European Patenting alongside Innovation and Standardisation Leo Giannotti - [email_address] Directorate Adviser dir.1.2.47 EPO Working Group on Standards European Patent Office presentation at the Future Internet Conference Week Ghent, November 15, 2010

Techno-Economic Paradigms Long Waves of Investments - Multiple Life Cycles 1975 2025 2075 2125 2175 2225 1775 1725 1825 1875 1925 Age of Textiles and Canals Age of Oil, Automobile, and Mass Production Age of Digital Information and Information Superhighways Age of Molecular Manipulation Age of Steam and Railways Age of Steel, Electricity and Heavy Engineering Carlota Perez, 2002 0% 100% Degree of diffusion 90% 10%

Adoption curves of some current technologies 2001 2008 2015 1980 1987 0% 100% Degree of adoption 1994 Maturity 2022 Innovation Growth 90% 10% Sales Time/Year Internet technologies Mobile Phones Broadband Broadband wireless networks Wireless networking Conceptual S curves

A timeline for wireless networking

Workplan of Standards and Cycles: MPEG-4

Value Segments Relative values attributed to a granted patent (EPO, ITM survey, 2002) segment I : exclusive business model segment II : cooperative business model segment III : strategic patenting

Standardisation Process fact 7 call for proposals the standardisation process starts the standard is ready submissions draft 1 draft 2 final draft standard meetings

Standardisation + Patenting fact 7 call for proposals the standardisation process starts the standard is ready submissions draft 1 draft 2 final draft standard first filing meetings subsequent filing publication

Frequent obstacles to successful prosecution Article 54 (novelty) Article 83 (disclosure) Article 84 (clarity) Article 54 (novelty) Article 83 (disclosure) Article 84 (clarity) some secrecy and some patenting nothing is confidential up to a certain time, some documents are confidential all documents are confidential

Some Data-Bases Short Definition Provider Ground Nr. documents EIA/TIA standards IHS (Info Handling Services) Contract 5000 IEEE standards + drafts IEEE Contract + Membership 2000 ITU standards and drafts ITU Contract + Membership 34000 ETSI standards and drafts ETSI Membership 42000 IETF standards and drafts IETF Free access 47000 3GPP standards and drafts 3GPP Free access 350000

No bad patents rights may vanish willingly or forcibly

European Patenting alongside Innovation and Standardisation Leo Giannotti - [email_address] Directorate Adviser dir.1.2.47 EPO Working Group on Standards European Patent Office presentation at the Future Internet Conference Week Ghent, November 15, 2010