Pure - Publications

Adding patents

Your patents can be of interest to others, which in turn can lead to new collaboration opportunities. Patents recorded in Pure also appear in reports that are used for research evaluations. It is a record of the work that you have caried out.

Only published patents should be recorded in Pure and only one per patent family: the first patent publication.

The patent can be registered in Pure as soon as it is published in Espacenet. Patent applications are generally published 18 months after the earliest priority date of the application. Prior to that publication the application is confidential to the patent office. 

Import metadata from Espacenet

Patent publications can be imported from Espacenet in Pure by clicking Import from online source in the submission guide. 

Select Espacenet as online source.

The search form for Espacenet offers you different search options. 

Please note, that searching by name of Inventor or name of Applicant only returns exact matches. 

The search results show one result per patent family. You can a specific patent via searching by patent number. 

• Make sure that you import a patent number starting with "WO" whenever possible. 

The Patent template has some fields that require special attention. 

For reporting purposes it is important to affiliate the patent in the correct way to the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. You are welcome to add any patents from prior of parallel work relations, but these must be affiliated in the correct way.

Add patent manually

1. Click the "Add content"-button on the top right hand side of the screen.
2. Click Research Output on the menu bar on the left. Choose the Patent template from the middle of the page.

1. Fill in as much information as possible.
   • Publication status: Only published patents should be registered in Pure.
   • Inventors and affiliations: Add all researchers involved with the patent. You are welcome to add any patents from prior of parallel work relations, but these must be affiliated in the correct way.
   • Patent number: If available, register the Patent number that starts with "WO".
   • Country: The country should be included.
   • Priority date: Priority date refers to the first patent application.
   • Priority number: The two letter country code should be included.
   • Relations: If possible, create links between the patent and your other contents in Pure.