IPA patent 6.1.12.5.5-citation-examples — IP Australia Patent Manual of Practice and Procedure – 6.1.12.5.5 Citation Examples

Also in this Chapter: 6.1.12.5.1 Selection of Documents Considered to be Relevant 6.1.12.5.2 Citation Category 6.1.12.5.3 Citation of Prior Art Documents 6.1.12.5.4 Citation of URLs ​​​​​​​ 6.1.12.5.6 Citing Patent Documents Retrieved from AbS 6.1.12.5.7 Relevant Claim Numbers Related Chapters: 5.6.4.6 Identifying Citations 6.1.12.5.3 Citation of Prior Art Documents RIO - Processing PCT Tasks - Citations RIO - Citation Manager On this page Patent Documents Australia (AU) WO (WO) United States (US) European Patent Office (EP) United Kingdom (GB) Switzerland (CH) Germany (DE) Soviet Union (SU) Japan (JP) Non-Patent literature (NPL) Book and journal article Journal Abstract Product Manual/Catalogue from website Nucleotide/Protein Sequence Chemical Abstracts Websites / URLs Documents referring to earlier oral disclosure Video/Audio/Multimedia The following are examples of citations of documents: Australia (AU) Note: Many older Australian patent documents do not have an indication of kind code on the document itself. However, the distinction between pre- and post-grant publications may be determined on the basis of the published number (pre-grant are of the form NNNNN/YY, while post-grant are of the form NNNNNN). When citing such documents, an appropriate kind code must be ascribed, as described in ‘Kind Codes for Australian Patent Documents’ under 5.6.4.6 Identifying Citations . C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X AU 23456/00 A (BROWNE) 4 January 2001 See Examples 3, 7 and 9 1, 8 X Y AU 345678 B2 (SMITH PTY LTD) 1 April 1979 Page 5 lines 2–10, Figure 8 Page 6 lines 15–25 (see Note above) 1–5, 9 6 A AU 81733 S (KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC) 7 November 2000, Design Whole document WO (WO) C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. Y WO 1981/001617 A1 (BOLIDEN AB) 11 June 1981 Page 4 line 20–page 5 9 United States (US) C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X US 3205468 A (JONAS et al) 25 July 1965 Columns 2–3, Figure 2 10 A US 6208901 B1 (HARTUNG) 27 March 2001 Column 2 lines 22–40 A US 2009/0012378 A1 (INCE) 8 January 2009 Whole document A US Des. 378472 S (BRAMANI) 18 March 1997 Whole document A US RE42586 E (GEORGEAU et al.) 24 August 2010 Abstract European Patent Office (EP) C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X EP 1943110 A1 (LANGE et al) 16 July 2008 Page 5 line 18–page 6 line 17, Figure 3 1–7 X EP 0073567 A2 (F.L. SMIDTH & CO. A/S) 9 March 1983 Page 4 lines 6–30 3 United Kingdom (GB) C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X GB 191402678 A (STARR JOHN GARDINER) 21 January 1915 Page 2 lines 6–15 1 Note: The above format (GB YYYYNNNNN) is to be used for old GB documents (pre 1916). On the document itself, the number appears as 2678 and next to it is the year 1914. Switzerland (CH) C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X CH 504901 C2 (SWEP INTERNATIONAL AB) 26 May 1997 Figure 5 1 Germany (DE) C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. P,X DE 29807997 U1 (WUELHORST GMBH & CO KG) 25 June 1998 Page 9 lines 21–29 10, 13 P,X DE 2643150 A (SIEMENS AG) 30 March 1978, Derwent DWPI Online Abstract Accession No. 78-C7591A/14, Abstract 1–9 Soviet Union (SU) C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X SU 557229 A (TULA POLY) 22 June 1977, Derwent Abstract Accession No. 33208A/18, Class Q68 Abstract 10–12 A SU 402532 A (LOZOVNIK et al) 2 July 1974, Derwent Soviet Inventions Illustrated, Section 1, Chemical, Vol. V, No. 49, Issued 14 January 1975, Polymers, p.1 Abstract Japan (JP) Note: Japanese numbers should be entered as they appear on the document viewed and cited by the examiner. Where a copy of the document cited has been placed on the relevant application folder in COMPASS, the details of the citation written in the report should mirror this information (see 6.1.12.5.3 Citation of Prior Art Documents ) . The examples shown in the table below are purely for illustrative purpose and are not prescriptive of a format(s) that must be used. Note also that where the number on the JP document viewed and cited includes either of the English letters ‘S’ or ‘H’ as descriptors, it must be included in the number when citing the document (see ‘JP Documents’ under 6.1.12.5.3 Citation of Prior Art Documents ) . C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. P,X JP 56-081110 A (OKANUE) 2 July 1981, Derwent Abstract Accession No. 61012 D/34, Class J01 Abstract 1, 5 X JP S55164495 A (FRAMATOME SA) 22 December 1980 Abstract (see Note above) 1, 2 A JP4-28372 A (TOYO INK MFG CO LTD) 30 January 1992, Patent Abstracts of Japan, C-938, page 24 Abstract X JP 05071200 A (MIYAKE SOUICHI) 23 March 1993, Patent Abstracts of Japan Abstract 1–10 A JP 7-153465 A (SANYO ELECTRIC CO. LTD) 16 June 1995, Patent Abstracts of Japan Abstract X JP H08317913 A (TSUTOMU) 3 December 1996 Abstract (see Note above) 1, 5 X JP 09-123456 A (CANON INC) 13 May 1997 Figures 1, 2 and para [0028] 1, 6, 9 A JP 10-105775 A (NCR INTERNATIONAL INC.) 24 April 1998 Abstract X JP 2005-018678 A (CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD.) 20 January 2005, English abstract retrieved from EPODOC database Abstract 1–10 Book and journal article C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X WALTON, H., ‘Microwave Quantum Theory’, Sweet and Maxwell, London, 1973, Vol. 2, ISBN 5-1234-5678-9, pages 138 to 192 Pages 146 to 148 1–3 X SMITH, R. et al., 'Digital Demodulator for Electrical Impedance Imaging', IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 11th Annual Conference. Edited by Y. Kim et al. New York: IEEE, 1989, Vol. 6, pages 1744-5. Page 1744 lines 5–20 1–5, 9 X BHATTACHARYA, C. et al., ‘Insulin, Transforming Growth Factors, and Substrates Modulate Growth of Guinea Pig Pancreatic Duct Cells In vitro’, Gastroenterology. 1995, vol.109, pages 944-952 Page 945 1, 5, 10 Journal Abstract C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X LIU, X. et al., ‘Synthesis and evaluation of novel radioiodinated nicotinamides for malignant melanoma’, Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 2008, Vol. 35, No. 7, pages 769-781 Abstract, page 771 section 2.2.2 3–8 Product Manual/Catalogue from website C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X Corebuilder 3500 Layer 3 High-function Switch. Datasheet [online]. 3Com Corporation, 1997 [retrieved on 1998-02-24]. Retrieved from <http://www.3com.com/products/dsheets/400347.html> 3–8 Nucleotide/Protein Sequence C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X MAY, F. E. B. et al., ‘The Human Cathepsin D-encoding Gene is Transcribed from an Estrogen-regulated and a Constitutive Start Point’, Gene. 1993, vol 134, pages 277-282 Abstract, page 280, Sequence 2 Sequence shares 92% identity with SEQ ID No. 7 3–8 A EMBL Accession No. L12980 14 November 2006 & MAY, F. E. B. et al., ‘The Human Cathepsin D-encoding Gene is Transcribed from an Estrogen-regulated and a Constitutive Start Point’, Gene. 1993, vol 134, pages 277-282 Abstract, page 280 Sequence shares 86.3% identity with SEQ ID No. 1 and 85.6% identity with SEQ ID No. 3 X FSTA Accession No 1977(11):L0846 & MAKSIMOV, A. S. et al, Rheology of confectionery masses under vibration, Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Pishchevaya Tekhnologiya, (1976) No 6, p108-111 Abstract 1, 48, 115 X GenBank Accession No. ABQ86777 21 June 2007 Sequence shares 96.7% identity with SEQ ID No. 1 1, 5, 20 X EMBL Accession No. U58476 19 June 1996 Sequence shares 100% identity with residues 1–42 of SEQ ID No. 1 18–76 Chemical Abstracts C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X Chemical Abstracts Accession No. 75:12345 & SHETULOV, D.I., 'Surface Effects During Metal Fatigue’, Fiz.-Him Meh. Mater, 1971, 7(29), 7-11 (Russ.) Abstract and Figure 1 2–7 X Chemical Abstracts Accession No. 128:240836 & CAS Registry File RN 204923-30-8 Abstract 1–15 X CAS RN 7589306-1, STN Entry Date 2006 1, 10 X WO 2004/001234 A1 (SKY UNLIMITED INC) 26 June 2004 Page 12 lines 7–17 & CAS Registry Number 7589306-1 8, 24 Note: For citing CAS Registry Numbers, see MPP 6.1.12.5.3 Websites / URLs C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X MERCKX, V et al, Diversification of myco-heterotrophic angiosperms: evidence from Burmanniaceae, BMC Evolutionary Biology (2008) Vol 8, Art 178, published 23 June 2008, (online journal) [retrieved from internet on 2 July 2009] <URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-8-178.pdf > Background lines 1–7, Results para 2 lines 3–8 9, 17, 27 X OWEN, R W et al, Olive-oil consumption and health: the possible role of antioxidants, Lancet Oncology, Vol 1, No. 2, 2000, pages 107-112 [online], [retrieved from internet on 18 July 2008] <URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/14702045/2000/00000001/00000002/art0001> <DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(00)00015-2> Page 108 15, 56 X F88 Wristwatch mobile phone [retrieved from internet on 20 September 2007] <URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20060711162947/http://www.mobilewhack.com/ reviews/f88_wrist_watch_mobile_phone.html > published on 11 July 2006 as per Wayback Machine Whole Document 1–20 X Production Process - Ferro cement Wall panel [Viewed on internet on 05 August 2014] Viewed on internet. <URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2IkP0je51Y >, Published on 8 July 2013 Whole document 1 A AJTAI, M., ‘Generating Hard Instances of Lattice Problems’, Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity, Report TR96-007 [retrieved from internet on 20 February 2007]. <URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20061029121227/http://eccc.hpi-web.de/eccc-reports/ 1996/TR96-007/Paper.pdf > published on 29 October 2006 as per Wayback Machine Whole document 1–5 Suunto Vector Watch - S09 [retrieved from internet on 21 August 2009]. <URL: http://www.exava.com/shop?q=suunto%20wristwatch> Whole Document 1 L (The International Searching Authority is unable to establish the publication date of the above citation). ​​​​​​​ Note: ‘L’ category can be used on its own or in combination with any other category e.g. ‘X’, ‘Y’ or ‘A’. Documents referring to earlier oral disclosure C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X SMITH et al. Digital demodulator for electrical impedance imaging. IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 11th Annual Conference. November 9-12, 1989. In: Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 11th Annual Conference. Edited by Y. Kim et al. New York: IEEE, 1989, Vol.6, p. 1744-5. 9, 17, 27 X HOEL, Lester A. Urban commodity flow report of a conference. Conference on Urban Commodity Flow, December 6-9, 1970. Published in: Highway Research Board Special Report, 1971, Vol.120, p. 5-8. 15, 56 X Sapolsky, Robert. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology. Stanford: University of Stanford, March 29, 2010. Published on: YouTube [online] [video] [uploaded on 2011.02.01] [retrieved on 2015.09.15]. Retrieved from <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNnIGh9g6fA˃ from 23:22 to 24:56. 1–20 Video/Audio/Multimedia C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages Relevant to claim No. X Sapolsky, Robert. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology. YouTube [online] [video]. Stanford: University of Stanford, March 29, 2010 [retrieved on 2015.09.15]. Retrieved from <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNnIGh9g6fA> 9, 17, 27 X Takahashi, Rie; Miller, Jeffrey. Human ThyA: Original chord and rhythm assignment. Gene2music examples [online] [audio]. Los Angeles: UCLA, Faculty of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics [retrieved on 2015.09.16]. Retrieved from <http://www.mimg.ucla.edu/faculty/miller_jh/gene2music/AUDIO/ThyAhomosapiens.mid> 15, 56 X Destination Direct Flight Planning. [online] [multimedia]. Deltatec, February 1, 1996. 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