Oleksii
V. Samoilenko, Cand. Sc. (Eng.), Assoc. Prof.
National
Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic
Institute"
The Issue of Patent Information
Search
in The Scientific and Technical
Literature
Even in the age of
information technology, the effectiveness of searching for patent information
is sometimes inadequate. This is due to the fact that a huge array of
information (which can be useful in patent searches) is contained in printed
publications (articles, monographs, textbooks, etc.), which are not indexed in
the patent databases. After all, the novelty of an application for an invention
(when drawing up an application for an invention) is determined not only by
already existing patents, but also by any publications.
Today such library
classifications are widely known:
– Bliss Classification (BC),
– Brian Deer
Classification,
– Chinese Library Classification
(CLC/CCL),
– Colon Classification (CC),
– Cutter Expansive
Classification,
– Dewey Decimal Classification
(DDC),
– Harvard–Yenching
Classification,
– Korean decimal Classification
(KDC),
– Library of Congress Classification
(LCC),
– New Classification
Scheme for Chinese Libraries,
– Nippon Decimal Classification
(NDC),
– Swedish library
system (SAB),
– Universal Decimal Classification
(UDC).
In this case, UDC is most
widely used.
However, in the former USSR,
due to isolationist state policy, another library classification was developed.
It is about Library Bibliographic Classification (LBC).
The main LBC classification
table determines the areas of knowledge to which one or another edition can be
assigned. It is built on a hierarchical principle. The main sections include
general and interdisciplinary knowledge, natural, applied, social and human
sciences, as well as literature of universal content. Additional tables define
territorial and other special type fissions. The latest version of LBC has a
five-level structure.
At the same time, the
functional obsolescence of the LBC led to the fact that even the countries of
the former USSR renounce it. "In Ukraine two systems are used in parallel
for the systematization of publishing products: UDC and LBC. The UDC system is
a world-wide system, it is used by 130 countries, The LBC system is a Soviet
development of the 60s of the last century, and now has an official status in
Russia ", – said Oleg Nalivaiko, chairman of State Committee for
Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, during the discussion [2].
Due to obsolescence, on
March 22, 2017, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to transfer
Ukrainian libraries to use UDC instead of LBK [1].
However, the use of LBC can
be relevant and useful in retrospective analysis of scientific publications.
In the author's opinion, in
order to link patent information and scientific publications, A UNIVERSAL
CORRESPONDENCE TABLE OF PATENT AND LIBRARY CLASSIFICATIONS should be created.
Initially, it is necessary
to create a table of correspondence between the International Patent
Classification (IPC) [3] and the Universal Decimal Classification. Also, the
author considers it expedient to establish a correspondence with LBC, since in
the countries of the former USSR there is also a large amount of knowledge.
This is not about creating a
universal knowledge classifier. This would be very convenient, but, obviously,
difficult to implement in the short term.
Attempts to link several
classifications of knowledge have been made before. For example, the author of
the study [4] suggests a mathematical algorithm for creating a similar
correspondence table. This method is based on the comparison of classifications
by keywords. But this is not very convenient, since the same word can have
different meanings in different branches of knowledge.
Based on the goals, the
International Patent Classification is the leading. And it is necessary to use
only some sections from UDC and LBC. For example, from sections UDC it is
advisable to use sections 004, 52…55 and 61…69, and from LBC it is advisable to
use sections and subsections 22, 24, 26, 28, 3, 4 and 5.
It is obvious that the
correspondence table should be compiled according to the functional-branch
principle. However, this method involves attracting a large number of
specialists from different branches of science and technology. Therefore, the author
believes that this should be A VOLUNTARY AND FREE ONLINE PROJECT in which scientists,
engineers, medical workers, inventors, library workers, etc. would take part.
It is planned to create an
online service where each practicing inventor could determine the correspondence
between the IPC and UDC categories (and also LBS). Information about the
project should be placed on the websites of libraries and patent offices in the
first place.
Of course, there is a
possibility of errors, so statistical processing of the results and a random
check will be necessary. The system must be constantly improved.
References:
1. http://zakon0.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/177-2017-%D0%BF.
2. http://zaxid.net/news/showNews.do?ukrayina_virishila_vidmovitisya_vid_
radyanskogo_bibliotechnogo_klasifikatora&objectId=1421259.
3. International Patent
Classification (Version 2017) (http://www.wipo.int/
classifications/ipc/en/).
4. Òðóñîâ Â. À.
Ïîñòðîåíèå òåçàóðóñîâ, òåìàòè÷åñêèõ êëàññèôèêàöèé è ðóáðèêàòîðîâ äëÿ ïîèñêà
èíôîðìàöèè â ðàñïðåäåëåííûõ èíôîðìàöèîííûõ ñèñòåìàõ // Èíôîðìàöèîííûå ðåñóðñû
Ðîññèè, 2011/3. – Îðãàíèçàöèÿ è èñïîëüçîâàíèå èíôîðìàöèîííûõ ðåñóðñîâ. – Ñ.
9…12. (http://www.aselibrary.ru/datadocs/
doc_3032bu.pdf).