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Optimizing innovations and IP in Sweden – Swedish Patent Office perspective

How can a patent office support universities, innovation agencies and science parks?Dr Hakan Yıldırım – Patent Examiner & Key Account Manager

“IP Management @ Universities” Istanbul, April 14 to 15, 2011 Albert Long Hall, BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY

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PRV – Patent- och Registreringsverket

• PRV is the Swedish authority responsible for patent, design and trademark protection• PCT office - ISEA and IPEA • Search and examination authority for Turkish patent applications

• PRVInterpat provides search and monitoring services• Novelty, Validity & Freedom-to-operate searches• Preliminary Patentability reports• International IP monitoring & citation searches

• PRV holds courses and seminars in IP rights

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Patenting in Sweden – Success

Source: Compendium of Patent Statistics – 2008 - OECD

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Patenting in Sweden – Challenges

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Transforming IP rights into business assets

University

Innovation Office

Science Park

Scientist = Owner of IP rights

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Karolinska Institutet – KIwww.ki.se

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KI innovation office and science park

www.karolinskainnovations.ki.se www.sciencepark.ki.se

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Development days for innovation offices

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Seminars for incubators & science parksCooperation with a governmental commercialization agency

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PRV’s IP courses www.prv.se

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PRV’s IP coursesFocus on commercialization

• Orientation course on IP rights• Others IP rights• eOLF Workshop• Oppositions and annulations at

OHIM• Commercialization of IP rights• IP rights and product life cycle• IP rights and ”call for bids”• The new trademark law

Beginner and advanced level courses:• Design • Patent• Trademark

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IP course with University of Borås www.hb.se

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IP lectures at Umeå School of Businesswww.usbe.umu.se

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Future workInnovation strategy for Sweden

Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications

PRVSwedish Patent and Registration Office

Vinnova Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation

Systems

Innovation strategy for Sweden

Identify and analyze the public support system for management of corporate IP rights

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Report/Examination

ISR, WO WO

Nationalapplication

PCTapplication

Regional/national phase

Noveltysearch FTO Validity FTO Validity

IPRP

Search and examination – Patent

Patent consultancy services - PRVInterpat

PRV supplies Sweden with examiners

FTO Validity

IP courses & Seminars