Patent Advisor Fleur Arnold (Agentschap NL) explains how to use the patent database.

1. Strategic use Fleur Arnold Octrooiadviseur NL Octrooicentrum of patent database

4. As a PhD student you developed a pile of product idea’s about lab-on-chip devices to analyse fluid materials. You want to start a business with 2 idea’s. “ What use is de patent database for me?”

5. over 1.500 patents concerning: “ investigating electrochemical variables; by using electrolysis or electrophoresis” … in a “micro-apparatus” …. “ G01N27/447C7” Searching the patent database: use patent classification system , using just keywords is not good. What is going on in this field concerning patents? How much?

6. What is going on in this field concerning patents? When? # patent documents in “G01N27/447C7” # 20 vs 200

7. What is going on in this field concerning patents? By whom? Top 5 patent applicants in “ G01N27/447C7 “ Dutch guy’s to cooperate with? Compagny # patent documents in data base 1 CALIPER 339 2 ACLARA BIOSCIENCES, INC. 40 3 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 25 4 AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 24 5 APPLERA CORPORATION 24 MEDIMATE HOLDING B V NXP BV KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV STICHTING TECH WETENSCHAPP MICRONIT MICROFLUIDICS B V SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY BV BOEHM SEBASTIAN

8. Most recent at the top … you can check what frontier research is done by whom… 2010 – 09 - 23

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