SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
MINESOFT
SURVEYING THE LANDSCAPE
Of the various forms of Intellectual
Property (IP), patent data stands out as
the container of over 70% of the world’s
scientific knowledge. This invaluable
tool can arm a corporation’s R&D team
with the knowledge needed to develop
their innovations. Patent collections are
largely the only source for the core ideas
that go on to influence industry and
aid technological advancement; a great
number of processes and inventions
described in patent literature are not
disclosed elsewhere.
Analysing large amounts of patent
information can reveal relationships and
trends that would be difficult to discern
when working on a patent-by-patent basis.
A powerful analytics platform, included
in PatBase and compatible with PatBase
Express, allows users to visualise market
trends, avoid infringement, identify
potential business partners and capitalise
on licensing opportunities.
The Minesoft user community includes
R&D engineers, legal operatives, associated
internal and external counsel and C-suite
executives. This has grown as more
businesses recognise that patent data is a
critical component to address throughout
the company, from the start of a new
project to the launch of a product. PatBase
and PatBase Express allow the seamless
creation of everything from board-level
presentations to detailed landscape
reports.
PatBase, co-developed by Minesoft and
RWS, collates all the information and
publications for a single invention into
one place. This reduces duplication of
results and work. With PatBase, Minesoft
prioritises clarity of information by ensuring
that detailed results, images and technical
drawings are viewable from a single page.
PatBase has 130+ million patent and related
documents from 106 countries (updated
weekly), organised into 65+ million patent
families. With data drawn from around
the world, including non-Latin data,
PatBase provides access to one of the most
comprehensive and high-quality collections
of patent data in the industry.
Patents are a rich and unique source of
legal, business and technical information,
a vital company asset and the backbone of
scientific and technological advancements.
Minesoft is dedicated to supplying R&D
departments everywhere with this source
of knowledge. As the number of user types
within the IP field broadens, the need for
flexibility and ease of use of search and
analysis tools becomes a greater priority.
Seeing this gap in the market, Minesoft
developed PatBase Express. With the same
high quality and comprehensive data as
PatBase, PatBase Express includes a range
of features that make patent search and
analysis more accessible for a variety of
professionals.
Companies can acquire unlimited
department-wide access to PatBase
Express. This easy to use interface helps
many R&D departments to make Buy vs
Build decisions, understand technology
trends and gain actionable competitive
intelligence.
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Identify whitespaces and avoid overcrowded areas.
For example, this landscape shows the top technology areas in 2017.
Citation networks can be used to identify competitors’ moving into your
space or to spot hot technology areas
Don’t be left behind; sign up to your free trial today at www.discoverpatents.net.