EPO Webinars on patent landscapes of future and emerging technologies, Feb. 2, 4, 8, and 11, 2021 at 8:00 AM EST (GMT-05:00) | 2:00 PM CET (GMT+01:00)
EPO is offer in February 2020 (2, 4 and 8 and 11) four webinars on future and emerging technologies: CAR immunotherapy, Quantum simulation, 4D printing, and Graphene in healthcare based on EPO Patent Insight Reports (patent landscape studies). (Note, EPO Patent Insight Reports has been discussed at an EPO Workshop at 2019 PIUG Annual Conference in May 2019).
About EPO patent insight reports
Our patent insight reports focus on future and emerging technologies... They are designed to provide valuable insights into these potentially disruptive technologies.
... For each report, we develop a search strategy, using unique attributes of EPO data such as classification (CPC), citations and patent families. The search strategy is then applied, optimising both recall and precision, to create a technology-specific dataset based on EPO data. The resulting reports act as "snapshots" of emerging technologies, taken in the light of patent data.
https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/business/patent-insight-reports.html
Future and emerging technologies CAR immunotherapy – beyond T-cell Monday, February 1, 2021 8:00 AM EST | 2:00 PM CET (Registration link)
Presenters: Dr. Björn Jürgens, Dr. Nigel Clarke & Dominique Manu (EPO)
Description: CAR [chimeric antigen receptor] T-cell immunotherapy is a rapidly evolving technology in treating some cancers. We have updated our 2017 study to review the current state of development. We discovered that applications of CAR T-cell technology have extended beyond the boundaries on which we reported 3 years ago. Patent publications are an obvious and unique source of data regarding technological change. Especially in emerging and research-intensive sectors, patent information offers a basis for analysis where other data are limited. Statistical analyses of patent filings and publications can reveal valuable information for monitoring the evolution of an emerging technological field like CAR Immunology.
Additional info:
The patent landscape of CAR T-cell immunotherapy: Evolution of CAR T-cell immunotherapy in terms of patenting activity (EPO Webinar April 2020 (39 min),
Björn Jürgens and Nigel Clarke) Clarke. Nigel, Jürgens, Björn. Landscape study on patent filing: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Immunotherapy.EPO, December 2019, 18 p. (see also Data, 1,5 Mb)[An updated Patent insight report]
Nigel Clarke. Patent Insight Reports from the EPO: Future and Emerging Technologies (Presentation at EPO Workshop at 2019 PIUG Annual Conference, May 7, 2019, pp. 9-15)
Jürgens, B., Clarke, N.S., 2019, April. Evolution of CAR T-cell immunotherapy in terms of patenting activity. Nature Biotechnology 37(4), 370–375. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0083-5
Past, present and future of CAR T-cell technology: Evolution of CAR T-cell immunotherapy in terms of
patenting activity (Presentation, 26p. 14 February 2018, Björn Jürgens and Nigel Clarke) [Note from a presentation: Corresponding Author Björn Jürgens (CITPIA Patlib Centre); Support on search strategy Fredrik Aslund (EPO), Peter Bumb (EPO), Dominique Manu (EPO); Project coordination: Nigel Clarke (EPO). The research was completed in December 2017]
https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/business/patent-insight-reports.html
Related:
LSIPR webinar: CAR-T and other immunotherapies (BrightTalk webcast, Sep 3 2019, 61 mins; Iain Armstrong, Partner, HGF, a global IP firm)
Iain Armstrong Immunotherapy patents: Why CAR-T is driving up patent activity, World IP Review, 17-09-2019
Future and emerging technologies - quantum simulation (Thursday, February 4, 2021, 8:00 am EST | 2:00 PM CET)
(Registration link)
Presenters: Nigel Clarke, Andreas Gröger, Björn Jürgen
Description: The quantum technology field is conventionally divided into 4 sub fields: quantum sensing and metrology, quantum simulation, quantum computing, and quantum computing. We have already studied quantum sensing and metrology [See additional info below]. Our most recent patent analytical study covers second generation quantum simulation.
Additional Info:
The patent landscape of quantum sensing and metrology: Overview of the evolution of second generation quantum applications (EPO Webinar, June 2020 (52 min), Nigel Clarke and Björn Jürgens)
Clarke, N., Dias, J.D.M., Jürgens, B., Herrero-Solana, V., Landscape study on patent filing: Quantum metrology and sensing. EPO, September 2019, 15 p. (see also Insights (pptx, 34 slides with notes at 8-9,19-27 slides; Data, XLS, 200 KB)
Nigel Clarke. Patent Insight Reports from the EPO: Future and Emerging Technologies (Presentation at EPO Workshop at 2019 PIUG Annual Conference, May 7, 2019, pp. 9-15)
Future and emerging technologies - 4D printing (Thursday, February 8, 2021, 8:00 am EST | 2:00 PM CET)
(Registration link)
Presenters: Nigel Clarke , Björn Jürgens, Judy Ceulemans
Description: Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing as an emerging technology has entered the public consciousness over recent years. AM is considered to be one of the core technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. However, AM is continually breaking new ground and four-dimensional (4D) printing is frontier AM technology. 4D printing involves 3D printed objects that can self-assemble or reshape themselves over time. 4D printed products can change shape, colour or size to suit particular applications after first being made by “conventional” additive manufacturing. Statistical analyses of patent filings and publications can be helpful in monitoring developments in emerging technological fields such as 4D printing.
Additional info:
Clarke, Nigel. Case Study 4D printing In Ceulemas, Judy “Patents and additive manufacturing:Trends in 3D printing technologies” EPO Report. 2020, p.24-27
Future and emerging technologies - graphene in healthcare (February 11, 2020, 8 am EST | 2 pm CET)
(Registration link)
Presenters: Nigel Clarke & TBD
Description: Graphene is an allotrope of carbon and is an extensive two-dimensional planar layer of carbon atoms, arranged hexagonally. Graphene was first isolated 15 years ago. Since then, R&D has identified many areas of application of the material. In 2019, we reported on the application of graphene in composite materials as described by patent publications. Our latest study is on the use of graphene in healthcare. Statistical analyses of patent filings and publications can be helpful in monitoring developments in emerging technological fields such as the use of graphene in healthcare. However, to make the analysis manageable, we have narrowed down this very large field to applications of graphene in biosensors and bioimplants.
Additional info:
See a news release of Graphene Flagship on EPO study:
Tom Foley (Graphene Flagship). (24 November 2020) European Patent Office predicts promising trends for graphene in healthcare.
“…Patent examiners at the European Patent Office worked closely with the Graphene Flagship to scrutinise data from the hundreds of published patent applications for graphene-based inventions for medical applications. One part of the study, for instance, compares factors like the country of origin with the field of study to examine geographic trends in the patenting of graphene-based inventions. "We're slicing and dicing the data to produce a clean dataset, then looking into trends to create a timeline," Clarke says. By averaging data from all countries over the recent decades, the study finds that overall, Europe is in a very strong position in terms of the relative number of patent applications.
….A number of significant innovations in the field of graphene for healthcare have emerged from graphene research and development over the last few years. Clarke highlights a few of the most influential ones brought to light by his investigation: a Graphene FET-based biosensor by the Austrian Institute of Technology (EP2848929, a European patent), or a dental implant by Micro Medica SRL (EP2839807, also filed in Italy and the US).”
See also early EPO webinar on another graphene technology:
The patent landscape of Graphene Composite Technology (EPO Webinar, May 2020, 50:38, Nigel Clarke & Björn Jürgens)
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