The IPlytics Platform is a comprehensive tool designed to provide users with a detailed overview and analysis of patents, declared Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), and standards documents. The platform's database is meticulously structured to ensure transparency, traceability, and reliability, making it a gold standard for SEPs and standards analysis.
The different databases can be accessed in the search area:
Database Overview
1. Patent Declaration Database:
- IPlytics maintains a robust patent declaration database that integrates data from over 67 worldwide patent offices, covering approximately 120 million patent documents and over 24 million patent families across 98 countries since 1980. This extensive coverage ensures that users have access to a wide array of patent information, including full-text patent data from major patent office's such as the US, EP, CN, KR, JP, TW, IN, and WO.
2. SEP Database:
- The platform connects data from over 120 million patents, 4 million standards contributions, and 300,000 declared and pooled patents. This integration allows users to link worldwide declared patent information with global patent and standards data, providing a comprehensive view of the patent landscape.
3. Standards Documents Data:
- IPlytics sources standards documents directly from 96 standard-setting organizations, resulting in a database of about 4 million standards documents published by over 700 working groups and committees since 1990. This ensures users have access to the latest standards information.
Database Structure
Data Sources and Updates:
- The IPLytics platform uses publicly available data sources, ensuring transparency and traceability by linking back to the original document sources. Weekly updates guarantee data accuracy and reliability, with all databases stored securely on IPlytics' servers.
Patent and Standards Matching:
- IPlytics employs sophisticated methods to match declared patents to standards and standards generations, validated by leading economists and published in peer-reviewed journals. This process involves semi-manual selection and the use of filters and manual lookups to correct potential mismatches.
Ultimate Owner Aggregation:
- The IPlytics platform addresses the challenge of disambiguating applicant/assignee names by using advanced algorithms to correct misspellings and match names, ensuring accurate patent portfolio counts per company. Furthermore, the database aggregates the assignee to the Ultimate Owner of a patent.
Aggregation and Expansion of Patent Families:
- IPlytics uses the extended INPADOC patent family definition to aggregate patent families, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all documents linked to a specific priority document. The platform also expands patent families to include all simple family members, aligning with FRAND obligations.
Search and Analysis Tools:
- The IPlytics platform offers a wide range of search and analysis tools, including Solr-Lucene for counting patent documents and families and various filters to refine search results. Users can search by technology generation, standard project, and other criteria, providing flexibility and in-depth analysis.
Summary
In summary, the IPlytics Platform's database is a powerful resource for analyzing the SEP landscape, offering detailed insights into patent and standards data. Its structured approach ensures users can navigate the complex world of SEPs with confidence, making informed decisions based on comprehensive and reliable data.