EPO and International Renewable Energy Agency Launch New Renewable Energy Innovation Platform

The European Patent Office (EPO) has partnered with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to launch the International Standards and Patents in Renewable Energy (INSPIRE) platform, a repository of global renewable energy standards and patent documents. More on the platform after the break.

PatSeer Releases New Updates

PatSeer has launched a new set of updates as a part of its June, 2015 release, introducing new content update, searching enhancements and display enhancements. The update includes new hybrid search engine enhancements, new search, filtering and analysis fields and a redesigned patent drawings board. Read on for a detailed report.

Relecura Updates Its Software-as-a-Service Platform

IP analytics firm Relecura has launched a new set of updates for its Software-as-a-Service platform, bringing in a redesigned user interface, a customizable dashboard and user defined tags, apart from making enhancements to existing functionality. More on the update after the break.

USPTO And Reed Tech Launch New Patent Alerts Service

The United States Patent and Trademarks Office, in partnership with Reed Technology and Information Services, has launched the new Patent Application Alert Service (PAAS) platform, a free content change detection and notification service that provides customized email alerts to the public when U.S. patent applications are published. The tool will also allow users direct access to published patent applications that match their search requirements. More on the tool after the break!

Chemical Structure Searching Now Available on Wikipedia

This is a guest post contributed by Shankar Manyem, a Patent Analyst in Landon IP’s Patent Search Group’s Chemistry Team.

 

Wikipedia is a very useful resource for searching information on chemicals, with the platform hosting more than 15,000 of them. However, until now, it was only possible to search Wikipedia using text terms such as chemical names (and fragment names), trade names, CAS Registry numbers, and to a limited extent, SMILES text.  Now, a structure search engine, Wikipedia Chemical Structure Explorer, is available that allows structure searching of Wikipedia chemical entries. The Wikipedia Chemical Structure Explorer was produced by joint collaboration by researchers from Novartis, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), and Actelion Pharmaceuticals.

The website allows for searching chemicals through either exact, similarity, or sub-structure options. Upon accessing the website, four modules are presented:

1. Module which allows for a structure to be drawn through the JSME Molecular Editor.
2. Basic information module that provides options to view the result in Wikipedia and to search other similar molecules.
3. List module that provides a list of results based on the structure search.
4. Synopsis module that provides the Wikipedia entry for the top hit structure.

Currently, there are about 13263 structure searchable entries, which are typically updated nightly (e.g., on 4/10/15, there were only 13250 structure searchable entries).

Wikipedia Chemical Structure Search User Interface.

 

Wikipedia Chemical Structure Explorer Advantages:

• The results are presented on the fly as the structure is drawn, providing for structure query modification depending on the number of results.
• It is possible to combine structure searching with keyword search, although the keyword has to be part of the title of the article in Wikipedia – this allows for identifying, e.g., all amines that contain a benzene ring by drawing a benzene ring and using “amin” as text filter.
• The results are limited to common chemicals, e.g., active pharmaceutical ingredients, pesticides, etc., for which a reference would typically be provided in the Wikipedia page.

 

Wikipedia Chemical Structure Explorer Limitations:

• The data set is, of course, limited to chemicals in Wikipedia, i.e., popular chemicals – even here, not all chemicals in Wikipedia are structure searchable since many entries just have text entries and are missing structural entries in a form recognizable by the search script.
• Keywords other than those in the title of the article are not searchable and cannot be used as text limitations, e.g., property data such as molecular weight or formula cannot be used to limit a search.
• The results are limited to and are linked to the English pages of Wikipedia – the chemicals in the French or German versions will possibly be included in future versions.

 

Further description of the Wikipedia chemical structure explorer can be found in an article published in Journal of Cheminformatics.

This post was contributed by Abhishek Tiwari. The Intellogist blog and Intellogist are provided for free by Landon IP, which is a CPA Global company. Landon IP is a major provider of professional services meeting the needs of the IP community, including patent searches; analytics and technology consulting; patent, legal, and technical translations; and information research and retrieval.

Japan Patent Office Releases J-Plat Pat

The Japan Platform for Patents (J-Plat Pat) is a new patent searching platform launched by the Japan Patent Office (JPO) that is designed to offer patent information including Japanese utility models, design and trademark data to aid in intellectual property strategy building. The platform is a successor to the Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) service which has now been discontinued by the JPO. The service comes in both English and Japanese language versions. Read on for an in-depth look at J-Plat Pat.

Patent Search System News Round-up, Winter 2015

The new year has brought a new round of updates from major patent search systems, including subscription databases PatBase, PatBase Express, and Relecura and free tool the Lens (formerly known as Patent Lens).  What’s new on these systems?  Here’s just a quick sample:

• New design search commands and litigation information on PatBase.
• Limit search and display to a specific country in PatBase Express.
• Search history and non-US assignment data in now on Relecura.
• New analysis and filtering options for genomic patent searches are available on The Lens.

Continue reading to get the full scoop on all the newly added improvements to these systems!

New PatSeer Updates Released

The latest update of patent search and analysis platform PatSeer comes with key enhancements and new features, including the addition of Philippines full-text patent collection and new keyboard shortcuts. Let us take a detailed look at the updates after the break.

PatentClassifier Has Arrived!

PatentClassifier, a new, free patent classification search tool, has been launched. The search tool is designed to suggest the patent classes closest to the phrases or words used to describe a particular patent. Get a low down on it after the jump!

New Updates for the AcclaimIP Patent Search System

Subscription based patent search and analysis platform AcclaimIP has rolled out new updates pertaining to assignee names and data export options that are designed to streamline the patent search process and make it easier for users to export the right data. Get more details after the jump!