New Developments November 05

In response to feedback from customers we have launched some great new improvements to our Pipeline Patent Intelligence. 

These changes are now live - after you read this you may like to log in to your account to familiarise yourself with them.

New Features
1. One-click access to patent claims, descriptions, bibliographic details
2. Examine legal statuses at the click of a button
3. Litigation alerts keep you in-the-know
4. Extended patent family equivalents allows quick analysis of global patent coverage

1.  Patent Document Click-through 
You can now click through to the various sections of patent documents (where available) by clicking on the 'text' and 'image' links:

2. INPADOC Patent Family/Legal Status
A particularly powerful feature saving you hours of legwork and allowing ease of analysis can be found by clicking on the INPADOC Family / Legal status button, which takes you to a window that displays the complete INPADOC patent family, together with legal status and transaction history. This has replaced the previous INPADOC hyperlink found at the bottom of the Bibliographic Details' window in Pipeline Developer reporting, and also in the 'Patent Family Expiry Data' window for Pipeline Selector reporting:

3. Litigation Alerts
Litigation alerts will appear on all new Pipeline Developer subscriptions, allowing you to keep up to date with the latest cases.   You can also click through to see the full court proceedings.  We will gradually be adding litigation alerts to existing reports, and you will be notified when this occurs to any of your subscriptions: 

4. Extended Patent Family Equivalents
To quickly ascertain the patent situation outside our core patent territories*, extended patent family equivalents are now displayed in the 'bibliographic details' screen of each patent family.  You can view these patent documents by simply clicking on the hyperlinked patent number (where available):

For further clarification on any other features please download the user's guide to GenericsWeb Patent Intelligence here.

If you have any more questions or would like to suggest any more improvements please do not hesitate to call or email us at any time.

*Core Patent Family consists of related patents published in those countries/territories that we have searched independently and monitor for changes.  These include United States, Canadian, British, French, German, Spanish, Australian, European and World (PCT) publications. Extended Patent Family consists of related patents published in those countries/territories that have not been searched independently and are not monitored for changes.  They are identified by finding equivalents to the 'core' patent family members in INPADOC based on priority data and have not been verified for accuracy.