AmberScope

Trust the mind-mapping of experts, clustering patent families that cross-reference each other

Unlike text clustering which can be inaccurate, or citation trees which overwhelm with long lists of often useless forward and backward citations, AmberScope focuses in on the most similar (Ambercite Similarity) and important (Amberscore value) patents and clusters those cross-citing each other together.

The more patent examiners and applicants have cross-referenced various patent families, the more weight our algorithms place on patent value or similarity.

AmberScope can help you identify valuable prior art, or help you make connections between the underlying subject matter, which you won’t accomplish as effectively in a tabular search tool.

Any patent family in Ambercite Ai can be opened in AmberScope, where it can be explored further. Or you can start your search right within AmberScope.

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Benefits of AmberScope

 

Visually maps expert opinions and clusters

AmberScope can save you from reading through the long lists of patents produced by keyword or class code searching.

The patent scoring and visual filters in AmberScope help you quickly focus in on patents that matter to you. This leaves you with more time in your day.

Empower staff with limited patent search expertise

AmberScope has proven very powerful in the hands of R&D departments or business owners who are unfamiliar with Boolean parameters or technical class codes required by other tools.

Easy and intuitive, simply enter your own or your competitors patent number and discover new concepts or terms describing a similar invention.

Reduce risk by finding ‘unknown’ citations

AmberScope helps you easily find relevant patents missed by conventional  patent databases, and ranks patents by order of importance.

AmberScope also shows you "unknown citations", which are patents that were not cited by an examiner or applicant, but which our algorithms suggest could be very relevant to your search.

 
 
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How to interpret AmberScope?

There are only five simple steps to fully interpreting Amberscope’s bubble chart:

  1. The most similar patents are those that are connected to the focus (starting) patent with the thicker lines.

  2. The largest bubbles contain the most important patents in the same area.

  3. Arrows showing the flow of ideas through the patent network allow you to easily recognise potential infringements.

  4. The opaquely shown ‘ghost patents’ are indirectly linked patents. Our algorithms consider these to be relevant to your search, despite being missed by the examiner or applicant.

  5. Simple filters let you focus on patents that are:

    • Within a target date range

    • The most similar to the focus patent

    • The most important patents connected to the focus patent

    • A combination of the above

For more information about using Amberscope, check out the presentation found here.