WIPO Patent Landscapes
and the E-Waste Recycling
Report
Geneva
11 May 2015
Irene Kitsara
IP Information Officer, Access to Information and Knowledge Division
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The World Intellectual Property Organization
www.wipo.int
Self-funded UN Specialized
Agency
Global forum for intellectual
property (IP) services,
policy, information and
cooperation
187 Member States
Based in Geneva, CH
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Top PCT patent applicants and technologies in 2014
Source: WIPO Statistics 2014 – PCT Infographic
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Sustainable life-cycle management of ICT
Equipment and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Fact: Innovation and IP
protection are directly linked to
the development of new ICT
technologies and Equipment
Question: What is the role of
technology, innovation and IP in
E-waste management?
WIPO Patent Landscape Report
looks at the IP perspective of
Recycling End-of Life ICT
Equipment
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Background of the Report
What is a Patent Landscape Report?
Patent-based analysis of a specific technology field
(Who? Is doing what? Where? (Since) when? With whom?)
Information structured and presented in an easy for non experts
in IP and/or the subject matter
Facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue for decision making
WIPO Patent Landscape Reports (PLR):
Development Agenda Project « Developing Tools for
Access to Patent Information » launched in 2010
(since 2014: regular WIPO activity)
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/programs/patent_landscapes
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Background of the Report (2)
Cooperation with the Basel Convention Secretariat:
Basel Convention Partnership Programme: active
involvement of industry, business organizations, NGOs
necessary to reach Basel Convention goals
Technical Guidelines on Material Recovery and Recycling
of End-of-Life Mobile Phones (MPPI) and Computing
Equipment (PACE)
Objective of the Patent Landscape Report:
complement Guidelines
raise IP awareness, show innovation, patenting trends
and technologies related to E-waste recycling
Scope and content of the E-Waste Recycling PLR
Patent-based data on:
Technical solutions related to recycling technologies
for end of life ICT Equipment
Innovation trends
Profile analysis of the major key players
Related market interest and potential
Support tool for interdisciplinary discussions and
informed decisions on
sustainable life-cycle management of ICT Equipment
national potential for R&D, technology transfer, local
manufacturing and trade collaborations
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Dedicated E-Waste Recycling PLR website
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/programs/patent_landscapes/reports/ewaste.html
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Thank you!
Feedback, questions, comments?
Irene.Kitsara@wipo.int
The E-waste Recycling PLR is available at
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/programs/patent_landscapes
/reports/ewaste.html
For more information on Patent Landscape Reports:
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/programs/patent_landscapes