IPOPHL CONDUCTS SEMINAR-WORKSHOP ON PATENT SEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION

IPOPHL CONDUCTS SEMINAR-WORKSHOP ON PATENT SEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION

Manila - August 6, 2014

As part of the series of training for the new members of the Innovation and Technology Support Office (ITSO), the seminar-workshop (SW) on Patent Search and Documentation commenced on August 6 at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). To date, there are 74 member ITSOs. Atty. Ricardo R. Blancaflor, Director General of #IPOPHL welcomed the participants and emphasized the need to make use of the country’s rich biodiversity –considered as green gold— in making the Philippines more competitive.

Mr. Michael Jorge N. Peralta, ITSO Manager of the University of Santo Tomas gave an overview of the intellectual property (IP) system which defined IP, its role in economic development, processes and protection. In order to teach the participants how to effectively search for patent documents, Dr. Jonathan L. Salvacion, ITSO Manager of the Mapua Institute of Technology presented how to classify patent documents.

The afternoon session included a workshop on patent classification which allowed the participants to have hands-on experience in accessing the International Patent Classification (IPC) of the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO). Later on, Mr. Harris M. Fulo of IPOPHL’s Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau (DITTB) discussed the classification results.

The second and third days of the SW will elaborate on the types of patent search, tools and strategies which will be closed by more hands-on workshops and discussions.

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Words:  Danya Regondon, IPOPHL

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