UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies, June 2015 Technology in the 2015 Paris Agreement EPO / ICTSD

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1 UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies, June 2015 Technology in the 2015 Paris Agreement EPO / ICTSD Ged Owens Coordinator Public Policy Issues 10 June 2015

2 The patent deal Temporary exclusive rights encourage investment in R&D Invention published worldwide after 18 months (via internet) Temporary exclusive right in return for disclosure Search Examination Grant Publication Searchability Legal status

3 EPO Patent databases Espacenet and Patstat Espacenet for searching patent documents A rich source of technical information Nearly 90 million records from 90 patent authorities worldwide Available free-of-charge via the internet at Search by keywords and/or Cooperative Patent Classification categories Patstat for statistical analysis of patent trends Derived from the same patent database Used by academics and experts Produces evidence to support policy 3

4 Patent filings reflect R&D efforts - Renewable energy: the Kyoto effect from 1997 Figures refer to claimed priorities 4

5 Patenting trends: solar photo voltaic technologies Patenting between source country ( inventor country ) and countries in which IP protection is sought ( interest in a market ) 5

6 Can innovation improve access to clean energy and CCMTs? - the patent system improves access to knowledge! 3 joint studies from EPO and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with ICTSD global study Patents and clean energy technologies Inventive activity ( ) dominated by JP, US, DE, FR, the UK and KR China >30% of global filings in Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa Less than 1% of patents filed in Africa Patents and CCMTs in Latin America Less than 3% of patents in Latin America CCMT patent filings low in most developing countries Evidence to support policy: EPO s Espacenet database makes patent documentation available worldwide 90 mio. documents readily available, free-of-charge, via internet 2 mio. documents related to CCMTs 6

7 Special classification for patents - Y02 in Climate Change Mitigation Technologies (CCMTs) Overview over diverse climate change mitigation technologies Y02 tagging scheme is complementary to the existing classifications. Over 900 classification codes and 1,9 million documents. Y02C: Greenhouse gases Capture or storage/sequestration or disposal Y02E: Greenhouse gases emissions reduction technologies related to Energy generation, transmission or distribution Y02B: Buildings - Climate change mitigation technologies in buildings, including the residential sector Y02T: Transport - Climate change mitigation technologies in the transportation of goods and persons Y04S: Smart Grids technologies - Remote network operation, smart metering, electric and hybrid vehicles interoperability, trading and marketing 7

8 ! Breaking news today! - new CCMT patent classification section - Y02W Waste Please do not use photos for which the EPO does not have copyright. If you need any images, please contact: graphic_design_munich@epo.org or graphic_design_the_hague@epo.org Y02W for Waste Wastewater treatment Solid waste management Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation (e.g. bio packaging) Over 100 new classification sections Approximately patent documents relating to climate change mitigation through Waste 8

9 ! European inventor Waste example 1! - Y02W Waste - Y02W 30/00 solid waste management Please do not use photos for which the EPO does not have copyright. If you need any images, please contact: graphic_design_munich@epo.org or graphic_design_the_hague@epo.org Recycling lithium-based batteries 9

10 ! European inventor Waste example 2! - Y02W Waste - Y02W 10/00 wastewater treatment Please do not use photos for which the EPO does not have copyright. If you need any images, please contact: graphic_design_munich@epo.org or graphic_design_the_hague@epo.org 10

11 Further Information The UNEP/EPO/ICTSD studies available at: Use Y02 in PATSTAT - Patent Statistics and landscaping tool s: Ged Owens: Javier Hurtado: gowens@epo.org jhurtadoalbir@epo.org Thank you for your attention; and thanks to Javier Hurtado, Stefano Angelucci, Giulio Ceccarinni, Victor Veefkind, and all the other examiners who contributed!