Effective and Efficient Patent

Landscaping using PatBase

Robert Poolman

Senior Manager

Innovation and Consulting

Agenda

• Introduction to Minesoft

• Efficient and effective patent landscaping using PatBase

– Background and Case study

– Methodology

– Features of PatBase to aid patent landscaping:

• Classification finder

• Citation searching

• Ranking of results by citations

• Advanced keyword highlighting

• Use of the “Similar” function

• PatBase Analytics

• Founded in 1996

• Innovative Global Patent Information Provider

• HQ in London, UK

• Partners with RWS & Tempus IP

• Designs solutions to help customers harness the power

of patent information throughout the innovation process

Who we are

Specialists

in Patent

Information

Building

Intelligent

Patent

Information

Solutions

What we do

Trusted

by IP experts

Worldwide

Corporations,

National Patent

Offices, Patent

Attorneys and

Patent Search

Firms worldwide

International

Customer

Support

Global client base,

including USA,

Germany, Japan,

India and Israel

Data overview• Total data volume exceeds 35Tb

– >50 million families and 102 publishing bodies

– 40 million full-texts including over 20 million non-Latin into English MT’s

– 54 million clipped images and 45 million complete sets of drawings

• PatBase Express interface in seven languages (GB, DE, ES, FR, JP, CN, PT)

• PatBase interface in three languages (EN, JP, CN)

• Adding value to PatBase data:

– Stringent quality checks pre and post-processing (programmatic and human)

– Corrections, pre and post-processing (both programmatic and human)

– Internal tagging of examples, paragraphs and claims

– Machine translation and re-translation

Case Study – 3D printing

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Background

• What is a patent landscape?

“Patent landscape reports provide a snap-shot of the patent

situation of a specific technology, either within a given

country or region, or globally” (Source: WIPO)

• Process:

Some Key Questions

• Is this a growing area of interest?

• What are the fields of current interest?

• Who are the key players?

• Where are the key players filing their inventions?

• Who are the “key opinion leaders” in this field?

• What is the legal status of the families in this area?

Methodology

• Subject matter investigation

• Compile search strategy

• Keywords

• Classifications

• Run initial basic search

• Analyse and optimise strategy

• Clean up

• Visualize and review

PatBase Features - Strategy• Language Explorer

PatBase Features - Strategy• Classification finder

• Primary Keywords:

• Initial basic strategy: TAC=(stereolithography or ("3d print*"))

• Examples of new keywords: “Three Dimensional” or “Rapid Prototyping” or “Stereo Lithography”

• Keyword analysis:

• Initial basic strategy: TAC=(stereolithography or ("3d print*"))

• Example of new keyword: “stereolithographic”

• Keyword analysis:

• Remove irrelevant results from landscape

• Example: “Print Head”

• Optimise strategy

• Classification Codes – e.g. CPC

• Add codes to strategy

• Review definitions for additional keywords

• Optimise strategy

• Classification Statistical Analysis

• Optimise strategy with key assignees and inventors

• Sorting results by “Most Cited”

• Identifies key patents in the technical area

• Advanced keyword highlighting

• Supports proximity operators and left and right hand truncation

• “Similar” function

• Identifies patent families related to the family of interest

• Optimised strategy

Keywords

SpecificCPC + ECLA

Foreign Language

ClassCodes

Key assignees

and inventors

• Is this a growing area of interest?

• What are the fields of current interest?

• What are the fields of current interest?

• Who are the key players in this area?

• Where are the key players filing their patents?

• Example: 3D Systems Inc

• Who are the “key opinion leaders” in this area?

• What is the legal status of the families in this area?

Conclusions• 3D printing patent landscape growing in activity

• Key players include:

• 3D Systems Inc, Stratasys, EOS

• Top 5 countries for filing by 3D Systems Inc are:

• US, EPO, JP, WIPO, DE

• Areas of current interest:

• Stereo Lithography, Additive Manufacturing

• Laser sintering, Rapid Prototyping

• Key opinion leaders include:

• Charles Hull, Dennis Smalley

• Top CPC and IPC code: B29C67

Summary

Language Explorer

ClassificationFinder

CitationSearching

Ranking by “most cited”

KeywordHighlighting

“Similar”function

Thank you

Robert PoolmanSenior Manager, Innovation and Consultingrobert@minesoft.com

For further information: Phone: +1 866-745-3621 Email: info@minesoft.com