Conducting a patent search in the field of medicine relating to the methods or arrangements for intragastric ballooning with the use of the International Patent Classification (IPC) and the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Abstract

In the article of Senior researcher N. V. Alisova (FIPS) the principles of the hierarchical structure and the differences between the International Patent Classification (IPC) and the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) are considered in the field of medicine that relates to intragastric ballooning. The relevance of this article is due to the need to increase the level of cooperation and patent activity in the field of national medical achievements. The purpose of this investigation is to improve the quality and fidelity of scientific research. The methods of selection of the classification entries for the patent search with use of IPC and CPC in the search system of the «Rospatent Platform» and in the international database of patent documents «Espacenet» and analysis thereof are given in this article. The recommendations for the preparation of appropriate search query are also given taking into account the great differences between the classification schemes of the IPC and the CPC. This article will be useful to a wide range of specialists conducting independent searches in the field of medicine both in Russian databases and in International databases of patent documents.