Getting Started

What is Classification and how can it help me?  LexisNexis® Classification is an intellectual property analytics tool designed to help your business make better decisions. By analysing the world's patent and litigation data, we provide accessible intelligence that saves you time, saves you money and minimises risk.Unlock the largest library of scientific information by harnessing the latest ad...

A walk through of Classification with a focus on workflowsIn this article we navigate the Classification platform with a focus on Competitor Intelligence and Technology Trends workflows. In the webinar below, we take you through a case study focused on: identifying your competitor set, analysing the landscape's key activity, It also highlights how the new look and feel made it easier to access ...

Powerful artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques applied to patent searching AI Classifiers are a machine learning and AI approach to finding patents relating to a certain technology. AI Classifiers are an algorithm trained to identify patent families belonging to a technology. This is done by giving the algorithm examples of what should fall within (positive) and outside (negat...

Understand how technology clusters are generated and named, including unrelated and miscellaneous clustersWhat is a technology Cluster?A technology cluster refers to a grouping of patent families relating to the same technical area.How does the Classification platform group patent families into technology Clusters?It groups patent families with similar characteristics into Technology Clusters. ...

Where should I start my report in LexisNexis® Classification?  There are different ways to begin your report in the Classification platform, and where you start depends on the problem you're trying to solve, or the question you're trying to answer. The main location to start your report is the 'Report builder' tile in the top left of your Classification dashboard, when you first sign in:    Re...

Report Builder Options Landscape Report Organisation Report Boolean Search Patent Upload  Simplify reporting options and speed up the processGet to the information you require with our step by step reporting using the Report Builder. It sits in the top left of your screen as you log into LexisNexis® Classification: Report Builder OptionsReport Builder has conveniently placed your reporting in o...

Search multiple parts of LexisNexis® Classification in one click from the Search tile, including TechDiscovery, our new similar family searching tool  What is the Quick Search Tile?Advanced ToolsHow to run a search from the Search TileSelecting the relevant search option Organisations Universal Technology Taxonomy Reports Patent Numbers/Families Similar Family Searching (Tech Discovery)   What...

What it is, how it works and how it can help youWhat is TechDiscovery?If you want to quickly explore a patent landscape for a specific technology space or look for patents that are similar to your examples, TechDiscovery is the right tool for you. It allows you to quickly get to the list of the most relevant families for your analysis and easily refine these if necessary. Skip the search part, ...

How to generate a Landscape report using AI ClassifiersReport Options Group in Mutually Exclusive Technologies Allow Overlapping Technologies When should I use each option?If running an overlapping report, how can I see which patent families fall into more than one technology AI classifier? Introduction to Landscape ReportingThis feature runs up to 25 AI classifiers against every patent family ...

How to create a classifier report of selected organisations or portfolios This feature allows you to select an organisation or multiple organisations/owners/assignees, as the starting point for your report, to which classifiers are then applied. Think of these like a technology filter applied to these portfolios. AI Classifiers can be used to compare particular technologies across the companies...

This feature allows you to upload a list of patents to a report, via a file upload or by pasting a list of patent numbers to the LexisNexis® Classification platform. More information can also be found in the article below: How to create a Classification report from a Patent UploadYou can upload data to create a Classification report in the following ways: Patent Upload:Upload a list of patent n...

The patent upload tool is designed to support uploading from spreadsheets and SPIF but will handle any kind of plain text too. You can simply paste a list of publication IDs (e.g. "US12345A1").Among different formats of publications, it will recognise things such as: Full with kind code e.g. GB12345B1 Full without kind code e.g. US12345 With dashes e.g. US-7123456-B2 Full with kind code repeat...

What is the UTT and how should I use it? The Universal Technology Taxonomy (UTT) is a set of classifiers that comprehensively organises the world of patent data through a common lens. It is comprised of ten broad Technology Superclasses (such as electrical or mechanical) and 121 Subclasses (such as Displays or Robotics). The taxonomy was designed to ensure you can categorise every patent in the...