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Patent Activity in the Monterey Bay Area
Capitola resident Larry Cady is not a patent attorney but does have over 20 years experience working with an analyzing patent data and trends. Silicon…
IFI CLAIMS 2019 Content Roadmap
IFI's Content Roadmap for 2019 reinforces the company’s ongoing commitment to the quality, reliability, and completeness of the CLAIMS Direct patent…
Using IFI’s New Interactive Ranking Tool, Part One
If you’re looking for an easy way to do simple patent research, our new Top 1000 Interactive tool is the perfect place to start. Based on the top 1000 companies who…
IP Service World — AI is Here and Making a Difference Now
At this conference held in Munich during the last week of November 2018, keynote speeches from senior IP leaders at Google, IBM, and Siemens, and many vendor…
Blockchain Patents Unchained: Patent Landscape from IALE Tecnología
This analysis of blockchain patent applications and grants from IALE Tecnología, based on IFI data, offers an in-depth examination of this new technology. …
IFI to Demonstrate a New Data Discovery Technique at IP Service World
It can be a challenge to stay on top of the patent assets of large companies with many subsidiaries. It’s easy to overlook the true impact of a particular…
Can Patent Search Skills Be Validated? Certification Could Help
November 13, 2018: this article has been amended with new information from PIUG, and updated dates for the QPIP exam. It’s easier to search for patent documents…
Mind the Gap: Connecting Your Application to a Patent Data Source
For developers using patent data to create an application, or for analysts using patent data to generate insights, it is important to Mind the Gap. The gap I am…
Digital Twin Patent Analysis from IALE Tecnología
Our partner IALE Tecnología used IFI data to put together this interesting look at digital twin technology. For those not familiar with the term, it refers to a…
High Quality Patent Data Is More Important Than Ever for IP Analysis
According to IBM, poor data quality costs the US economy $3.1 trillion a year. This figure includes lost opportunity costs and bad decisions based on faulty data.
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Investment Management Firms Are Embracing Alternative Data–Patents Can Play a Role
Alternative data is defined in the context of investing as nontraditional data sets that support investment decisions. With the growth and availability of big data,…
New Data and Improved English Translations
Product release notes Early April 2018: Translations for EP and WO Records As we announced in March, we have added English translations to EP and WO records that…
Quantum Computing and Beyond: Can Patent Landscaping Predict the Future?
Quantum computing is going to change the world, and it’s no longer the stuff of science fiction. A series of patent landscape reports from Patinformatics, the firm…
Patent Number 10 Million Sheds Light on Industry Trends
If you’re interested in knowing what the future direction of technology is, monitoring patent trends can tell you a lot. While not every patented invention makes…
What Can We Learn From Ten Million US Patents?
The ten millionth US Patent will be granted on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (Update: the patent was granted to Raythoen for a laser detection and ranging system.) Is this…
Patent Education Resources
As many new uses for patent data come to light, we’re getting requests for basic education on patent content. We’re happy to provide guidance to customers with…
What to Watch in Patents: IFI Staff Offers Insight for World IP Day
Our staff at IFI CLAIMS® consists of both employees new to the world of patents and those with decades of experience. For this year’s World IP Day, we thought it…
US Patent Grants to China are Growing Rapidly
As part of our annual Top 50 list of patent assignees, we also take a look at industry trends. Our research uncovered that in 2017, China was awarded 28% more US patents than in 2016.
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IFI to Present a New Way to Access Patent Data at PIUG Biotech 2018
Our senior analyst Larry Cady will show attendees of the Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) Biotechnology conference how to combine data sources using Google’s…
Using Patent Data for Drug Development
Bringing new drugs to market is a complex and expensive process. According to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, the average cost of a new drug is…
IFI Data on Google BigQuery Untangles the PTAB
IFI Data Enrichments on Google BigQuery provide analysts with additional insight into PTAB cases, and patent legal status in general.
Public Patent Data Now Available on Google BigQuery
At IFI CLAIMS, we are very excited about the release of the Google Patents Public Datasets on Google’s BigQuery. We are proud to be the source of the core,…
IFI Legal Status Indicator for EPO Designated States
We recently published a blog post that covered how IFI data enhancements make it easier to know when a patent will expire. That article focused on US patents, and in…
IFI Data Enhancements Simplify Complex Patent Expiration Rules
The 20 Year Term Rule As a general rule of thumb, the effective life of a patent extends to 20 years from the application date. This rule has changed over time. …
New Country Coverage & Translations
At IFI CLAIMS®, we're always seeking to expand our data coverage. We recently released national patent office data for: Austria Brazil Switzerland…
Select the Right Patent Data Source for Your Big Data Project
Have you wondered how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and deep learning can be applied to patent data? Sumeet Sandhu, CEO of Elementary IP,…
IFI Has Not Forgotten About Design Patents: The US Design Top 50
In the US, designs can be patented. According to the US Patent & Trademark Office: A design consists of the visual ornamental characteristics embodied in, or…
IFI Patent Status Indicator Now Available for EP Documents: An Example
How do you tell if a patent is in force in a European country? IFI CLAIMS can now provide an easy answer. The IFI Patent Status indicator is a value added patent…
The Rapid Growth in Chinese Semiconductor Patents
The number of Chinese semiconductor patents grew rapidly in 2015 compared to 2014. IFI CLAIMS has found that the number of Chinese semiconductor patent grants jumped by 88%.
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Korean Patent Office Leads in 2015 Patent Pendency, EPO and DE Lag
Patent pendency is the time between a patent's filing data and its grant or issue date. IFI CLAIMS has examined patent pendency across the world’s major patent…
