Patent Information Users Group, Inc.

September 18, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT | 5 PM PM EDT

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Searching patents on a patent database is an art followed by experience and technical expertise of the searcher. For this, one must know how to effectively search patents using technical keywords, various operators, and prior experience. However, in case of Industrial design search, one cannot rely on keywords as the design can have a different title than expected. For instance, a design patent for corkscrew that is used for opening wine bottles can use the title “sommelier knife” or “waiter’s friend” and it becomes tricky to capture such patents using general keyword-based search. Therefore, it is crucial to create an efficient search strategy to ensure the comprehensiveness of search.

Key-points to be covered:

1. How to decide if a design search is needed.
2. Design patent databases that are available in the market.
3. What is Keyword-based design search? Does it work on Design patent search?
4. What is Classification-based search? Does IPC or CPC Classification work for a design search?
5. Date Restrictions – How to ensure optimal date coverage.

Key-note speaker: Rohit Kumar, Assistant Manager, Sagacious IP

Anchor: Tanmay Mittal, IP Head, Sagacious IP

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https://sagaciousresearch.com/blog/webinar-best-practices-for-conducting-design-patent-searches/

Other upcoming  Sagacious IP webinars of interest:
Know How to Patent Legal Status (October 5, 2020)
Best Strategies to Search Non-Patent Literatures? (October 20, 2020)
Contemporary Landscapes: An Efficient Tool Providing Simultaneous Business and Legal Insights for Better Investment Decisions (November 11, 2020)
https://sagaciousresearch.com/blog/subscribe-for-all-upcoming-webinars/

Additional webinars/presentations related designs and design searching:

Legal Advantage, Prior Art Searching Designs CLE Webinar (1:11:04, recorded Apr. 21, 2020)

Longauer, L., Stutz, R., 2020. Where Art Meets Science: Researching Industrial Designs. (CompuMark webinar (1:00:47), recorded Apr. 15, 2020, see also a CompuMark white paper, 7 p.)

DeMarco, D., 2019. Best Practices in Searching Designs. Presented at 2019 PIUG Conference. 43 p.

European IPR Helpdesk, 2015. Design searching. Fact Sheet. 12 p.

WIPO Global Design Database webinars: An Introduction (Recording April 16, 2020 (33:25); forthcoming Sep. 30, 2020 and December 15, 2020); Practical Cases (recording February 27, 2020 (17:54), forthcoming November 26, 2020) How to Read, Save and Share Your Results (forthcoming October 29, 2020). [see also: The Global Design Database: How to search (help file)]

USPTO Webinar: Learn about design patents October 16, 2020 (2h)

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner: Top Design Practice Tips for Utility-Minded Practitioners, (Webinar 57:15, recorded Aug. 2020) (slides, 34 p.) [design patents vs utility patents]

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner (UK) Design Protection in Europe (Webinar: 52:32, recorded Jan. 30, 2020) (slides, 18 p.)