Searching and Analysing Patent Document to Solve R&D Problems

Nidhi Sandal; Avinash Kumar

doi:10.14429/djlit.36.2.9504

Nidhi Sandal Directorate of ER&IPR, DRDO, DRDO Bhawan, RajajiMarg New Delhi-110 011
Avinash Kumar Directorate of ER&IPR, DRDO, DRDO Bhawan, RajajiMarg New Delhi-110 011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.36.2.9504

Keywords: Patent analysis, network model, search, keywords, drug delivery

Abstract

The task of analysing patent data using automated tools to dig out the desired information through visualisation, citation analysis, and other techniques are gaining importance. Patent information is presented and recorded in a very systematic manner which simplifies the task of searching relevant information for various purposes like technology forecasting. Patent documents help in drawing a baseline, identifying vacuums and then providing leads to fill these vacuums. The present paper is focused on finding patent documents as leads for an R&D problem, utilising various tools pertaining to patent literature including patent searching, text mining, and patent analysis to zero down the key patent documents as leads. A practical R&D problem related to the development of a drug delivery device for releasing the vapours of drug was imposed by scientists for which a systematic search was performed to extract most relevant patent documents using various patent analytical tools towards solving a practical R&D problem.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.36.2.9504

Author Biographies

Nidhi Sandal, Directorate of ER&IPR, DRDO, DRDO Bhawan, RajajiMarg New Delhi-110 011

Dr. Nidhi Sandal is presently employed as Joint Director, Directorate of ER & IPR, IPR Group of Defence Research & Development Organisation under Ministry of Defence, New Delhi. She is M. Pharm from University of Delhi and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar. She holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights from Nalsar, Law University, Hyderabad. Prior to joining DRDO, she worked as Research Scientist form 2006 to 2008 in the IP Department of Wockhardt Research Center, Aurangabad, India. She is a recipient of Best Published Paper Award by Indian Pharmaceutical Congress in 2006. She was awarded Thangam Vasudevan Award in 2003 and India Vasudevan Award in 2005 by Indian Association of Bio-medical Scientists. She holds 4 granted Indian Patents and 4 under prosecution. She has presented several papers in International and National conferences. She also has 8 papers published in national and international journals. She is Executive member of IABMS and lifetime member of IPGA and IHPA.

Avinash Kumar, Directorate of ER&IPR, DRDO, DRDO Bhawan, RajajiMarg New Delhi-110 011

Mr. Avinash Kumar is presently employed as Additional Director, Directorate of ER & IPR, of Defence Research & Development Organisation under Ministry of Defence, New Delhi. He is M.Sc in Physics from BHU & M. Tech in applied Optics from IIT, Delhi. Prior to this assignment, he has worked as Examiner of Patents & Designs in Delhi Patent Office and as an Assistant Engineer in HAL Korwa Div, and then as Optical Designer in IRDE Dehradun. During his tenure at IRDE, Dehradun, he was involved in optical design of day vision sights, Optics for laser range finders, CPS of MBT etc. Since 1998, he has become an integral part of the IPR Group at DRDO HQ, New Delhi. Presently, he is leading the IPR Group and handling entire range of IPR related issues of DRDO including IPR related provisions in Collaborative R&D agreements.