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Patents and Research: Companies - Patent Search

Brief description of the main classification systems within the patent area

Companies - patent search by companies

ORBIS contains plenty of patent data on company level:

ORBIS online version:

In the version that CBS Library has access to, you only have access to a limited part of the patent data
You can find the "Patents" tab in the section Intellectual Property.
Among the search criteria are Number of patents and Patent Details (Date, International patent classification (IPC), and more). You can also do free text search into the patents.

 

 

As Data Variables (choose Add/remove columns) you can find (and export) data on Number of publications (Patents), Number of live publications (Patents), Number of pending publications and Number of granted publications.


"Historical" version of ORBIS

[ORBIS also provides access to historical financial data from 2000 onwards. Historical financial data on European companies from 1995 is available in AMADEUS. The historical financial data is only available on a single PC and access requires an appointment. Please contact Erik Sonne, es.lib@cbs.dk]

Here you have access to plenty of patent data on company level:


ORBIS Intellectual Property (Now access via CBS Library)

Description
Orbis IP is used for combining company information with (global) patent data, such as publication information, ownership, industry and patent classifications, oppositions, and patent value. Data on M&A deals (more in Zephyr) and corporate structures is included in Orbis IP as well.

Coverage: patents from 1782 - present

Onscope IPowner 

Onscope is a tech company in the field of intellectual property (IP), specialized in patents and especially trademarks.

 

Search hint: Type the name of the owner into the search bar at the top of the screen. The results list the corresponding owners. You can view the profile of a listed owner by clicking on its name:

Google Patent Search.

Start typing the name of the company (assignee). If Google recognizes it as a company, it will automatically add the +assignee to search the assignee field (Assignee: Carlsberg). If not, just add it to your search.

USPTO Company Patent Search

Click on Quick Search
Searh hint: 
enter the company's name, omitting any abbreviations such as Ltd., Corp., etc. Then change the field code to Assignee Name and click on Search


Assignment Data:
Sometimes an invention gets assigned to a company (assignee) after the patent has been applied for, or even after it has issued. If so, the assignee will not appear on the face of the patent, nor will it be noted in the application and/or patent full-text database(s). The USPTO records this information (although it is not required), and assignee changes are available via the USPTO Patent Assignment Database.


USPTO Statistics by Organization:

Lens.org

The Lens, formerly called Patent Lens, is a free and open reource to find, analyze, and manage patent and scholarly literature data. It is provided by Cambia, an Australia-based non-profit organization.

Launched in 2000 as the Patent Lens, over the years,  it added journal articles, conference papers, reports, books and other types of scholarly literature and evolved into a comprehensive database with over 225+ million scholarly works, 127+ million global patent records, and more than 370 million biological sequences, all with unprecedentedly rich metadata (including citations).

Lens.org:
Search, analyze, manage, and map patents and scholarly research. 

Lens is divided into several apps:

  • Patents: Collection of patent literature with citation indexing. Search patents with keywords and create advanced searches. Limit results using filters like classifications (CPC, ICPR, US) and jurisdiction. Create and share custom annotated dashboards showing analyses and visualizations. Search tips in Patents Knowledge Base and Patent Search Tutorial.
     
  • PatCite: Track, filter, sort, and link scholarly articles that are cited in patents and examine the citing patents. Discover new partners and collaborators, as well as how research is influencing inventions. Search tips in Patents Knowledge Base and  PatCite Tutorial.
     
  • PatSeq: Search, analyze, and share the biological sequences disclosed in patent literature. The extracted gene sequences (DNA, RNA and protein sequences) are fully searchable and biological organisms are indexed to allow for searching by species.
    PatSeq includes:
    • PatSeq Data: Compare biological patent holdings and view sequence disclosures across jurisdictions over time
    • PatSeq Explorer: Navigate and analyze patent-disclosed sequences mapped onto genomes and chromosomes
    • PatSeq Analyzer: Compare patenting activity at the chromosomal locus or gene level
    • PatSeq Finder: Input DNA or protein sequences to find matches
    • PatSeq Text-Search: Search for patents that declare at least one sequence in their sequence listings section as derived from a specific species
       
  • Schorlarly works: searchable database of scholarly literature. Scholarly literature metadata with citation indexing. Visualize and analyze research outputs using filters like institution, publication type, and funding. View a full scholarly citation graph and create and share custom and preset dashboards showing your analyses. Search tips in Scholarly Works Knowledge BaseScholarly Works Search Tutorial and Scholarly Works Structured Search Tutorial.

 

An Introductory video to the Lens covers several discovery tools and search strategies:

 

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