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* I am familiar with historical European and North American patents, less so with modern ones.
  
* I am familiar with historical European and North American patents, less so with modern ones.
   
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; Patent items so far
 
* A patent item should be an instance of (P31) either patent (Q253623) or U.S. Patent (Q43305660), perhaps both. That property is the one to query (search) that is unique to patents.
  
* A patent item should be an instance of (P31) either patent (Q253623) or U.S. Patent (Q43305660), perhaps both. That property is the one to query (search) that is unique to patents.
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* Page title can be of this form: Patent US-1906-827017, Patent CA-1914-153820 -- or another form if the editor prefers
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* '''Page title''' -- standard form: '''Patent US-1906-827017''', '''Patent CA-1914-153820'''' -- some other title is fine too
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* Country where filed: Here are three options; freely use any or all. They express slightly different things. Is one best?
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* Country where filed: Here are three options; freely use any or all. They express slightly different things
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** Use issued by (P2378) and identify the office with which the patent was filed -- generally a bureau that is an instance of patent office (Q1148446)) -- e.g. US Patent and Trademark Office, Japan Patent office (JPO)
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** Use '''issued by''' (P2378) and identify the office to which the patent was filed -- e.g. US Patent and Trademark Office, Japan Patent office (JPO)
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** Use applies to jurisdiction (P1001) and then the Q-number of the national government/country.
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** Or, "applies to jurisdiction" (P1001) and then the Q-id of the government; or, country (P17) and then the Q-id of the national government/country. The country may not still exist.
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* '''Filing date''': Formal date of submission of the patent application, and generally speaking the date on which the patent goes into force legally once it's approved
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** Use country (P17) and then the Q-number of the national government/country. It does not need to be a country that still exists. This technique is perhaps more flexible, and it will be necessary to use this option if it is not known what bureau received the patent application.
  
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* '''Grant date''': Certification by a government that the patent is accepted, and applies in the jurisdiction.
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* Filing date: Formal date of submission of the patent application, and generally speaking the date on which the patent goes into force legally once it's approved
  
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** Filing and grant may be more complicated when there is an international phase, since the much later Patent and Cooperation Treaty
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* Grant date: Certification by a government that the patent is accepted, and applies in the jurisdiction.
  
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* '''Applicant(s)''' -- there's always at least one ; can include company or university or government lab
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** Filing and grant seem to be more complicated when there is an international phase, since the later Patent and Cooperation Treaty
  
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* '''Inventors''': Zero or more; Might like to mark their order -- some are notable enough for wikidata, others just name strings
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* Applicant(s) -- there's always at least one ; can include company or university or government lab
  
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* '''Title''': A string in the language of the government where it is filed
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* Inventors: Zero or more; Might like to mark their order -- some are notable enough for wikidata, others just name strings
  
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* '''Patent number''' -- problematically strict but links to google patents
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* Title: A string in the language of
 
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* link to Wikisource if patent document is there
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* Patent number -- not all patents can use the current property "patentnumber" which has the format US###### -- and seems to require that the patent is on google patents -- what number do we use if patentnumber doesn't work?
  
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* Link to Q-id or string of Parent patent or child patent ?
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* Page title on Wikidata
  
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* Assignee?
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* Parent patent or child patent
 
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* Assignee
  
 
* Pointer to URL somewhere with more information, possibly the full text and diagrams -- THERE IS NO ONE PERFECT SITE FOR THIS. Wikidata could be the best site for this, someday.
  
* Pointer to URL somewhere with more information, possibly the full text and diagrams -- THERE IS NO ONE PERFECT SITE FOR THIS. Wikidata could be the best site for this, someday.
   

Revision as of 16:01, 20 October 2018

Lightning talk presentation to WikiConference North America 2018
  • WIkidata can record basic information (not detailed information) about tens of millions of patents, someday. Right now there are only a few hundred.
  • We have some basic standards on how to record a patent. We discuss that below. Some things need fixing and new properties.
  • The WikiProject Patents page: Wikidata's WikiProject Patents
  • Here we'll focus on recording patents from before 1923. Patents that old aren't copyrighted, aren't secret, and no longer have claims that still apply (to my knowledge -- there could be an exception).[1]
  • I am familiar with historical European and North American patents, less so with modern ones.
Patent items so far
  • A patent item should be an instance of (P31) either patent (Q253623) or U.S. Patent (Q43305660), perhaps both. That property is the one to query (search) that is unique to patents.
  • Page title -- standard form: Patent US-1906-827017, Patent CA-1914-153820' -- some other title is fine too
  • Country where filed: Here are three options; freely use any or all. They express slightly different things
    • Use issued by (P2378) and identify the office to which the patent was filed -- e.g. US Patent and Trademark Office, Japan Patent office (JPO)
    • Or, "applies to jurisdiction" (P1001) and then the Q-id of the government; or, country (P17) and then the Q-id of the national government/country. The country may not still exist.
  • Filing date: Formal date of submission of the patent application, and generally speaking the date on which the patent goes into force legally once it's approved
  • Grant date: Certification by a government that the patent is accepted, and applies in the jurisdiction.
    • Filing and grant may be more complicated when there is an international phase, since the much later Patent and Cooperation Treaty
  • Applicant(s) -- there's always at least one ; can include company or university or government lab
  • Inventors: Zero or more; Might like to mark their order -- some are notable enough for wikidata, others just name strings
  • Title: A string in the language of the government where it is filed
  • Patent number -- problematically strict but links to google patents
  • link to Wikisource if patent document is there
  • Link to Q-id or string of Parent patent or child patent ?
  • Assignee?
  • Pointer to URL somewhere with more information, possibly the full text and diagrams -- THERE IS NO ONE PERFECT SITE FOR THIS. Wikidata could be the best site for this, someday.
Possible good outcome of getting these basics into Wikidata -- We could add patent offices to the Authority Control line, maybe (?)
like USPTO, or WIPO, and if the user clicks there would get an automatic list of patents from Wikidata
AGBell article lower section with authority control.png
  • some patents could/should be transcribed onto Wikisource
Next steps

References

  1. ↑ Commons Village pump discussion of possible copyrighting of later patent documents
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