Training slides for a PCAARRD-organized training on Invention Spotting, Patent Search, Documentation and Interpretation, 18 December 2012. Special thanks to fellow Patent Agent Mr. Noel A. Catibog, Dr. Melvin B. Carlos, and Exec. Director Patricio S. Faylon, for the invitation.

1. Interpretation of Search
Results and Patent Claims
Caezar Angelito E. Arceo
Registered Patent Agent in the Philippines
(Non-chemical field, 2006; Chemical field, 2007)
Mentor, Patent Agent Qualifying Examinations 2011, 2012
Incorporator, Association of PAQE Professionals, Inc.
Training on Invention Spotting, Patent Search, Documentation and Interpretation
Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD)
Bulwagang Panday Karunungan, PCAARRD, Los Baños, Laguna (Philippines)
18 December 2012

2. Outline
1.0 Prior art quick review 5 min
2.0 Prior art search quick review 5 min
3.0 Exercise 65 min
4.0 Synthesis: Tips, tricks, shortcut 14 min
5.0 End 1 min / Free

3. 1.0 Prior art quick review
1.1 What is a prior art?
1.2 How prior arts work?

4. 1.1 What is a prior art?
According to the IP Code, prior art shall consist of:
(1) Everything which has been made available to the public
anywhere in the world, before the filing date or the priority date
of the application claiming the invention (Sec. 24.1, RA 8293)
(2) Patent application itself! (Sec. 24.2, RA 8293)
In short, a prior art is:
(1) Anything that is already available anywhere in the
world before the patent application;
(2) Anything the inventor will disclose to the Patent
Office after the patent application.
© 2012 by Caezar AE. Arceo
Claim drafting crash course for the
Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan

5. © 2012 by Caezar AE. Arceo
Claim drafting crash course for the
1.2 How prior arts work Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan
A mouse trap PRIOR ART?
Tacky glue trap
PRESENT INVENTION
FUTURE
PRIOR ART
Sandtail sentinel
Mouse trebuchet

6. 2.0 Prior art search quick review
1.1 What is a prior art search?
1.2 How to do prior art search?

7. 2.1 What is a prior art search?

8. 2.2 How to do prior art search?
Some search engines and online patent databases:
Organization Coverage Link
European Patent EU patents http://www.epo.org/searching/free/espacenet.html
Organization
US Patent and US patents http://patft.uspto.gov/
Trademark Office
World Intellectual Worldwide http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf
Property Organization
Intellectual Property Local http://patents.ipophil.gov.ph/patsearch2/
Office of the inventions
Philippines
…and then proceed with the techniques
that you learned yesterday!

9. 3.0 Exercise
General instructions:
(1) Group yourselves and grab your writing materials.
(2) You may switch on your “specialist knowledge” for this exercise, provided, that
you will accept my disclosures as true.
(3) Listen to my disclosures and ask questions.
(4) Do online searches and, after scanning the patent documents retrieved,
prepare a matrix like this for presentation. Present your works.
Disclosure Prior art(s) Is invention novel? If yes, list what to claim
(5) A general model solution will be shown at the end of the exercise. However,
please do not expect right or wrong comments about your work.

10. Tindig-Kamatis Stand™ or TiKaS™

11. Tindig-Kamatis Stand™ or TiKaS™
Background of the invention
(1) Patterned after traditional staking method.
(2) Typical plant tie is a piece of string or
cloth. Tying is cumbersome, especially if
you are alone. Imagine tying plant parts
as the plant grows. Isn’t it parusa to you?
Summary of the invention
(1) Need for string and cutters is eliminated,
thereby saving time.
(2) Using my invention, ties are maintained in
tied plant parts as the plant grows.
(3) The whole material can be rolled up for
compact storage.
(4) Plant strap can be velcro, or “hook-and-
loop type.
(5) Wires can be used instead of the plant
strap.

12. STOP!
Next slide is the solution.

13. Model solution

14. Simple claim interpretation
What is claimed is
1. An apparatus for securing a plant to a stake, comprising:
an elongated portion comprised of a flexible material,
a plurality of plant straps including a top plant strap, each plant
strap comprising a releasable fastener, and wherein each plant
strap is affixed to the elongated portion at a predetermined
location, and wherein the top plant strap is longer than the other
plant straps of the plurality of plant straps; and wherein the
elongated portion folds over the top of the stake, and wherein
the top plant strap wraps the elongated portion around the top of
the stake.

15. Simple claim interpretation
What is claimed is
1. An apparatus for securing a plant to a stake, comprising:
an elongated portion comprised ofimpression:
Initial a flexible material.
a plurality of plant straps including a top plant strap, each plant
strap comprising a releasable fastener, and wherein each plant
(1) Lone claim.
strap is affixed to the elongated portion at a predetermined
(2) Directed to a device to
location, and wherein the top plant strap is longer than the other
use as a plant stand.
plant straps of the plurality of plant straps; and wherein the
elongated portion folds over the top of the stake, and wherein
the top plant strap wraps the elongated portion around the top of
the stake.

16. Simple claim interpretation
What is claimed is
1. An apparatus for securing a plant to a stake, comprising:
an elongated portion comprised of a flexible material,
a plurality of plant straps including a top plant strap, each plant
strap comprising a releasable fastener, and wherein each plant
strap is affixed to the elongated portion at a predetermined
location, and wherein the top plant strap is longer than the other
plant straps of the plurality of plant straps; and wherein the
elongated portion folds over the top of the stake, and wherein
the top plant strap wraps the elongated portion around the top of
the stake.
 This is the field of the invention. The system used by this
presentor dictates that this is how the prior art looks like.

17. Simple claim interpretation
What is claimed is
1. An apparatus for securing a plant to a stake, comprising:
an elongated portion comprised of a flexible material,
a plurality of plant straps including a top plant strap, each plant
strap comprising a releasable fastener, and wherein each plant
strap is affixed to the elongated portion at a predetermined
location, and wherein the top plant strap is longer than the other
plant straps of the plurality of plant straps; and wherein the
elongated portion folds over the top of the stake, and wherein
the top plant strap wraps the elongated portion around the top of
the stake.
 Major parts of the invention. Since this is a US Patent, this portion
distinguishes the invention from that of the prior art.

18. Simple claim interpretation
What is claimed is
1. An apparatus for securing a plant to a stake, comprising:
an elongated portion comprised of a flexible material,
a plurality of plant straps including a top plant strap, each plant
strap comprising a releasable fastener, and wherein each plant
strap is affixed to the elongated portion at a predetermined
location, and wherein the top plant strap is longer than the other
plant straps of the plurality of plant straps; and wherein the
elongated portion folds over the top of the stake, and wherein
the top plant strap wraps the elongated portion around the top of
the stake.
 The invention can only work with all of the components present.
They further characterize the invention.

19. 4.0 Synthesis: Tips, tricks, shortcut
4.1 Tips
4.2 Tricks
4.3 Shortcut

20. 4.1 Tips
(1) Capture important terms and their derivatives and
synonyms.
 “Staking”, “stake”, “staked”, “securing plant in a stake”
 “Plant holder”, “plant part holder”,
 “Post fix”, “Fastener”,
 “Tie”, “Tying”, “String”, “Cloth”
 “Fastener”
 What else??? Also, HOW?
 Look for keywords.

21. 4.1 Tips
(2) Check “generalizing” words.
 “Velcro”, “Hook-and-loop”
vs.  “Fastening strap”
 “Fastening means”
 “Kamatis” or “Tomato” vs.  “Crop” or “Plant”
 “Soil” vs.  “Ground”

22. 4.2 Tricks
(1) Vocabulary buildup.
(2) Ask questions.
(3) Familiarize database-specific keys and features. Identify their
strengths and weaknesses.
(4) Do not limit your search using one database.
(5) Outsource.

23. 4.3 Shortcut
…it’s the ultimate shortcut.

24. 5.0 Any questions?
And...thank you!
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