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Classifying Newly Released Cloud Computing Patents Using KMX
Last week, I showed how KMX can classify a large numbers of patents. I looked at 3,961 patents published before June 23, 2012 using the search term “cloud…
Using KMX to Classify the "Cloud Computing" Patent Landscape
What is “cloud computing”? What is “cloud computing”? Is it a technology, a business model, industry hype? In the popular press, one can easily find many…
Research in Motion - Shares are Declining but Patent Count is Growing
By Jennifer Butler, IFI CLAIMS Patent Services with research assistance by Larry Cady Shares of Canadian based Research in Motion plunged on Friday June 29 after…
Ranking the Top US Patent Law Firms
The yin yang between patent quantity and quality has long been an issue among innovative businesses. It has yet to be resolved. It is not a simple matter of those…
Facebook & Yahoo - Using KMX to Compare Patent Portfolios
Facebook is planning an IPO next month. It will be one of the largest IPO’s in history. In their February 1, 2012 S-1 filing, Facebook noted that their…
Top University US Patent Portfolios
One of the most common uses of IFI CLAIMS Patent Intelligence and Technology (PITR) is to provide quick reports outlining patent portfolios. These snapshots provide a…
The Number of Claims and the Grant Lag
Why does it take so long to get a patent? The time lag between when a patent application is filed and when the patent is granted currently averages 33.7 months or…
California leads the nation in innovation, or does it?
On January 10, 2012 IFI CLAIMS Patent Services released its ranking of top global companies based on US utility patents in 2011. Our IFI analysts work closely…
PITR for Patent Trends - KMX for Deep Insight
On January 10, IFI released its annual Top 50 Patent rankings for 2011. This report is a summary of information available through IFI’s Patent Information &…
Linguamatics and Fairview announce collaboration for high performance text mining of patent data
Linguamatics, a leader in enterprise text mining, today announced that it has agreed to license patent content from Fairview Research's Alexandria database.
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