WIPS Global Advanced : special feature 06:My Folder

WIPS Global Advanced

Worldwide Patent Information Online Service WIPS Global Advanced

My Folder


WIPS Global Advanced Offers the function to save (2,000 cases/folder) patent data that will be applied to work and manage the data (data sharing and information classification).
It enables a secondary use of the data by linking the saved data in Patent Folder with SmartAngle and Easy Viewer offered by the WIPS Global Advanced.

1. Patent Folder

- Setting to share the saved patent data in Patent Folder
- The setting status of user-classification tags for the saved patent data in an individual folder
- Offers a search function of patent document in an individual folder
- Conveniently links the saved patent data in Patent Folder with other services such as Easy Viewer and SmartAngle
- Displays a list of the saved patent data in an individual folder
- Able to set up user-classification tag for individual patent data

2. Query Folder

- Convenient function to save and manage frequently used query information in folders
- Links the saved query information with SDI service
- Linked with Query Matching Board 

3. Query History 

- Offers the history of query information by used dates
- Offers the search terms used

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Samsung and Apple Patent Portfolio featured WIPS Global Advanced (1)

1. Introduction

On April 2011, Apple filed a patent lawsuit against Samsung  for infringing on number of Apple’s technology patents and design rights.  The lawsuit between Apple and Samsung continues to evolve.  This so called ‘Smart war’ case raises several issues; approval of Trade Dress and problem of FRAND (Fair, Reasonable, And Non-Discriminatory) licensing agreements. The US District Court in San Jose awarded Apple more than $1billion in August after finding that Samsung had infringed on six patents including copying the design of its mobile devices.

WIPS analyzed Samsung and Apple’s patent portfolios with its online patent search engine, WIPS Global Advanced, to take a closer look at both companies’ patent possessions and strategies.


Company Search of WIPS Global Advanced

2. The Methodology of Patent Portfolio Analysis

The WIPS Global Advanced (WGA)‘s company search feature was used to identify both Samsung and Apple’s patent condition during the recent 10 years, strategies of securing patents, concentrated technology area, and open innovation strategies.    
 
Analysis Subject

In general, companies file international applications after filing the domestic applications because general patent system follows the territorial principle.  For this reason, the analysis used number of domestic applications as an indicator.  In other words, it is important to identify domestic patent application activities in a given year in understanding a target company’s patent application activity.

We also identified both companies’ open-innovation strategies based on the information of joint applications and patent assignees.  We also compared both companies’ technology patent purchasing strategies based on the WGA’s patent assignee/ assignment information under US patent.

Main Analysis
- Samsung and Apple’s patent application activities in recent 10 years
- Samsung and Apple’s  recent promising technology areas
- Samsung and Apple’s open-innovation activities (joint application, patent purchasing)

To be continued.

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China, Taiwan Tel: +82-2-726-1038, 1130 | Fax: +82-2-777-7334 | global@wips.co.kr

Good to know : use of Date Range Searching for IP Searching

WIPS Global Advanced

Here are some more operations for IP searching which make you to find correct result fast.  @ and equal or inequality signs can be used to search for certain range of application date or publication date. With these search operations, customers may save time and have more relevant result as well. WIPS Global is also offering free trial period of trial ID to first accessible WIPS Global Advanced customer. Please check our IP Search Service WIPS Global Advanced, if you need help please let us help you.

Search e.g.	Searchable Object
@PD>20000101	Search for the data with publication date after January 02, 2000
@AD>=19970101<=20061231	Search for the data with application date from January 01, 1997 to December 31, 2006
@PRD>20010505<=20061231	Search for the data with priority date from May 06, 2001 to December 31, 2006

* Fields able to search with range

AD	Application date	PD	Publication date
FD	Declaration date	RD	Registration date
PRD	Priority date	IAD	International application date
IPD	International publication date	CLN	Number of claims

DMC Tower 18th~19th Floor, 189 Sungam-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea

Global Tel: +82-2-726-1104, 1130 | Fax: +82-2-777-7334 | global@wips.co.kr

Japan Tel: +82-2-726-1113, 1107 | Fax: +82-2-777-7334 | wips-jp@wips.co.kr

China, Taiwan Tel: +82-2-726-1038, 1130 | Fax: +82-2-777-7334 | global@wips.co.kr