Draft category proformas can be downloaded from the Draft Proformas, eSpace Proformas and Checklists page and instructions on entering the data into eSpace can be found on the How to Use eSpace to Enter Biblio Data page.

 

I. Patents

Current weighting: 0

Category I refers to patents on specific products or processes granted for the first time, either in Australia or in an overseas country. It does not include multiple rights for the same product or process, or applications for which no determination has been made on patent rights.

Include:

• a product or process for which a full patent has been granted.

Exclude:

• provisional patents (excluded completely)
• products or processes for which a full patent has been granted in any jurisdiction in previous years.
 

IX. Other public output

Current weighting: 0

This category is intended to record all I category patents that do not fit the above category.