IP/Patents for hospitals and hospital mangament

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Intellectual Property/Patents for Hospitals and Hospital

Management Nitin Nair

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Computer/Electronics related inventions3(k), Indian Patents Act, 1970: a mathematical or business method or a computer programme per se or algorithms

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Example - 1523/CHENP/2006 25. An electronic medical information program for causing, for the

purpose of introducing electronic medical information, a computer to function as: an input means for inputting said patient's chief complaint information into its chief complaint information file and for inputting said doctor's consultation information into its consultation information file; an accumulation means for accumulating the chief complaint information input into the chief complaint information file and the consultation information input into the consultation information file; a calculation means for scoring, with respect to each date of consultation, the input latest chief complaint information and

consultation information, and the accumulated past chief complaint information and consultation information, respectively; a generation means for automatically generating, based on the calculated scores, a list by which the temporal variation of the chief complaint information and consultation information can be viewed.

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Example - 1523/CHENP/2006 Claims 25-32 fall within the scope of such clause (k) of Section 3. The

subject matter of these claims seek the protection for a computer program per se which is not allowable and not patentable under section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970.

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Example - 1523/CHENP/20061.An electronic medical information system using a computer to manage

electronic medical information such as charts, said electronic medical information system being equipped with a control server comprising:

an input means for inputting, among the information written on said charts, patient's chief complaint information into a chief complaint information file and for inputting doctor's consultation information associated with said patient's chief complaint information into a consultation information file;an accumulation means for accumulating said chief complaint information and said consultation information;a calculation means for scoring, with respect to each date of consultation, the latest chief complaint information and consultation information input by said input means, and the past chief complaint information and consultation information accumulated by said accumulation means, respectively; anda generation means for automatically generating, based on said scores, a list by which a temporal variation of said chief complaint information and consultation information can be viewed.

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Example - 628/KOLNP/2007A method for generating, storing, retrieving and transmitting digitized

medical information comprising the steps:

a) generating medical image data from a medical image modality selected from the group consisting of computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, digital x-ray, ultrasound, angiography and nuclear magnetic resonance;

b) generating digitized information corresponding to a digitized audio file, scanned in image and digital photograph;

c) transmitting said digitized data in steps a) and b) to a server system having a dedicated database associated therewith, said server system and database associated therewith being operative to store, retrieve and transmit such digitized data;

d) providing a communications link between said server system and database associated therewith in step e) with an information retrieval device; and

e) requesting information from said information retrieval device through said communications link to said server system with database associated therewith, said server system and database associated therewith being operative to retrieve and transmit said digitized data received in steps a) and b) in response to said request made by said information retrieval device.

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Example - 628/KOLNP/2007A medical communications and management system for facilitating the

generation, storage, retrieval and transmission of digitized medical information comprising:

a) at least one server system having a database associated therewith, said server system and database associated therewith being operative to receive, store, retrieve and transmit medical image data generated by a medical image modality selected from the group consisting of computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, digital x-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, angiography and nuclear magnetic resonance, said server system and database associated therewith further being operative to receive, store, retrieve and transmit digital data corresponding to an item of digitized information selected from the group consisting of an audio file, a scanned image and a digital photograph;

b) a communications link; and

c) at least one information retrieval device operatively coupled by said communications link to said server system and database associated therewith, said information retrieval device being selected from the group consisting of a hospital information system, an e-mail server, a fax server, and an archive server.

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Example - 2213/CHE/20071. A system for managing and monitoring prenatal image

data across a network comprising:a plurality of ultrasound machines distributed at various geographical locations, wherein each ultrasound machine comprises:an ultrasound engine to scan the prenatal images from the ultrasound machine; anda master-data storage to store the prenatal images scanned by each ultrasound engine in the master data storage of its corresponding ultrasound machine; anda remote server linked to each ultrasound machine of the plurality of ultrasound machines to form the network such that the prenatal image data can be managed and monitored from a remote location by authentic users.

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Example - 2213/CHE/2007 Scanning pre natal images and thereafter encrypting them

using pre defined encryptions & algorithms available in prior art is a process or an algorithm which is not allowable under Section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970.

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Patent searchPerformed to uncover patent/patent applications

Free databases

- USPTO

- Espacenet

- Google Patents

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How to searchKeywordsAs detailed as possibleSynonyms/variations in termsBoolean operatorsNames (organization/individual)

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ExampleAn application for remotely monitoring a healthcare device, using an agent present on the device and the application being present on a remote server.

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Example healthcare device, remote monitoring, controlling

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Types of searchesPatentabilityLandscape analysisFreedom to Operate AnalysisInfringement Analysis

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Disclosure of InventionA disclosure of invention form is a confidential document which provides details to a particular invention and has to be kept secret till the time a patent application is filed.

A disclosure of invention form shares sufficient information for another person to carry out or duplicate your invention.

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Contents

Title of invention

Invention information

Disclosure of invention

Inventor(s) informationBackground information

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Inventor(s) informationAll the inventors have to be mentionedInformation necessary for filling out the statutory forms

Accelerates the steps leading to a patent application filing

Order of inventors

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Title of inventionTechnically accurate

Few words to a sentence

Need not be novel/inventive

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Background Information Details of conception of the invention (Date, Collaborations and so on)

Disclosure

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Background of the inventionExisting technology

Closest known references

Issues and problems in existing technologies

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Description of InventionPurpose of invention

Working of invention

Best mode

Variations

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IP Harvesting

Lack of IP knowledge

Confusion about software inventions

Undervaluing

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IP Harvesting

Process

A first level of screening (team level)

An IP team/committee

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