Report:Thomson Innovation/Viewing Results/Analyzing Results/Charts and Graphs
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Charts and Graphs
Note: Although the analysis features of Thomson Innovation are described briefly in this article, they are discussed from a prior art searching perspective. To learn more about the analysis functionality of Thomson Innovation, see the Thomson Innovation Analyst Subscription community report.
For performing analysis of search results, Innovation also provides the user with powerful charting options. This gives the user the ability to create a graphical representation of search results that provides a powerful visual impact; “A picture is worth a thousand words.” There are four types of charts available: Bar, Pie, Line, and List.
A chart is created by first by performing a search to create a result set, or opening up a Work File, then selecting Analyze from the toolbar, then Charts. The Charts screen will then be displayed, as shown below.
From here, the user may select an existing Thomson Innovation Chart template, or create a new Custom template. After a few moments (during which time a progress bar is displayed), Innovation will display the newly created chart.
Note: In the Express version of Innovation, only the pre-defined charts are available, with no ability to save a chart as a Template. See Subscription Options for more information regarding Innovation Express.
Editor's Note:The Charts feature within Thomson Innovation is a useful graphical tool for quick analysis of search results. Using Innovation’s charts, the user is able easily identify and present key competitors, people, technologies or trends. Flexible formatting options let the user present data in the most effective way - bar, line or pie charts, with a variety of display and color options as well as support for multi-fielded ranked lists. The built-in Chart Templates such as Top Assignees, Top Inventors, and Patent Publishing Trends, are also a valued feature. The main benefit of the charting feature in Innovation is that it offers a way to perform quick analysis without exporting data to an external application. However, for report quality charts most users would benefit from using a more specialized program such as Microsoft Excel.
Chart Templates
A Chart template is a set of saved chart properties. Thomson Innovation provides a collection of standard templates, each one designed to illustrate a different aspect of a list of records. Chart properties include:
- Title
- Description
- Content
- Chart Type
- Visual Options
- Primary Field to Analyze
- Secondary Field to Analyze
- Tertiary Field to Analyze
- 2D or 3D
- Number of Items for Primary Field
- Number of Items for Secondary Field
- Number of Items for Tertiary Field
Thomson Innovation includes 17 pre-configured Chart templates shown below.
Patent Publishing Trends – Based on Publication Year
Top Assignees – See the top patenting companies
Top IPCs – See the top technology areas
Top Countries – See the top publishing countries
Top Assignees by Year – Based on Publication Year
Top Technologies by Assignee – Uses IPC codes at the 4-digit level
Top Assignee Codes – Uses the Derwent patent assignee codes to normalize assignee names
Top Countries by Assignee – See geographic trends by company
Top Inventors – See the top people
Top DWPI Classes – See the top technology areas
Top DWPI Manual Codes – See the top technology areas
Top DWPI Manual Codes by Year – See the top technology areas
Top DWPI Manual Codes by Assignee – See the top technology areas
Top DWPI Manual Codes by Country – See the top technology areas
Top Technologies by Year – Uses IPC codes at the 4-digit level and Publication Year
Top Technolgies by Country – Uses IPC codes at the 4-digit level
Top Countries by Year – Based on Publication Year
Editing a Chart
A chart may be edited at any time by clicking Edit on the Chart toolbar. The Chart Properties window displays, as shown below.
Additionally there are several options available for altering the appearance of a chart:
Saving a Chart
There are four different options for saving a chart in Thomson Innovation. Charts can be saved to their system folder, or to a public or personal folder. See Saving Results for more information.
Save Chart: Selecting ‘Save’ then ‘Chart’ from the toolbar saves the chart in the default folder in the Saved Work area. Links to the list used to create the chart are retained.
Save Template: Choosing ‘Save’ then ‘Template’ saves the chart as a template in the Personal area of the Charts screen. Links to the list used to create the chart are not retained.
Save Data as Work File: The user may also choose to save the Data as a Work File which will create a new Work File containing the list items used to create your chart.
Save JPEG Image: A chart can also be saved as a JPEG image. Choosing this option will create an image of the chart in the JPEG format and save it to the user’s local hard drive.
Shown below are some sample charts created in Thomson Innovation:
