textinquiry

  14. The latest statistics for OPS v.2 (week 20/2009)

  15. Information page http://ops.epo.org Check the input examples New documentation to be added soon!

  16. OPS v.2: Document literal

  17. Biblio and full-text in St. 36 XML • Bibliographic data is returned in XML derived from the WIPO St. 36 used in DOCDB exchange • Full-text data is returned in XML compatible with the extensions to the WIPO St. 36 planned for full-text exchange

  18. Bibliographic search • Completely new feature • Input is query in Contextual Query Language (CQL): <ops:query>ti=bicycle and gear and pr=IT</ops:query> • For more info check http://zing.z3950.org/cql/intro.html • Allows retrieval of multiple IDs for documents found • IDs can be used in improved bibliographic retrieval to obtain data for multiple publications

  19. Full-text inquiry • Completely new feature • Inquiry for full-text availability • Input is a publication number • Indicates whether claims or description texts are available

  20. Equivalents inquiry • Completely new feature • Input is a publication number • Provides list of equivalents ("simple family") • Only one number per publication cycle (full publication cycle available in "biblio request")

  21. Tips on using OPS v.2

  22. The DOCDB format Always contains • CC: ISO two letter country code • NNNNNNNNNNNN: up to 12 digit number • KK: DOCDB kind code, always 2 positions, can be wildcard (%, #) <document-id> <country>US</country> <doc-number>5000014</doc-number> <kind>A#</kind> </document-id> • Check the link: http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/46B8A2BFCD345BB8C12572990053478F/$File/publication_formats_numbers_0708_en.pdf

  23. The EPODOC publication format Is of the kind: CCNNNNNNNNNNNN(K) • CC: ISO two letter country code • N(N...): can be up to 12 digits (EP is 7), NO SPACES • (K): attached kind code (kc) letter <document-id> <country></country> <doc-number>EP1915004</doc-number> <kind></kind> </document-id> (K): if kc A(n), letter A never attached if kc D(n) to Z(n), first letter always attached if kc B(n) or C(n), first letter (up to 2 characters for JP) can be attached i(f this is necessary to differentiate documents belonging to overlapping number-series)

  24. Tips • Namespaces "exc:" and "ops:" • Wildcards: % (0 or 1 character), # (space) • Beware of PCT application number formats in DOCDB • Use the SOAP request examples • SOAP fault "Ambiguous seed" • Other error's handling

  25. Two namespaces - two sets of references • exc:publication-reference • exc:application-reference • exc:priority-claim • ops:publication-reference • ops:application-reference • ops:priority-claim • ops:query • ops:document-retrieval

  26. WO application formats in DOCDB • Until 1.1.2004: CCyynnnnnW • After 1.1.2004: CCccyynnnnnnW • CC=country code where filing took place (IB=International Buro) • cc=century (20), yy=year • nnnnnn=sequential number (6 digits, 5 digits before 2004) • W= mandatory application kind code • Examples: • PCT/FR00/01957  DOC-DB "_FR_____0001957W%" • PCT/GB02/04635  DOC-DB "_GB_____0204635W%" • PCT/IB2004/000639  DOC-DB "_IB__2004000639W%"

  27. WO application formats in DOCDB: examples <exch:application-reference data-format="docdb"> <document-id> <country>IB</country> <doc-number>2004000639</doc-number> <kind>%%</kind> </document-id> </exch:application-reference> <exch:application-reference data-format="docdb"> <document-id> <country>FR</country> <doc-number>0001957</doc-number> <kind>%%</kind> </document-id> </exch:application-reference> Search for an application number Tip: use the wildcard

  28. Ambiguous seed Published application JP3119522A 19910521 Utility model JP3119522U U 19911210 Granted patent JP3119522B2 B2 20001225 OPS Request <ops:biblio-retrieval xmlns:ops="http://ops.epo.org" xmlns:exch="http://www.epo.org/exchange"> <exch:publication-reference data-format="docdb"> <document-id> <country>JP</country> <doc-number>3119522</doc-number> <kind>%%</kind> </document-id> </exch:publication-reference> </ops:biblio-retrieval> Three different inventions

  29. OPS response <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> ........................ <faultstring xml:lang="en-US">The requested reference was ambiguous.</faultstring> ..................... </ambiguous-input> <resolution> <exch:publication-reference xmlns:exch="http://www.epo.org/exchange" xmlns:ops="http://ops.epo.org" data-format="docdb"> <document-id> <country>JP</country> <doc-number>3119522</doc-number> <kind>B2</kind> </document-id> </exch:publication-reference> </resolution> <resolution> <exch:publication-reference xmlns:exch="http://www.epo.org/exchange" xmlns:ops="http://ops.epo.org" data-format="docdb"> <document-id> <country>JP</country> <doc-number>3119522</doc-number> <kind>U</kind> </document-id> </exch:publication-reference> </resolution> ........................ </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

  30. Error handling OPS returns now SOAP faults instead of errors. For instance: <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <SOAP-ENV:Header/> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <SOAP-ENV:Fault> <faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Client</faultcode> <faultstring xml:lang="en">The request was invalid.</faultstring> </SOAP-ENV:Fault> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

  31. Additional features of OPS v.2 • More citations: EP/WO, US, GB, FR, DE, AU, NL, ES, CH, BE, ... • More full text documents (description and/or claims): EP, WO, AT, CA, CH

  32. Further planning • Implementation of fair use policy • Retrieval of ECLA classes in XML format • Number services • Extension of full text coverage • Full text search in En, De, Fr • New operations for the EP Register

  33. Thank you for yourattention D 5.5.2Davide Linguadlingua@epo.org

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