 25 years in the International application of information technology (IT) and standards to process and disseminate patent information, from 1980 to 2004Don McMaster World Patent Information, 2005, vol. 27, issue 2, 153-161 Abstract: International progress in the application of Information Technology (IT) and standards to process and disseminate patent information over the past 25 years is presented. Much of this progress has mirrored wider changes, such as the advent and use of online, CD-ROM, and the Internet.The major international patent information dissemination milestones are discussed, as well as current international dissemination issues, including the substantial influence of the Trilateral agreements in these areas, between the EPO, USPTO and JPO. Finally, a possible future international vision for dissemination is presented: despite the anticipated improvements, such as reduction of cost and greater capacity, the author expects that support and training from patent offices will continue to be a key element in patent information dissemination. Keywords: Patent; information; International; dissemination; Information; technology; Technical; standards; EPO; USPTO; JPO; Trilateral; agreements; Online; CD-ROM; Internet; Training; from; patent; offices (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:worpat:v:27:y:2005:i:2:p:153-161 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article World Patent Information is currently edited by Michael Blackman More articles in World Patent Information from Elsevier |
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