Rajiv

Gandhi
School
Of
Hitesh Sharma
Intellectual
Internship ReportProperty
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards (Philips IP&S) Law

Hitesh Sharma 08IP6012

04 May, 2010 to 04 July, 2010
 CONTENTS
I. Training details
II. Duration
III. Nature of training
IV. Objective of training
V. Legal input or exposure to law
VI. Shortcomings and experience
VII. Summary of the summer training
1. Evaluation of Novelty Search Reports

2. Statistical Analysis of USPTO Search Logs

3. Status of Unpublished Abandoned Patent Applications at USPTO

I. Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) System

II. Statistics related to Abandoned Patent Publications

III. Classification of Abandoned Patent Applications

IV. Difference between Abandonment of the invention and

Abandonment of Patent Application

V. Can an inventor re-gain abandoned rights?

VI. Reasons for Abandonment of Patent Applications

VII. When can abandonment happen?