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Chinese Snapshots are here! IFI Snapshots for CN documents are now fully covered in CLAIMS Direct and available to Premium+ subscribers.
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Advanced Patent Monitoring using Artificial Intelligence and a Single-Source Database
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Summer 2020 Newsletter
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Patent Grant Prediction with 99 Percent Success Rate
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