EPO - Patent Knowledge Week 2023 - European Commission

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This year's Patent Knowledge Week will cover several themes, including data, information, knowledge and intelligence. The event will cast a spotlight on patent intelligence and patent analytics and how to address user-specific needs and help unlock the "power of patent data".

intellectual property | patent
Tuesday 28 November 2023, 09:00 - Thursday 30 November 2023, 15:00 (CET)
Live streaming available

Practical information

When: Tuesday 28 November 2023, 09:00 - Thursday 30 November 2023, 15:00 (CET)
Who should attend: Patent Knowledge Week caters for a wide range of audiences, from patent information specialists to newcomers from SMEs, universities, research and development, and economic research institutes.
Languages: English
Organisers: European Patent Office
Website: Event Website
Entrance fee: Free of charge

Description

Programme:

28 November 2023

09.00 - 10.30 hrs	Welcome by moderator Welcome address António Campinos, President of the EPO  Keynote speech Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on patents and patent searching (TBC)
10.30 - 11.00 hrs	Morning break
11.00 - 12.30 hrs	Patent intelligence This session will give insight into the impact that AI might have on patent searching. It will also provide overview on other important aspects of patent intelligence, such as data coverage for patent analytics, connecting patent data to other data sources and future EPO technology platforms.
12.30 - 13.30 hrs	Lunch break
13.30 - 15.00 hrs	Panel discussion: Focus on AI In this panel discussion, experts from different domains will discuss the impact of AI for applicants, searchers, and IP authorities.

29 November 2023

09.30 - 10.50 hrs

Welcome by moderator
Keynote address

The Unitary Patent: introduction
A lot has already been published on the Unitary Patent. But have you only just found out about it? This session will provide an overview of the Unitary Patent System and how to use EPO patent information data, tools and services to find Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court-related information.

11.00 - 12.30 hrs

SMEs and startups
In this session, the focus will be small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups. The participants will hear about the EPO-EUIPO study on startups and the launch of the Deep Tech Finder tool, before sharing some practical tips and guidance for startups and considering what lies ahead for EPO technology platforms.

12.30 - 13.30 hrs

Lunch break

13.30 - 15.00 hrs

Afternoon labs
Parallel afternoon sessions will provide participants with the opportunity to learn and discuss key EPO patent information products such as Espacenet, PATSTAT and IPscore.

Afternoon lab themes (each lab will have a limited number of seats):

Get the most out of your patent searches with Espacenet
Patent evaluation with the new IPscore 3.0
PATSTAT foundations
Exotic kind codes and suffixes in worldwide patent information

30 November 2023

09.00 - 10.30 hrs	Welcome by moderator Keynote address Data In this data session, some of the advanced aspects of patent data will be covered. In particular, the focus will be on the specific aspects of the EPO worldwide bibliographic data (DOCDB) and the EPO worldwide legal event data (INPADOC) repositories.
10.30 - 11.00 hrs	Morning break
11.00 - 12.30 hrs	Panel discussion: the future of patent information Commercial providers and users will discuss the future of patent information.
12.30 - 13.30 hrs	Lunch break
13.30 - 15.00 hrs	Knowledge transfer and sustainability In this session the emphasis will be on the development of patent information and how it relates to other areas such as finance and sustainability. EPO's current knowledge transfer activities will also be addressed. Closing remarks