Visual Patent Search
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Visual Patent Search: An Easy Way to Find Patents for Innovative Technologies
Visual Patent Search: An Easy Way to Find Patents for Innovative Technologies
Welcome to the Energy Innovation Portal's Visual Patent Search tool. This tool is designed to provide a facilitated search of the patent content contained in the Energy Innovation Portal. The patent content on the Portal contains published US patent applications and issued US patents created using Department of Energy funding.
The Visual Patent Search tool was created using two powerful technologies developed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory:
- IN-SPIREā¢ Visual
Document Analysis. The Visual Patent Search is based on a new
technology classification system for the patents. Using the InSpire
tool, a tiered patent categorization system was created from the
"bottom up". While patent classes can also be used to
create a categorization system, the InSpire-based analysis focuses on
word occurrence patterns across all the records, and creates
"clusters" of records that classify a technology area. This
"bottom up" approach enabled the Portal team to develop a
unique way of searching DOE-patents beyond a simple key word search.
- Scalable
Reasoning System (SRS). SRS is a web-based visual analytics
toolkit. It consists of a set of web services that provide common
data processing functionality such as clustering and theme detection
and a set of javascript-based visualization components that are
delivered through a browser.
The graphic below highlights the features of the Visual Patent Search tool. Click the link below to launch the Visual Patent Search.