Patent/IP Reference

Name: Patent/IP Reference
Creator: TestPattern Community
License: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

Detects references to patents, intellectual property registrations, and IP Australia filings.

Type: regex
Confidence: medium
Confidence justification: Medium confidence: keyword-based detection requires corroborative evidence for accurate identification.
Jurisdictions: au
Regulations: AML/CTF Act (Cth), IPA 2009 (Qld), Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
Frameworks: ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS
Data categories: intellectual-property
Scope: narrow
Risk rating: 5

Should match

Patent application — Low-tier probe - IP reference without work-product content
Patent application: claim analysis and filing strategy. — Medium-tier probe - substantive IP work product without a formal record field
Patent application: claim analysis and filing strategy; application number AU2026123456, filing date 19 July 2026. — High-tier probe - work product plus formal filing fields

Patent leather shoes on sale — Product-description sibling
The patently obvious solution — Lexical near-match
The public patent register lists patent application number AU2026123456 and its filing date. — Public register contains formal patent fields but no private work product
Template example: patent application claim analysis and filing strategy, application number AU2026123456, filing date 19 July 2026. — Template contains otherwise high-tier evidence

Use of patent as adjective in non-IP contexts. Mitigation: Require IP-specific keywords like patent application, patent claim, or IP Australia.