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Why are patents important for R&D?
Patents allow businesses to maintain a
period of monopoly on their innovations and
inventors to receive recognition for their
work. However, for a patent to be granted,
it usually requires reviewing a huge amount
of data which can be thousands of pages of
drawings and text, some of which may be
written in foreign languages.
supports over 19 million compounds and
understands Chinese, Japanese, Korean,
French and German chemical nomenclature.
Organisations from various industry
verticals such as chemistry, pharmaceutical,
engineering and electronics are among
Minesoft’s existing customer base. The wide
variety of users of PatBase is a testament to
the indisputable value of patent information
in business today. Whether you are part of
a multi-national corporation, an SME or an
academic institution, patent data can be
used to inform business decisions, guide
R&D strategy and inspire further innovation.
A searchable patent database like PatBase,
containing machine translated non-Latin
text, enables R&D teams to easily search
for information related to their area of
development and view and share an
accurate global landscape analysis. This
prevents wasted time and energy on
redundant work.
PatBase, released in 2003, is a
collaboratively built solution by Minesoft
and RWS to provide users with a one-stop-
shop for high quality and routinely updated
patent data. With data available from 106
jurisdictions around the world, PatBase
provides one of most comprehensive and
high-quality collections of patent data in
the industry. Minesoft’s team of in-house
experts work with patent specialists in large
companies around the world to regularly
optimise the platform.
Identify whitespaces and avoid overcrowded areas.
For example, this landscape shows the top technology areas in 2017.
PatBase coupled with additional solutions
built in-house, such as PatBase Analytics
V2 (included in PatBase, and fully
compatible with PatBase Express) assist
users in performing intuitive searches and
to graphically illustrate data for further
analyses which can help businesses make
better informed strategic decisions. This
information can also be used to identify
sources of threat in the industry, like
competitors infringing on protected IP, or to
discover licensing opportunities.
Another intuitive solution is Minesoft’s
Chemical Explorer, which is ideal for
searching for and extracting vital chemical
information from patents. Working in
conjunction with PatBase, Chemical Explorer
has a full chemical structure drawing
capability and the ability to import/export
chemical structures. Flexible search options
include the ability to search by identity,
similarity or substructure. Chemical Explorer
Citation networks can be used to identify competitors’ moving into your space or to spot
hot technology areas
To find out more, please visit www.minesoft.com
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