Difference between revisions of "User:Econterms/WikiProject Patents"

From WikiConference North America
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(embolden key elements)
(format like slides)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
; Lightning talk presentation to WikiConference North America 2018
 +
== <center>'''Lightning talk presentation to WikiConference North America 2018'''</center> ==
   
 
* WIkidata can record basic information (not detailed information) about tens of millions of patents, someday. Right now there are only a few hundred.
  
* WIkidata can record basic information (not detailed information) about tens of millions of patents, someday. Right now there are only a few hundred.
Line 5: Line 5:
 
* The WikiProject Patents page: [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject_Patents|Wikidata's WikiProject Patents]]
  
* The WikiProject Patents page: [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject_Patents|Wikidata's WikiProject Patents]]
   
  +
* Focus: patents from before 1923, because
⚫
* 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).<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Reproductions_of_patent_text_and_illustrations Commons Village pump discussion of possible copyrighting of later patent documents]</ref>
  
  +
** they're beyond copyright
−
* I am familiar with historical European and North American patents, less so with modern ones.
  
  ⚫
** their claims (almost?) never apply any more<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Reproductions_of_patent_text_and_illustrations Commons Village pump discussion of possible copyrighting of later patent documents]</ref>
  +
** This is relevant to my off-wiki research
   
−
; Patent items so far
 +
== <center>'''Patent elements so far'''</center> ==
 
* 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.
 
* '''Page title''' -- standard form: '''Patent US-1906-827017''', '''Patent CA-1914-153820'''' -- some other title is fine too
  
* '''Page title''' -- standard form: '''Patent US-1906-827017''', '''Patent CA-1914-153820'''' -- some other title is fine too

Revision as of 16:06, 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
  • Focus: patents from before 1923, because
    • they're beyond copyright
    • their claims (almost?) never apply any more[1]
    • This is relevant to my off-wiki research

Patent elements 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
Retrieved from "https://wikiconference.org/index.php?title=User:Econterms/WikiProject_Patents&oldid=13344"