Introduction to IPlytics Semantic Essentiality Score (SES)
Why do some SEPs not show a SES score?
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Introduction to IPlytics Semantic Essentiality Score (SES)
Standard Essentiality of a patent has long been a complex issue, often leading to conflicts, negotiations, and lawsuits. Traditionally, determining whether a patent is essential to a standard requires significant investment in time, money, legal counsel, and subject-matter expertise. For example, assessing the essentiality of a portfolio of 100 patents can take 10 experts at least two weeks and cost over $150,000.
A New Approach: Semantic Essentiality Score (SES)
IPlytics introduces the Semantic Essentiality Score (SES) — a faster, more efficient way to assess patent essentiality. Within seconds, SES provides a score (1–100) indicating how likely a patent is essential to the standard it was declared against. This is achieved through semantic mapping of independent patent claims to standard sections.
How SES Works
Semantic Mapping
Map a patent to the standard it was declared against.
Similarity Scoring
Calculate a semantic similarity score for each declared patent and corresponding standard. Sort and filter to identify the most likely essential patents by standard or portfolio.
Portfolio Comparison
Refine results and compare portfolios or individual patents based on their SES.
Side-by-Side Analysis
View the most semantically matching independent patent claim alongside the relevant standard section.
Why do some SEPs not show a SES score?
The IPlytics SES score or ‘Semantic Essentiality Score’ as it’s known, is a faster, more efficient way to assess patent essentiality. Within seconds, SES provides a score (1–100) indicating how likely a patent is essential to the standard it was declared against. This is achieved through semantic mapping of independent patent claims to standard sections.
The SES score is shown in the data view, as seen here:
There are a number of reasons why an SES score may not be shown next to a publication:
- SES can only score English original documents (e.g., US or EP)
- SES can only score patents declared at ETSI
- While Chinese translated patents are scored with SES, the accuracy is not confirmed
- SES only reports the most semantically relevant claim section combinations. Any other relevant standard sections are not reported
For example, the Korean publication above consists of two Korean SEPs and one WO application, and will therefore not show an SES.
Use Cases
For Portfolio Management:
- Identify the most and least essential patents in your or your competitor’s portfolio.
- Track high-scoring granted patents to ensure timely renewals.
- Discover top-ranked declared patents and inventor contributions.
- Assess essentiality likelihood of declared applications early.
For Licensing & Business Development:
- Address 3GPP over-declarations effectively.
- Review declared patent portfolios in seconds.
- Use SES to support FRAND rate calculations in licensing negotiations.
- Note: IPlytics SES is not a replacement for expert claim charting but serves as a valuable first step in evaluating declared patent portfolios.
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