'Similar Patents' to find similar results

 

  Recently, as we have entered a knowledge-based society where knowledge and information produce value, the importance of intellectual property rights, which protect the results obtained through intellectual activities in the form of property rights, is increasing day by day, rather than property rights for the results produced through labor and capital-based economic activities. Accordingly, the importance of patents, a representative form of intellectual property rights, is increasing, and the amount of patent applications has been increasing every year. One of the most important and essential tasks in patenting is prior art search.

  The purpose of prior art search is not to back down simply because identical or similar technologies being existed. It’s a very beneficial task in that it allows us to determine the current level of technology for the relevant invention or item. Furthermore, discovered patented technologies inevitably have new problems that must be solved, so by taking advantage of this, we can develop technologies that are more advanced than previous patents.

  Prior art search has the purpose of avoiding filing or infringement, but it is also very important for identifying patents of competitors, identifying technologies that exist in certain technologies or topics, and invalidating other companies' patents that are disadvantageous to the company. In such patent research work, it is essential to search for similar patents. Extracting similar patents actually takes a considerable amount of time in the process of performing various patent tasks such as reviewing prior documents, checking search results, monitoring competitor applications, and identifying invalid data.

  To find the similar patents, Keyword search is usually used but WIPS Global uses an AI automatic classification method by machine learning. The keyword search method is a standardized data analysis method that is highly accurate only for short sentences, but it’s not possible to analyze the meaning of a long sentence consisting of several words and sentences like documents or literature. Now, let’s take a look at the “Similar Patents” feature provided by WIPS Global.

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Countries available for Similar Patents : US, EP, CN, JP, KR, PCT

‘Similar Patents’ are entered through the ‘Similar Patents’ button in the View Details page.

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1.      10 patents which are similar to the entered patent are listed.

2.      The document list is arranged in descending order of similarity score.

3.      More ‘Similar Patents’ : which is connected to AI Search for another 300 similar patents.

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4.   You can check the core keywords, abstract, claims, and descriptions of the invention of the selected document.

5.   The drawing section is open by clicking the ON/OFF button.

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  When connected to AI search, 300 patents are listed in order of highest similarity. Search results are displayed as chart filters and a document list.

6.   You can see brief statistics in the chart to understand the overall flow, 

7.   also can check the details in the document list.

8.  In the document list, reference documents are placed on the top and sorted in order of highest similarity. Citations that are highly relevant to the reference document is also included.

9.  Click the ‘Re-Search’ button to research focusing on a specific document. Since the search is re-searched based on the selected patent, you can find a more elaborate document list.

  So far, we have briefly looked at WIPS Global’s ‘Similar Patents’. Even if it is thought to be a new technology that has not been seen before, similar patents are surprisingly often found when searching for prior patents. This is because there are many technologies that are not commercialized as actual products due to market conditions or business conditions, even if the technology is patented. Please try WIPS Global’s ‘Similar Patents’ to get a help in terms of patent management and utilization, including picking up excellent patents, current status of registered patents, and patent technology transactions!