Thomson Reuters Expands Japanese Patent Coverage in Derwent World Patents Index
Philadelphia, PA (May
16, 2008)
Addition of English-translated
Japanese Utility Models Provides Most Comprehensive
Access to Proliferating Asian Patent Data
Thomson Reuters,
the world’s leading source of intelligent
information for businesses and professionals, has
further increased coverage of the growing patent
activity in the Asia Pacific region with the addition
of registered Japanese Utility Models in Derwent
World Patents Index® (DWPISM).
This is the latest addition to the DWPI database,
with Chinese Utility Model Registrations added
in October 2007. The inclusion of the Japanese
Utility Models provides the best access to Asian
patents in English, and further enhances the value
of DWPI for prior art and patentability searches.
“More applications are filed in Japan than
anywhere else in the world, so it’s critically
important that organizations are aware of the breadth
of innovations protected in this country,” said
David Brown, Executive Vice President, Corporate
Markets for the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters. “By
offering this critical Japanese patent data, we are
extending our leadership position in providing the
most comprehensive English-language coverage of Asian
patent data.”
Utility models are similar to patents, but require
a less stringent review process and offer a shorter
protection period. Japanese Utility Models, which
have a protection period of 10 years from the application
date, tend to be used to seek protection for devices
that have a short lifecycle, or for inventions that
have a lower technological aspect when compared to
a full patent. Approximately 150-200 utility models
are published each week by the Japanese Patent Office
(8,000 to 10,000 annually).
The English-translated Japanese Utility Models,
beginning with records published on January 10, 2008,
are available in DWPI and Derwent World
Patents Index First ViewSM. Unexamined applications
and some granted Japanese patents are available within
6-10 days of publication.
DWPI is the world’s most comprehensive
database of value-added patent documents. It provides
detailed, value-added titles and abstracts — in
English — for patent documents issued in over
30 languages. For more information about DWPI,
please visit http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/products/dwpi/.
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