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INNOVATION
MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
MRS. ANGELICA ELIA SILIS REYES Coordinator of
the Technological Information Centre November
2009
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The Innovation can be consider as an
interactive process that has place in the
different phases of the product construction.
The Invention is the generation of an idea that
can resolve a technical problem.
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The Technological Innovation
Is one of the elements that are determinants for
the exit of an enterprise, and makes it obtain
more benefits by the process of innovation, if it
considers the benefits that are involved in the
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). The tools
that offers the IPRs system make easier the
process of taking to the commerce the innovate
technology, by one side, reducing the risks and
by the other increasing the competitiveness of
the enterprise.
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The IPRs in our life
The IPRs are around us, just with the creativity
and the inventive step of the humans. Each
product or service that we use daily as the
result of a large chain of innovations.
The intellectual property is in all the steps of
the innovation process.
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The Patent Information

• Intellectual Property Rights are an important
  driver of innovation and productivity in a
  knowledge-based economy. In particular, IPRs in
  the form of patents may also be a valuable source
  of technical and scientific information and ideas
  on how to address environmental and health and
  safety concerns associated with industrial
  activity.
• In the network age, many small and medium-sized
  enterprises, researchers, and government agencies
  concerned with resource development, have not
  taken full advantage of this unique and valuable
  source of information.

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The Patent information

• In a knowledge-driven economy, effective use of
  patent information is a contributor to the
  success of any enterprise, big or small, as
  patent document collections have an unmatched
  wealth of detailed and practically-oriented
  business, legal and technical information
  compared with any other types of business, legal,
  scientific or technical publications around the
  world.
• Patent information is more than just
  technological or legal information. When
  developing a new product, comparative
  technological information may determine the
  success or failure of the product and, in turn,
  the success or failure of the company itself.

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What has done Mexico for a good use of IP
resources
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BACKGROUND

• The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property was
  created, by a Presidential Decree, on December
  10th, 1993 as a decentralized entity from
  Mexicos Federal Administration, with its own
  legal personality and budget.
• IMPI was entrusted with the task of managing the
  Industrial Property System in Mexico.

IMPIs premises in Mexico City
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REGIONAL OFFICES
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REGIONAL OFFICES
Services Western (April 2000) Northern (November 2000) Southeastern (March 2002) Bajío (August 2002) Center (2007) Total
Invention applications received 2,123 2,041 378 1,328 5,870
Distinctive sign applications received 47,349 31,676 7,581 17,124 103,730
Promotion activities 1,049 1,179 769 855 176 4,028
Figures from its opening until December 2008
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TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION SERVICES

• IMPI provides a Technical Information Search
  service, oriented towards providing information
  to the users that are seeking to protect their
  technological developments.

Technical Information Searches 1994-2008 21,426

• This service allows them to know the state of the
  art of the technology that has been published, as
  well as to identify a possible barrier to obtain
  a registration or to grant a patent.

Figures December 2008
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PATENTING CENTERS

• On 2004, IMPI launched a project to establish
  industrial property offices, also called
  Patenting Centers. These offices are being
  located within Universities, Research Centres and
  Industrial Chambers, to guide researchers,
  businessmen, professors and their associates, on
  the proceedings to protect and register IPRs at
  IMPI.
• More than 31 Patenting Centers have been
  established nationwide.
• 7 of them located in Mexico City and the Estado
  de México.
• 24 of them located in the states covered by
  IMPIs Regional Offices.
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• This project is being evaluated to be considered
  as grounds for the creation of Technology
  Transfer Offices (TTOs), foreseen in the
  Science, Technology and Innovation Act which is
  being studied by the Congress.

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PATENTING CENTER OBJECTIVES

They are created to....

1. Offer Intellectual Property advisory about
   inventions.
2. Help inventors to redact patent applications and
   to carry on all the paperwork.
3. Improve Technology Transfer activities at the
   institution or organization holding a Patenting
   Center.
4. Promote Intellectual Property culture through
   conferences, seminars, talks and related courses.
5. Increase the patent and trademark registration.
6. Take innovation culture to those places not
   covered by IMPI Regional Offices or the Secretary
   of Economy Delegations.
7. Use patent databases as innovation tools.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Financing Patenting Centers are managed and
supported by the institution or organization
holding it. Localization Most of the centers
selected an area inside a library or a similar
place so all the technical information can be
easily reached. Place and Furniture The places
have at least 12 square meters and 2 computers
with internet.
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Technical Information Through the internet
interested people have access to the main free
patent databases and are able to download IMPI
official formats. Gazettes and Documental
Archives are also available according to a
previous signed agreement. Human Resources
Patenting Center people receive intellectual
property training including redaction of patent
applications and IMPI formats filling.
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OFFERED SERVICES

1. Intellectual Property Advisory.
2. Help inventors with the carry on of all the
   paperwork and the presentation of patent
   applications.
3. Searching assistance and training.
4. Direct access to the Documental Archives of the
   Technological Information Center (CIT).
5. Updated Intellectual Property information.
6. Information about all the IMPI services.
7. Technical and Intellectual Property assistance
   for business incubators so projects can be
   properly evaluated.
8. Technology Transfer Services.

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Some reasons for making activitiesPCT
Applications as an Information Source

• So far, around the world some 40 million patents
  have been published, in all possible technical
  fields and one million patent documents are
  added every year.
• Growth rates in the filing of PCT applications
  have been particularly dynamic over the last nine
  years. It took 18 years from the beginning of PCT
  operations in 1978 to reach 250,000 total
  applications.
• International patent filings under WIPOs Patent
  Cooperation Treaty (PCT) grew by 2.4 in 2008, to
  nearly 164,000.
• The largest number of applications received from
  developing countries came from the Republic of
  Korea (7,908) and China (6,089) followed by India
  (766), Brazil (451), South Africa (382), Turkey
  (367), Mexico (210), and Malaysia (177).

International filing year
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Website for SMEs

• A knowledge-based economy will empower people,
• Its people producing and absorbing knowledge and
  people creating and using technology that will
  add value to Mexican economy.
• In China, the State Council approved, in 2006, a
  20-year outline for science and technology
  expansion. It calls for a near doubling of RD
  investment, banking policies and fiscal
  incentives to support sci-tech startups and
  venture capitalists, a system for evaluating
  researchers and research institutes, IPRs
  strategy, improved government support of
  industry, and an enhanced capacity to build
  creative personnel.
• If we look at our country and take care of
  Chinas example, we have to make reflections as
• The Mexican economy is supported mainly by SMEs.
  
• The Patent system is growing continuously, and is
  one of the best tools to leverage development.

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In Mexico
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SMEs and Technological Information

• IMPI promotes the disclosure of technological
  information contained in patent documents by the
  PYMETEC system.

Free Use Technology
SMES
Patent Document
Licenses
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How we help the SMES With the PATENT
INFORMATION WEBSITE FOR SMEs PYMETEC
IMPI, with its own technical resources and
funding from the Department of the Economy,
developed on 2005 a Patent Information Website
for SMEs called PYMETEC (www.pymetec.gob.mx),
oriented towards displaying patent information
considered to be public domain and, therefore,
can be used by anyone without infringing IPRs.
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Website Design

• The information is lighted with the following
  colors, indicating respectively

Technologies protected in Mexico with the
possibility to be licensed by their holder.
227,447
Technologies that might be used in
Mexico. (requires further consultation with the
IMPI)
1,080,638
Technologies that are not protected in
Mexico, and therefore can be used in our country.
49,673
Date 31/01/09
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What is PYMETEC?
PYMETEC is a website for providing technological
information, contained in patent documents, to
the SMEs, researchers, academy and people in
general for empowering Mexicos technological
development. This tool focuses in making easier
and faster the technological information search.
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What is PYMETEC?

• It targets to SMEs by solving technical problems
  in the organizations.
• The website was designed following the
  preconception of a technological alert, but using
  traffic lights that make easier its
  understanding.
• This website is completely free of charge.

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Objective
To generate a patent information website
containing technological information that can be
used mainly by SMEs, that allow friendly and
quick navigation in either national or
international documents, in order to find
solutions to the technical problems faced by
SMEs.
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Website Content

• Simple Looks up words in English, French or
  Spanish
• Hierarchical by classification This search uses
  the International Patent Classification-IPC (8
  sections).
• Search by fields Looks up bibliographical data
  (inventor, title, priority, etc.).
• Advanced Search Looks up words in English or
  French using operators such as and, or, not
  and parenthesis.

SEARCHES

• FAQs Questions related to Industrial Property
  and Technological Information Services.
• Forums A meeting point for SMEs to talk over
  topics of interest.
• Links Direct links to Industrial Property
  Offices and Organizations around the world.
• Support to enterprises Direct links to national
  and international institutions that provide
  support to SMEs, inventors, researches, among
  others.

• ADDITIONAL FEATURES

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Award
In 2006, PYMETEC was awarded by the Mexican
President with the INNOVA award for improving the
government administration.
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Visits

• Only in 2009, this website produced 5449,602
  hits.
• Since its creation it has produced a total of
  20386,698 hits generated from 1130,655 visits.

For further information please consult
www.pymetec.gob.mx/uso
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What is Coming Next?

• PYMETEC II will provide mainly free use PCT
  applications.
• Information source between IMPI and WIPO by using
  PCT applications.

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What is Coming Next?

• Flexibility in the way of presenting the results.
• It will contain links to national and
  international data bases.
• Increasing the number of free-to-use documents in
  the database.
• WEB 2.0 oriented design
• Blogs.
• Thesaurus of Industrial Property related terms.
• Wikipedia on IP matters, that will allow the
  users to post information on different IP topics.

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PYMETEC II
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Searches in PYMETEC II

• Maintaining the goals of the version of Pymetec I
  
• Simple Search Searching words in Spanish,
  English or French. It will provide a thesaurus
  with related terms, synonyms and translation to
  English or French.
• Advanced Searching faster in a more friendly and
  efficient environment.
• Hierarchical by classification Search using the
  IPC, locating information by using a term written
  in any language.
• Highlighting in colors the information which is
  being searched.

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More Activities Innovation and Technological
Development Assistance
A. Innovation and Technological Development
Assistance

• Carry out a study to analyze what causes that
  Mexico has a low patenting level from national
  residents.
• Technological Information and Innovation
  Assistance Center.

• Premises and infrastructure to store IMPIs
  documental technical reserves.
• New service of Business Strategic Surveillance,
  based on commercial, competitive and
  technological surveillances.
• Innovation and Technological Development
  Fostering.

• Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs).
• Fund to support inventors.

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IMPI ACADEMY
B. IMPI ACADEMY
IMPI, aiming to give a professional character to
training activities on IP, has developed a
project called Intellectual Property
Academy. IMPI drafted the first executive
document. This document was complemented by a
national and an international expert, financed by
the European Union within the framework of the
Proyecto de Facilitación del Tratado de Libre
Comercio entre la Unión Europea y México
-PROTLCUEM- (Assistance Project of the Free
Trade Agreement signed by the European Union and
Mexico). The experts generated modular syllabus
on IP matters, and identified national and
foreign institutions that are already carrying
out subjects or post-graduate studies on IP,
which served as grounds to elaborate an
international mapping. Since 2007, IMPI has
supported the expansion of WIPOs Distance
Learning course DL-101S (in Spanish), containing
the basics of IP. Up to date, we have 20 tutors
and a head tutor for all Spanish speaking
students. In 2007 IMPI tutored 1,997 students,
and in 2008 IMPI tutored 4,331 students. For the
first edition of 2009, we reached 3,658 students
enrolled.
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Electronic Government

• C. Electronic Government
• SIGA website to consult the Industrial Property
  Gazette.
• ViDOC website to consult Trademarks, Patents, IP
  Protection and Legal Affairs documental reserves.
• Linking system with the Customs Office from the
  Tax System, to avoid counterfeited goods from
  entering into our country.
• New system platform, incorporating electronic
  services for our users.

http//vidoc.impi.gob.mx/impi_vidoc/Search.aspx
http//siga.impi.gob.mx/
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GAZETTE OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
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IP Protection
D. New international instruments regarding IP
Protection

• Negotiation culmination of SPP, ACTA, OECD.

• Security and Prosperity Partnership IP Chapter
  (SPP IP)
• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
• 3. The OECD has carried out concrete actions to
  elaborate studies regarding the measurement of
  counterfeiting and piracy, in 3 phases
• Phase I. Counterfeiting and piracy of tangible
  products.
• Phase II. Digital piracy.
• Phase III. Other kind of IPR infringements.

E. National Agreement to combat Counterfeiting
and Piracy.
F. Awareness Campaigns. In 2007, IMPI launched
the first children drawing contest called To
respect ideas Kids versus piracy
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G. LINKS BETWEEN THE IMPI AND SANITARY
AUTHORITIES ON MEXICO

• The IMPI publish on line the Gazette Gaceta de
  la Propiedad Industrial, witch is fee of charge
  the consult for all public in general.
• This Gazette is consult by the Sanitary Authority
  Comisión Federal para la Protección contra
  Riesgos Sanitarios (COFEPRIS), when the people
  makes an application for a permission for the
  commercialization of a drug.
• It contains the generic name, description,
  chemical name, patent number, royalties,
  applicant name and claims where is the
  specification of the drug protection.

http//siga.impi.gob.mx
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SOME EXAMPLES OF THE BENEFITS
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INNOVANTION IN MEXICO
PRÓTESIS DE FUNCIONAL PARA MANO
ING. LUIS ARMANDO BRAVO CASTILLO
MX/A/2007/00682
WO/2008/08820
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INNOVATION IN MEXICO
Protección en PI
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Comercialización
Neutralizante del veneno de araña Viuda Negra.
WO/2001/040290), MXPA/A/1999/011191 CA2397731 EP12
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Dr. Alejandro Alagón UNAM, BIOCLON ANTIVENENO
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CREATIVITY is thinking up new things. INNOVATION
is doing new things
Theodore Livitt
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