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“Finding the Best Patents – Comparative Patent Ranking Systems – Citations Still Matter.” Richardson et. al. IPWatchdog (August 2016)
With an ever-increasing client interest in international patents, we wanted to explore how patent ranking for EP patents has been conducted and how those ranking systems can be integrated to allow comparison and ranking with US patents.
“Finding the Best Patents – Forward Citation Analysis Still Wins.” Oliver et. al. IPWatchdog (March 2016)
How do you find the highest quality patents reliably and efficiently? We share our methodology and have made the code and model available under a Creative Commons license.
“High Value Patents: Does Family Size Matter When Looking for Better Patents?” Oliver et. al. IPWatchdog (March 2016)
We’ve identified five primary factors for consideration in patent ranking. In this article, we'll analyze how independent claim count, claim 1 word count, and family size & international filings can help to eliminate less useful patents quickly and efficiently.