Patent Search

PatentSearch

Patents Search & Annotation Tools

John F. Martin has identified three stages for the evolution of patent search. First stage is the Manual Search up to the 80s, which is based on classification codes. The Second Age is the Keyword Search enabled by the computerization of the patent documents in online databases starting in the late 90’s. The Third Age is the Patent Analytics, which provides multiple ways to find relevant patents, by improving information where possible, automatically linking patents to other helpful information, prioritizing results. More details in this article [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.innography.com/blog/post/the-third-age-of-patent-search-tools">[1]</a>].

Patent Search Tools:

1. Google Patent Search [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.google.co.uk/?tbm=pts&gws_rd=cr&ei=-R0DWfryGOmHgAbAt6SwDw">[2]</a>]

2. UK Intellectual Property Office Patent Search [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-ipsum.htm">[3]</a>]

3. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre/articles/how-to-complete-a-uk-patent-search">https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre/articles/how-to-complete-a-uk-patent-search</a>

3. United States Patent and Trademark Office [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm">[4]</a>]

4. Thomson Innovation [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://info.thomsoninnovation.com/">[5]</a>]

5. The Espacenet interface [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/">[6]</a>]

6. German Patent office DEPATISnet [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://depatisnet.dpma.de/DepatisNet/depatisnet?action=einsteiger">[7]</a>]

7. PatSnap [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.patsnap.com/">[8]</a>]

8. PatSeer [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://patseer.com/">[9]</a>]

9. TotalPatent [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/en-uk/products/total-patents.page#">[10]</a>]

10. Pat-base [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.patbase.com/">[11]</a>]

11. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Patent Search [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf">[12]</a>]

12. Patexia. Search Resources and Databases [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.patexia.com/search_resources_and_databases.html">[13]</a>]

Patents are classified by various Patent Offices:

1. USPTO Classes by Number with Title [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/selectnumwithtitle.htm">[14]</a>]

2. IPC - International classification [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://web2.wipo.int/ipcpub/">[15]</a>]

3. Cooperative Patent Classification - European/US classification [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_Patent_Classification">[16]</a>]

Patent Analytics:

1. PlainSite [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.plainsite.org">[17]</a>], is a patent assignment search tool that disambiguates legal entities. This is important since the USPTO spells IBM 1,200+ different ways.

2. PatSeer Pro [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://patseer.com/pro-edition/?gclid=CjwKEAjw85DIBRCy2aT0hPmS1jkSJAC1m9Uv6LwEOxfw-JMm2-xXsfKTen0G_KO9fYM1nXokj8xgORoCiOLw_wcB">[18]</a>]

3. WIPO Open Source Patent Analytics [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://poldham.github.io/">[19]</a>]

4. AcclaimIP [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.acclaimip.com/">[20]</a>]

5. Innography Products [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.innography.com/">[21]</a>]

6. Patent iNSIGHT Pro™ [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.patentinsightpro.com/">[22]</a>]

7. IBM's Safer Planet [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/safer-planet/">[23]</a>]

8. ProQuest [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.proquest.com/">[24]</a>]

9. Thomson Innovation IP Intelligence [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://info.thomsoninnovation.com/">[25]</a>]

Patents Annotation Software

It seems that patent annotation software are all research experimental results, and mostly based on expert's annotations.

1. Expert based integrated annotation software interface and database using e-book technology [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.google.com/patents/US20140157103">[26]</a>]

2. Annotated Chemical Patent Corpus: A Gold Standard for Text Mining [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0107477">[27]</a>]

3. Chemical Annotation of Patents Using INTELLIXIR with ChemAxon [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.chemaxon.com/library/2016-usugm/chemical-annotation-of-patents-using-intellixir-with-chemaxon/">[28]</a>]

Interesting Bodies:

1. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html">[29]</a>]

2. UK Intellectual Property Office [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office">[30]</a>]

3. Policy-UK [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://policy-uk.com/">[31]</a>]

Interesting Guides

1. British library Business & IP Centre [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre/articles/how-to-complete-a-uk-patent-search">[32]</a>]

2. Exeter University [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/subjectguides/general/patents/searchingforpatentsandpatentapplications/">[33]</a>]

3. National Archives [<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/patents-of-invention/">[34]</a>]