http://homepage.mac.com/atrippe/B1336282893 Information on patent analysis tony@patinformatics.com © Anthony Trippe Fri, 06 Jun 2003 06:54:03 -0400 Fri, 06 Jun 2003 06:55:00 US/Eastern iBlog 1.3 B3 Abstract
An IP Consulting firm named IPCura has released a report detailing the most valuable patents thus far in 2003. The top 20 according to the website are:

1.    US 5742905         Personal Communications Internetworking                Bells Communications Res Inc.
2.    US 5608786         Unified messaging system and method                      Alphanet Telecom Inc.
3.    US 5643826         Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device   Semiconductor Energy Lab Co.
4.    US 5774660         World-wide-web server with delayed resource...         Resonate,Inc.
5.    US 5744305         Arrays of materials attached to a substrate                  Affymetrix, Inc.
6.    US 5884032         System for coordinating communications via...           New Bruswick Telephone Co.
7.    US 5837458         Methods and compositions for cellular and...              Maxygen, Inc.
8.    US 5862325         Computer-based communication system and...         Intermind Coroporation
9.    US 5143854         Large scale photolithographic solid phase...               Affymax Technologies
10.  US 5790548         Universal access multimedia data network                 Bell Atlantic Network Serv., Inc.
11.  US 5738574         Continuous processing system for chemical...           Applied Materials, Inc.
12.  US 5811238         Methods for generating polynucleotides having...       Affymax Technologies
13.  US 5380721         DNA mutagenesis by random fragmentation...           Affymax Technologies
14.  US 5605662         Active programmable electronic devices for...             Nanogen, Inc.
15.  US 5848396         Method and apparatus for determining behavioral...  Freedom of Informations, Inc.
16.  US 5610910         Access to telecommunications networks in...             Northern Telecom Limited
17.  US 5647168         Flat trapezoidal container of brightly printed...              Professional Package Co.
18.  US 5700637         Apparatus and method for analyzing polynucleotide  Isis Innovation Limited
19.  US 5807522         Methods for fabricating microarrays of biological...     Stanford University
20.  US 5683366         System and method for electrosurgical tissue...         Arthrocare Corporation

The problem with this is that no where on their site do they actually mention how they came up with this ranking or how they do their scoring. The entire effort is meant to promote the sale of a $999 report that outlines different companies and industries and rank their portfolios. Without a clearer understanding of the methodology behind the scores it is hard to say how valuable this information is.

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MicroPatent announced that as of Sunday, June 1st 2003 the new Aureka 9.0 service was available for existing Aureka customers. Enhancements in version 9.0 primarily are associated with the addition of MicroPatent's patent databases and Boolean searching to the system. Additional enhancements involve the use of non-Aureka (otherwise known as corporate documents) data sources in ThemeScape maps.

On the PatentWeb side, documents can now be downloaded in XML format.

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During the 2003 PIUG meeting I spoke with David Martin about a study M-CAM conducted with the University of Virginia examining factors that correlate to future patent litigation. The study claims that use of M-CAM's risk classification identified patents that were ten times more likely to be the subject of future litigation than other documents.

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Program Chair Amy Dasch has released a call for proposals for the 2003 PIUG Northeast Meeting schedule for October 8th in Iselin, New Jersey. Interested individuals should send their proposals to Amy Dasch (amy.dasch@genzyme.com). The deadline for submissions is July 15th and suggested topics include Patent Information as Due Diligence for Business Development and Tools and Techniques for Patent Searching.


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A version of the Patinformatics: Identifying Haystacks from Space article that I wrote and published previously has been re-worked for the competitive intelligence community and Part 1 (there will be three parts when finished) has been published in the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professional's (SCIP) online journal, SCIPOnline.

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Peter Steele and the people at Thomson Current Patents are making the Chiron and PowderJect portfolios available for viewing as a free trial of the DOLPHIN (Database Of aLl PHarmaceutical INventions) database and system.


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The annual patent scorecard produced by CHI Research was published by MIT in their Technology Review publication. A PDF file containing the top companies for 2003 and an Excel spreadsheet for companies divided by sector can be downloaded here . The scorecard claims to be based on a number of factors beyond simple "patent count". These include: Technological Strength, Current Impact, Science Linkage and Technology Cycle Time.
]]> Mon, 19 May 2003 12:42:59 -0400 Abstract
Not nearly as large as the Annual meeting (but still usually attended by 150 or so people), the Northeast PIUG meeting is a long standing and informative event for the patent information community. The event is typically conducted in a single day but this year the planning committee is expanding coverage by including pre and post meeting workshops. More information will be posted later when the theme and call for papers is announced.


]]> Thu, 15 May 2003 07:25:39 -0400 Abstract
From the people who brought us patentvaluepredictor.com there is now an additional service that values individual pre-grant US patent applications as well. StockPricePredictor, LLC seems to be the name of the overriding organization with the patent valuation services being some of the products.


]]> Thu, 15 May 2003 07:01:34 -0400 Abstract
The 2003 Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) Annual Meeting was held in Chicago with the theme of Patent Analysis. Day One of the meeting featured sessions on Patent Analysis for R&D Strategic Technical Planning and Patent Analysis for Legal Groups. Talks were presented by participants from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, WHU, Rohm & Haas, 3M, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ciba Vision, The IPI Institute, Quisitor, Pfizer and the European Patent Office.
]]> Mon, 05 May 2003 14:41:28 -0400 Abstract
On May 3rd, 2003 the inaugural journey of my full-day workshop on patent analysis philosophy, personal experience and tools based case studies was conducted with an audience of 45 people to start the 2003 PIUG Annual Meeting. With the exception of a few technical difficulties the event went off smoothly and the initial feedback has been quite positive.


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On May 5th, 2003 during my talk at the Patent Information Users Group meeting I officially introduced the world to Patinformatics.com. While I have been working on the weblog for almost two months now, the PIUG talk represented the first time I introduced it to a larger audience. Click the Read More link below for a more detailed explanation of how the log is organized.
]]> Sun, 04 May 2003 09:07:53 -0400 Abstract
The June 2003 issue of World Patent Information contains a paper from an Italian group which has put together a patent collection and analysis tool that they are calling ArchIPat. The software was developed by an academic spin-off within the AREA Science Park of Trieste. A user can conduct a search using the system and select which patent provider they would like to have the data downloaded from. Once retrieved ArchIPat will create a relational database from the data (in either Oracle or Access format) and allow the user to analyze the data using various text and data mining methods.
]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:04:29 -0400 Abstract
This paper, appearing in the Proceedings of the First International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, discusses the TFIDF scoring method and suggests an improvement which increased the success of classification using a Vector Space Model (VSM) and Naive Bayse Classifier.
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Walter Teague of SAS send an email to the members of the PIUG mailing list offering to let members have a free trial of their Patent Discovery Service powered by M-CAM . In a somewhat surprising move SAS has also signed up to be a sponsor of the 2003 PIUG Annual Meeting.
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