Objetivo Access to patent information and protection of industrial property are two key issues in the innovation process to gain market share. With its diversity of systems and languages, Europe lags behind its competitors in protecting new ideas. To change this situation, ePatent exploited the opportunities provided by natural language processing tools, the Internet and the worldwide adopted classification standard for patents (IPC).The purpose of the ePatent project was therefore to set up a natural language access in French, English, Spanish and German to patent databases - especially for non-professional users - and to develop a sustainable service.ePatent gathered key actors in this field:- Four national patent offices from: France (INPI), UK (UKPO), Spain (OEPM) and Austria (OEPA). The role of these patent offices was to provide access to patent databases, populate dictionaries (French, Spanish, English, German) and conduct experimentation and validation.- Jouve (France), a multi-services company acting in the field of information treatment and dissemination. As Internet service provider in this project, the role of Jouve was to integrate the results of the ePatent technology in the French portal Plutarque.- Lingway (France), a company specialised in Natural Language Processing tools, provided the different tools:multilingual NL query dictionaries, text analysis, reading aids. Programa(s) IS-ECONTENT - Multiannual Community programme to stimulate the development and use of European digital content on the global networks and to promote linguistic diversity in the Information Society 2001-2005 Tema(s) AL2 - Action Line 2: Enhancing content production in a multilingual and multicultural environment Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación DEM - Demonstration contracts Coordinador Jouve Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Boulevard de Sébastopol, 11 75027 Paris Cedex 01 Francia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (5) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle (INPI) Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Rue de St Petersbourg, 26bis 75800 Paris Cedex 08 Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Lingway Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Rue Ledru Rollin, 33 - 35 - Bâtiment C 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Oficina Espanola de Patentes y Marcas (OEPM) España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección c/ Panama, 1 28071 Madrid Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos The Patent Office (UKPO) Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Concept House, Cardiff Road NP10 8QQ Newport Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Österreichisches Patentamt - Teilrechtsfähigkeit (OEPA) Austria Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Dresdner Strasse, 87 1200 Vienna Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
