Advanced New Legal Status Review Tools for PatBase, the Global Patent Database
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The advanced new functionality speeds up the review of complex patent legal status information, displaying a high level of detail and allowing users to drill down to pin-point specific events e.g. occurring in a specific country or selection of jurisdictions or in a certain month.It neatly displays the entire history of ownership of a patent, also referred to as Chain of Title in the USA.www.rws.com London, United Kingdom, January 30, 2014 --( PR.com )-- The issue of access to current, interpretable legal status data has been high up on the agenda of many patent conferences, user group meetings and online forums since the end of 2013, and enhanced legal status functionality has been developed as a priority for PatBase.Is this patent active?The advanced new functionality speeds up the review of complex patent legal status information, displaying a high level of detail and allowing users to drill down to pin-point specific events e.g. occurring in a specific country or selection of jurisdictions or in a certain month.It neatly displays the entire history of ownership of a patent, also referred to as Chain of Title in the USA.The most recent reassignment event only for each patent can be shown, or the table can be expanded to display the whole chain of events.Legal Status information is an essential component of a patent search, and these latest enhancements are designed to make it easier than ever to ascertain the status of a patent in order to make informed business decisions.Similarity SearchReleased at the same time as the Legal Status tools, another popular search function - the Similarity Search - has been added to PatBase at the request of users, having been introduced to the end-user interface PatBase Express in late 2013.
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