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 [[1]].

Patent Search Tools:

1. Google Patent Search [[2]]

2. UK Intellectual Property Office Patent Search [[3]]

3. https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre/articles/how-to-complete-a-uk-patent-search

3. United States Patent and Trademark Office [[4]]

4. Thomson Innovation [[5]]

5. The Espacenet interface [[6]]

6. German Patent office DEPATISnet [[7]]

7. PatSnap [[8]]

8. PatSeer [[9]]

9. TotalPatent [[10]]

10. Pat-base [[11]]

11. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Patent Search [[12]]

12. Patexia. Search Resources and Databases [[13]]

Patents are classified by various Patent Offices:

1. USPTO Classes by Number with Title [[14]]

2. IPC - International classification [[15]]

3. Cooperative Patent Classification - European/US classification [[16]]

Patent Analytics:

1. PlainSite [[17]], 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 [[18]]

3. WIPO Open Source Patent Analytics [[19]]

4. AcclaimIP [[20]]

5. Innography Products [[21]]

6. Patent iNSIGHT Pro™ [[22]]

7. IBM's Safer Planet [[23]]

8. ProQuest [[24]]

9. Thomson Innovation IP Intelligence [[25]]

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 [[26]]

2. Annotated Chemical Patent Corpus: A Gold Standard for Text Mining [[27]]

3. Chemical Annotation of Patents Using INTELLIXIR with ChemAxon [[28]]

Interesting Bodies:

1. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [[29]]

2. UK Intellectual Property Office [[30]]

3. Policy-UK [[31]]

Interesting Guides

1. British library Business & IP Centre [[32]]

2. Exeter University [[33]]

3. National Archives [[34]]