WIPO Pearl - The Terminology Portal of the World Intellectual Property Organization

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1 WIPO Pearl - The Terminology Portal of the World Intellectual Property Organization Geoffrey Westgate Head, Support Section PCT Translation Division ASLING Conference 39 London, UK November 16, 2017

2 Introduction to WIPO: Video

3 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Unified procedure for filing patents in 152 countries First filing date valid internationally More time / information to help applicants Defers cost of patent filing in each country NB: No international patent!

4 PCT Translation Translation of Abstracts + Patentability reports From: AR, DE, EN, ES, FR, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH (10 languages) Into: EN, FR 550,000 translations / 150 million words per year In-house translators + outsourcing (90%) Quality Control sampling TMs, SMT, NMT AND: Terminology work

5 Patent abstract - minus terminology Plastic having no and a therein are prepared by shaping of the (10) between opposed of (12, 14) by heating and pressing the between opposed ( ), the having for the production of a having substantially no. The are especially suited as for. WO/1995/008133

6 WIPO Pearl: Key features High-quality Human-built Validated 10 languages 45 language combinations All fields of science and technology + PCT legal Knowledge-rich Concept-based

7 What is concept-based? Concept Object Term(s)

8 Example < > The concept Characteristics: - in a cabriolet - in the headrest - blows warm air - for warming the neck The object The term(s) - airscarf (EN) - Nackenheizung (DE) - Nackenfoehn (DE) - Luftschal (DE) - chauffage de nuque (FR) - система Airscarf (RU), etc

9 Lexicography (e.g. dictionary) vs. Terminology Lexicography Terminology Joint Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3 Concept 4 MEDI (grammar, etymology, usage) + equivalents MECH (grammar, etymology, usage) + equivalents MEDI EN (joint) FR( Term) ZH (Term) ( ) MECH EN (joint) FR( Term) ZH (Term) ( ) PRNT EN (joint) FR( Term) ZH (Term) ( ) BLDG EN (joint) FR( Term) ZH (Term) ( ) PRNT (grammar, etymology, usage) + equivalents One word, one entry, multiple meanings One concept, one record!

10 WIPO Pearl: Video

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12 WIPO Pearl: New features GUI localization (AR to add) Image Search Full responsive design - underway Concept Path Search Concept clouds

13 Concept Path Search

14 Concept clouds 1 15,000 linked concepts + 5,000 unlinked o Aim: link the 5,000 Apply machine learning (vectorizing) to o Contexts of validated linked concepts X and Y o All other contexts of concepts not yet linked to other concepts Apply classifier o Vectors from linked concepts mean score o Vectors from unlinked concepts mean score Result = a factor of similarity o 1 = Identical; 0.8 = Good; 0.7 = OK; <0.7 = Poor

15 Concept clouds 2 Best results with long contexts Initially run with EN, then all languages o Different results per language o JA + ZH problematic o Further investigation needed per language Refinement: limit by subject field o 1,400 concept clouds reduced to 900 Every database update adds more validated content o Improves quality of reference corpus

16 Concept clouds Example

17 Nibbler: There are three categories of tools that produce cuts at an angle to straight-line snip cuts. They are nibblers, nippers, and notchers. [ ] Nibblers are cutters that are used mainly in the electronic fabrication and repair business. They have a blade that is generally a small rectangular bar with cutting edges on three sides and sufficiently small to pass through a small hole. They are used to produce rectangular openings from round holes. They are light duty tools that creates or enlarges opening by cutting and removing small chips approximately 1/16 inch long by 1/4 inch wide chips. These chips do remove a portion of material. Because of these tools small size and their simple lever ratios they are not capable of producing the high forces required for making thick or wide cuts. The blade rod moves linearly in a slot with clearance to allow sliding. This clearance reduces the accuracy of the cut and allows slivers of metal, which can bind the cutting bar, or produce rough cuts and burrs. These nibblers leave debris and require considerable time in producing large notches, and their construction and their linkage precludes cutting heavy gage material or from making larger cuts. Scissors: As with conventional scissors, as the distal tips of the blade portions are moved closer together by squeezing together the handle portions, the contacting faces of the blade portions slide relative to each other parallel to their planes. In so doing, the respective cutting edges mutually intersect and contact each other at a point of contact which travels distally along the cutting edges as the blade members come together. Cutting is achieved by the shearing action of the opposed cutting edges of the blade portions at the point of contact. Score: 0.82

18 Partnerships for quality Translation outsourcing via tender Fellowship Program for Masters graduates Terminology collaborations o o Termium, CA Universities: Dublin City (IE), Geneva (CH), Grenoble (FR), Illinois (US), Manchester (UK), Thessaloniki (GR) Subject field experts for term validation o o o Natural Resources Body for Wales, UK Astrakhan State University, RU Institute of Nuclear Materials, RU

19 Geoffrey Westgate (Head, Support Section, PCT Translation Division, WIPO)