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Updated on: Jun 29, 2017
Keyword Analyzer
The Keyword Analyzer tool counts the term frequency of specific terms found in a single patent. It is found in the "Keywords" tab on the document details window. Depending on how wide you set your DD window, you may have to scroll to the right a bit to expose the Keywords tab.
The Keyword Analyzer uses a straight term and string count method. It breaks up the terms counted in the document into two sets, the Claims Only and the Full Text.
The Keyword Analyzer uses stop-terms to remove common words like articles and prepositions, as well as common "patentese" terms like method, apparatus, claim, invention etc.
The Keyword Analyzer has a tool for creating new queries from the terms found in the patent of interest.
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Keyword Analysis Tools
AcclaimIP offers four tools for analyzing keywords in patents.
- Keyword Counter --> Counts the frequency of occurrence of terms and strings in a single patent and provides tools to construct queries.
- QueryFlow TermExtract --> Ranks the "importance" of terms using a TF/IDF algorithm and helps construct weighted queries.
- QueryFlow TermExtract for Multiple Patents --> Counts important terms from a set of up to 10 different patents, counts intersections, and constructs weighted queries.
- Document Clustering --> Document clustering bundles patents into multi-tier themes from a set of up to 1000 patents.
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Keyword Searching Basics
In this article, we'll review some of the basic ideas behind keyword searching.
Patent documents are full of words. Patents themselves can be relatively short, such as a two page design patent, while other patents can contain over 1000 pages of text!
Keywords are mainly found in four fields: Title, abstract, claims, and specification (which is also called the description or the disclosure). When keyword searching, you'll want to keep in mind where in the document you want to search for certain terms, and how the language might vary in different parts of the document.
A keyword can be either a single term, like "fingerprint," "security," or "financial." A keyword can also be a string such as "light emitting diode," "wireless communication" or "target molecule."
Too often patent searchers rely too heavily on keyword searching. Keyword searching is amazingly powerful, but it should be used in conjunction with classification, and date searching for optimal results.
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Searching Using The Quick Search Tab
Quick Overview of Quick Search Options
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Searching Using Advanced Search Tabs
The Advanced Search window provides many tools for search patent data.
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How Do I Sort My Search Results?
It is often desirable to sort your search results by something other than the default search order (we recommend you set your default sort to Relevance > Descending in your Preferences. For example, it is helpful to sort your search result by key value indicators including:
- Forward Citations
- Length of Claim One
- Family Size
- RVI (Relative Value Index)
Depending on the version of the software you have subscribed to, different columns will be available to you.
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Expander Rows in Search Result Grid
The search result grid is set up very much like a spreadsheet with familiar options for sorting and re-ordering. The spreadsheet-like view is helpful to quickly assess your search results.
However for doing a semi-detailed level-one analysis of each patent, it is helpful to view more information than what is available in the standard view–specifically the abstract and the representative patent image.
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Searching Within Your Search Results
Once you have created an initial search, you may wish to refine the search by further narrowing the search. This article shows you several ways to refine your search.
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Highlighting Terms and Keywords
AcclaimIP provides robust keyword highlighting capabilities to help you find terms and concepts within patent documents.
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How to Search in AcclaimIP
AcclaimIP allows you to search from various parts of the application. The areas where you'll do most of your searching is from these three windows:
- Quick Search Window
- Advanced Search Window
- Search Results' Refine Panel
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