A common question for us is - how does Ambercite Ai (formerly known as 'Cluster Searching') compare to conventional searching?

Which is an important question, so we have prepared a simple table:

Feature	Ambercite Ai	Conventional searching (subscription or free databases)
Simple bibliographic details in search results	Yes	Yes
Advanced bibliographical details in search results	Not directly, but a hyperlink to full bibliographical details is provided. Listed patent numbers can also be imported into other patent databases for further details	Yes
Searching based on relevant patent numbers only, avoiding the need to make predictions on likely keywords or class codes	Yes	Sometimes
Listing of direct patent citations	Yes	Yes
Ranking of patents found based on likely similarity to known patent numbers	Yes	No
Inclusion of indirect ‘unknown’ citations in search results	Yes	No
Keyword searching	No, but this can be done in many free or subscription search engines	Yes
Class code searching	No, but this can be done in many free and subscription search engines	Yes
Ranking of potential importance patents by a simple quality predictors	Yes, being AmberScore	Only found in a small number of search engines
Direct ability to hide unwanted results in advance from search results	Yes	No
Ability to apply keyword searching on results found	Only on title, owner and patent number fields	Generally in many fields
Date filtering on results	Yes	Yes
Direct prediction of Licensing Potential for patents found	Yes	No
‘Like’ button on results found	Yes	No
Automatic marking of new patents during iterative search processes	Yes	No
Images in lists of results	Not directly - only via the lookups we provide	Sometimes

So which is best? Each approach has their strengths and weaknesses. For this reason, our standing recommendation is to use both – this is what most of our clients do, to their great satisfaction. This is particularly so because Ambercite Ai has been shown to produce different results to that found with conventional or even semantic searching.

There is a further factor to consider - Ambercite Ai uses an unique artificial intelligence approach to find and rank the most similar patents - not other database applies this same approach.

Speaking of which, our list of testimonials is found here, including:

"I was able to uncover significantly more patents that were relevant to my topic, ... much more quickly than when compared to a text based site. I found the graphical representation very intuitive and easy to use. It also opened up relevant areas that I would not have otherwise considered". - Mechanical Engineering Consultant, for a new product engineering company.

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Ambercite Ai vs conventional searching - feature comparison