Blog by Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the USPTO Teresa Stanek Rea
Jul 08, 2013
As a result of cooperative effort with the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the People’s Republic of China, Chinese patent
documentation is now available for search and retrieval in the inaugural release of this search network. Accessible from the
USPTO website, the data available includes both full text Chinese patents and English machine translations enabling users to search
Chinese patent documents in the English or Chinese language. Users can search documents including published applications, granted
patents and utility models from 2008 to 2011 in this collection, which will periodically be updated with more current data.
This new search tool delivers to the public, as well as our patent examiners, an additional source of foreign patent collections.
Furthermore, the immediate availability of English machine translations will effectively address the language barrier and allow for
quick analysis of the relevancy of the prior art while reducing the need for costly human translations. Machine translation technology
can sometimes generate awkward wording, but it provides an excellent way to determine the gist of the information in a foreign patent.
As this is the initial launch of the search network, we value any suggestions you may have to help us identify future enhancements to
the tool. Please send your ideas to GPSN@uspto.gov.
Additionally, in support of the federal government’s responsibility to achieve cost, agility, and innovation benefits of cloud computing,
the Global Patent Search Network is the first patent-related initiative to use cloud technology. Our cloud computing solution will provide
public value by increasing our operational efficiency and allow us to respond faster to the needs of the public and our examiners.
This information is from:http://www.uspto.gov/blog/
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