Patent Information Utilisation to Promote Innovation in the ASEAN Region

ERIAResearchProjectReportFY2024,No.01 PatentInformationUtilisationtoPromoteInnovationintheASEANRegion Editedby YoshitoshiTanaka PatentInformationUtilisationtoPromoteInnovationintheASEANRegion EconomicResearchInstituteforASEANandEastAsia(ERIA)SentralSenayanII6thFloor JalanAsiaAfrikaNo.8,GeloraBungKarnoSenayan,JakartaPusat10270 Indonesia ©EconomicResearchInstituteforASEANandEastAsia,2024ERIAResearchProjectReportFY2024No.01 PublishedinMay2024 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformbyanymeanselectronicormechanicalwithoutpriorwrittennoticetoandpermissionfromERIA. Thefindings,interpretations,conclusions,andviewsexpressedintheirrespectivechaptersareentirelythoseoftheauthor/sanddonotreflecttheviewsandpoliciesoftheEconomicResearchInstituteforASEANandEastAsia,itsGoverningBoard,AcademicAdvisoryCouncil,ortheinstitutionsandgovernmentstheyrepresent.Anyerrorincontentorcitationintherespectivechaptersisthesoleresponsibilityoftheauthor/s. Materialinthispublicationmaybefreelyquotedorreprintedwithproperacknowledgement. ListofAuthoriii Acknowledgementsiv ListofFiguresvi ListofTablesvii ExecutiveSummaryviii Chapter1BackgroundandProjectPurpose1 Chapter2ResearchPromotionOrganisationsandResearch3 Methodology Chapter3ResearchResults8 Chapter4ConclusionandRecommendations29 Appendices30 Figure2.1BasicFlowofWorkshopsandInventionBusinessContests5 Figure2.2ModelWorkshopProgrammeandInventionBusinessContest6Schedule Table3.1 NumberofSurveyResponsesReceived 8 Table3.2 PatentInformationDatabasesUsedbyIPOs 10 Table3.3 NationalPatentInformationDatabases 11 Table3.4 LanguageofNationalPatentInformationDatabases 13 Table3.5 ReasonsforPatentInformationSearching 14 Table3.6 SurveyResponsesfromUniversities 17 Table3.7 LinearRegressionforUniversitySurveyResults 18 Table3.8 SurveyResponsesfromPrivateCompanies 22 Table3.9 LinearRegressionforPrivateCompanyResults 22 Table3.10 LinearRegressionforLawFirmsResponses 24 Table3.11 WorkshopsandContestsSchedule 26 BackgroundandProjectPurpose 1.Background Thepatentsystemhasbeenestablishedasaglobalstandard,andaround3.4millionpatentapplicationsarefiledannuallyaroundtheworld(WIPOIntellectualPropertyStatistics,2021).Theamountofpatentinformation1issuedfarexceedsthenumberofacademicresearchpublicationsdevotedtoit;expectationsfortheeffectiveuseofpatentinformationareincreasing.Forpatentinformation,manydatabasesareavailable,suchasEspacenetfromtheEuropeanPatentOffice,DEPATISnetfromDeutschesPatentundMarkenamt(GermanPatentandTrademarkOffice),PatentscopefromtheWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization(WIPO),andJ-PlatPatbytheJapanPatentOffice. Atpresent,internationalcooperationonmutualexchangeofpatentgazettedataissuedinAssociationofSoutheastAsianNations(ASEAN)MemberStates(AMS)andthatissuedelsewherehasnotprogressedsufficiently.Indeed,manyoverseascompanieshaverequestedimprovementofsearchsystemsofpatentgazettesissuedinAMS. Asaneducationalactivityforpatentinformationretrieval,apatentinformationretrievalcompetitionbeganin2007inJapan.InJanuary2022,theTokyoInstituteofTechnologyheldapatentinformationretrievalworkshopandpatentinformationretrievalcompetitioninManila,Philippines,beginningeducation,training,anddisseminationactivitiesforpatentinformationretrievaloverseas.Atotalof160studentstookpartinthisworkshopandcompetition.There,ateamimpartedtheimportanceofpatentinformation,demonstratedsearchmethodsusingPatentscopeandJ-PlatPat,andheldafull-scalecompetitionforpatentinformationretrieval. 2.ProjectPurpose Atprivatecompaniesandhighereducationalinstitutions–likeuniversities–inAMS,patentinformationretrievalactivitiesarenascent,andfewpeoplehavebeentrainedinit.Toencouragelocalinnovation,patentinformationretrievalsystemsmustbepromotedas 1Patentinformationincludespriorartsearchatthetimeofpatentfiling,aswellasforfuture technologypredictions,nationalpolicymaking,competitivenessmeasurementsbetweencompanies,corporatemanagementstrategies,researchanddevelopmentstrategies,corporatevalueevaluations,explanationstoshareholdersandinvestors,andresearchthemesatuniversitiesandresearchinstitutes. wellasguidanceonpatentinformationanalysis.Thus,first,theneedsofprivatecompaniesanduniversitiesregardingpatentinformationretrievalactivitiesineachAMSmustbeunderstood.Aquestionnaireforintellectualpropertyoffices(IPOs),companies,andpatentattorneysregardingpatentinformationretrievalsystemsinAMSwascreatedanddistributedunderthisproject.2ResultssoughttodetailhowentitiesineachAMSusepatentinformationsearchsystems,thecurrentstateofeachcountrysystem,andspecificproblemsfacedbyusers. Second,patentinformationutilisationworkshopsandpatentinformationretrievalcompetitionswereheldthroughoutASEAN.Byinvitingrepresentativesfromprivatecompaniesanduniversitiesasparticipantsandprovidingopportunitiesforpracticaleducationinpatentinformationretrieval,theassociatedneedsineachAMSwererevealed.Thisknowledgewillnowmakefutureeducation,training,andothersupportmoreproductive.Suchactivitiesarealsousefulforbuildinganetworkofthoseinvolvedinp