A summary of the latest enhancements to PatBase & PatBase Express

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1 A summary of the latest enhancements to PatBase & PatBase Express Just released!! These new features were released in PatBase at the end of May NEW: Citation Explorer The new interactive Citation Explorer makes it easier to navigate and review the often complex web of patent citations on a family or family member basis. The Explorer offers filtering options and side-by-side comparison views to help identify relevant citations and hone in on important details. Graphical views including an interactive timeline and tree view assist with evaluation, and a flagging and notes system makes it easier to manage the process of reviewing large amounts of citation data. The first time you access the Explorer you can take a click-through tour of the main functionality to help you get started and find your way around! Access the Explorer from the Citations tab.

2 LATEST UPDATE NEW: Probable Patent Assignee The Probable Patent Assignee field can now be searched, displayed and exported in PatBase. The probable assignee represents the most likely current assignee for the patent family, taking into account factors including reassignment information, the source of priority filings, standard and nonstandard assignee and inventor names. Choose the drop-down option from assignee field on search form, or use the new command PPA= in command line.

3 NEW: CPC class added to Visual Explorer Visual Explorer now incorporates the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) enabling you to get a visual breakdown of results by most frequently occurring CPCs.

4 NEW: Browse Index assignee/inventor search enhanced The Browse Index function has been enhanced to allow terms to be searched and identified which appear anywhere in the assignee/inventor string (e.g. searching for the keyword dyson using the new terms containing option will retrieve J_AND_J DYSON LTD ) NEW: Ebola patent landscape study released, using PatBase data and Analytics functionality Aalt van de Kuilen, chemist and patent information expert, utilised PatBase to study Ebola related patent data and create a vision of the Ebola patent landscape. Download your free copy of the white paper here

5 Other enhancements released this Spring: New version of PatBase Analytics The latest release of the integrated PatBase Analytics software module includes new Legal Analytics, bubble activity charts, and Japanese and Chinese language interface options. Details of all updates can be found at top right of the PatBase Analytics window next to flag icons. LATEST UPDATE Country Mode in PatBase Express - limit search and display to a specific country PatBase Express users can limit their searches to a specific country by selecting from a country list before carrying out a search. Default is set to worldwide but users can restrict their search to any one country - only patents from that country will be retrieved and displayed meaning it is effectively like searching a subset of the PatBase database.

6 Coverage Enhancements since January Additional Colombian (CO) back file full text from 1995 and ongoing updates Japanese (JP) B documents backfile from 2012 to 1994 French (FR) B documents full text backfile and ongoing updates Israel (IL) - full text and additional bibliographic data from 1975, and a new data feed has been made possible with the help of the Israeli Patent Office and WIPO A new faster feed has speeded up addition of UK (GB) patents A new faster feed for Chinese (CN) patents, utility models and designs means they are now available on or as close to the day of publication as possible Chinese PDFs available day of publication and full PDFs can be downloaded instantly by all users with save complete PDF option.

7 New Russian (RU) Register links have been enabled from the family table or legal status view New search command to retrieve Designs Retrieve design patents with the new command, which can also be combined with country codes. For example: (TAC=(Crane*) and DESIGN=(YES)) (TAC=(Crane*) and DESIGN=(US OR CN)) New Litigation option in Legal Status view PatBase & Express users can now view Litigation information for US publication by clicking on the Litigation icon (a gavel) at top of the Legal status window to view a litigation summary table for US patents in the family. An external link is also provided to RPX s searchable patent litigation database.

8 In case you missed them: Some small but useful enhancements added this year that you might have missed! Export machine translations for individual publications Machine translations of individual publications (where available) can now be exported in Excel. Export claims of granted EP patents in 3 languages The claims of granted EP patents can now be exported in all 3 published languages - EN, DE, FR. Option to export granted patent where application and grant exists (EP and US only) Export the granted patent (for EP and US documents only) where both an application and grant exists in the family. Latin search solution for Polish assignees and inventors Improved indexing means Polish assignees and inventors are now all searchable in the PA field (Latin search). Enhanced a record function When ing a record, the now contains a choice of links to PatBase, PatBase Express and PatBase Family Explorer (for recipients without access to PatBase). Add to folder from within folder view Add a record into another saved/new folder from within a folder. Click on the yellow folder icon at top right of the folder view. If you have any questions or feedback for us about any of the new features, please don t hesitate to contact us at support@minesoft.com or by calling +44(0)