2020年6月26日，欧洲专利局（EPO）公布了一系列信息资源的前两部分。欧专局公布此类资源旨在帮助研究人员和决策者们从专利信息中获益，以对抗新型冠状病毒肺炎。

The EPO has, 26 June 2020, published the first two parts of a series of resources designed to help researchers and decision-makers benefit from patent information in their fight against the new coronavirus.

在这个充满挑战的时代，欧洲专利局作为世界领先的技术信息提供者，主动支持研究人员、企业和决策者，分享有助于对抗新冠状病毒或治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎的技术专利信息。这些专利文件中的技术信息通常不会在其它地方发表。

The EPO as a world leader in supplying technical information has taken the initiative to support researchers, businesses and decision-makers in these challenging times by sharing patent information on technologies which are useful in combating the new Coronavirus or treating COVID-19. Technical information in patent documents are often published nowhere else.

EPO公布的前两组数据涉及抗病毒疫苗和药物治疗方法，未来几周将公布更多资源，例如关于诊断、医疗技术及设备的信息。

The first two data sets released by the EPO relate to antiviral vaccines and pharmaceutical therapeutics, with more resources to be released in the coming weeks covering, for example, diagnostics and medical technologies and devices.

作为此类技术的专家，EPO专利审查员和分析员已经创建了各种检索语句，以帮助科学家和决策者识别这些技术领域中最相关的文档和创新信息。前两个主题包括100多种有针对性的检索策略，每种策略都针对某种疫苗或药物。这些检索策略可在EPO在线专利检索界面Espacenet上免费运用。此公共数据库包含来自全球100多个知识产权机构的1.2亿多份文件。

EPO patent examiners and analysts who are experts in these technologies have created a variety of search statements to help scientists and decision-makers identify the most relevant documents and innovations in these technical fields. The first two topics comprise over 100 targeted search strategies, each specific to a type of vaccine or pharmaceutical. These search strategies are especially suited to run on the EPO's free to use online patent search interface: Espacenet. This public database contains more than 120 million documents from more than 100 intellectual property authorities around the world.

对于需要快速追踪专利程序的申请人，无论他们正在开发何种技术，欧洲专利局都会加快对其专利申请的审查。

For applicants who require a fast track patent procedure, regardless of the technology they are developing, the EPO offers accelerated prosecution of European patent applications.

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https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200626.html