Intellogist Scoop March 2010

From Intellogist

Hello Intellogist Community Members,

There have been several exciting new developments on Intellogist since our last Scoop - check out this issue for the latest news.

New Intellogist Content

Intellogist Blog

It has now been almost three months since the launch of our new Intellogist blog! We're happy to report that the blog has been a roaring success, thanks to your readership and comments. We've been very excited to be featured in posts from several major patent blogs, including Patently-O and The Patent Librarian's Notebook. Intellogist Editor Kristin Whitman has also contributed several posts on Japanese patent searching to the well-known Patent Baristas blog. If you haven't yet gotten a chance to see the blog, consider adding http://intellogist.wordpress.com/ to your feed reader!

Battle of the Patent Search Systems

As Intellogist Team Member Julie Cook described in a recent Intellogist blog post, our users have been rating systems like crazy lately! See the next section of this Scoop to learn more about system ratings and how to use them on Intellogist.

Intellogist Highlights

Intellogist Accolades

The Intellogist team was very excited when we opened our most recent issue of Searcher, the newsletter from PATMG (the Patent and Trade Mark Group) - an intellectual property group based in the UK. We are mentioned in the latest issue no fewer than four times! Thanks very much to our friends in the PATMG group for checking us out and becoming part of the Intellogist community.

In addition, Intellogist was also recently featured in several blog posts by experts in the patent search community. First, our Quick Table Comparisons were discussed by Steve van Dulken of the British Library on his patent search blog. We were also mentioned by Michael White of The Patent Librarian's Notebook as a major development in patent information in 2009. Finally, an Intellogist blog post on patent pendancy was mentioned in a global round-up from Duncan Bucknell's IP ThinkTank blog. Thanks to your support, Intellogist continues to be the go-to resource for information about patent search systems!

System Ratings

Did you know that you can use Intellogist to find out how our community rates competing patent search products? These community ratings appear in our Quick Table Comparison pages, as well as alongside each of our Intellogist Reports! Click the "Ratings" tab alongside any report to see the current votes, or take a look at the PatBase Ratings page as an example.

To see the current ratings for these systems side-by-side, open the Quick Table Comparisons page, log in to Intellogist, choose the systems you are interested in, and click “Compare.” The resultant Comparison Table shows information about each of the systems including, near the top of the table, the current ratings for each of these systems.

After you explore the current ratings for your favorite systems, we urge you to make your voice heard by adding your own! Rating a system is one of the easiest things you can do as a registered Intellogist user. Plus, it’s a great way to share your experiences with other users and show vendors how you really feel about their systems. To rate a system, log in to Intellogist, navigate to a Ratings page (available from either the Intellogist Report or Quick Table Comparison display for a system of interest) and click on the star that best represents your feelings about a system (where 5 stars is the most positive response and 1 star is the least positive response).

Having trouble? Check out our Ratings help topic!

Featured User Contributions

This month on Intellogist, user Bartmans has contributed a directory of IP-related blogs to our wiki space. Please take a look and add your favorite blogs to the list (you are also welcome to add your own IP-related blog). Many thanks to Bartmans for his contribution!

Featured Discussion Topics

The Intellogist discussion forum is a place for our users to share their questions about patent searching. This month, we've had users discussing career strategies to get in to the patent field, as well as new search tools and new tools for performing patent analysis. We've also had input from QPAT users about issues they've had with this search tool.

Search System Updates

New System Updates

Since the last time we wrote, Minesoft has released new product features for PatBase and PatBase Express, and has announced a partnertship with the Patent iNSIGHT Pro analysis product. Read all about them on the Major Recent Updates pages for PatBase and PatBase Express!

The USPTO's EAST system in Alexandria, VA has made some changes to its staffing hours, but will continue to stay open to the public on its normal schedule. You can read more about the change on the EAST article's Major Recent Updates page.

Finally, Questel has announced a new data coverage release for their QPAT platform! See the Major Recent Updates page of our Intellogist report to learn more!

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Thanks for being a part of our community!

The Intellogist Team