cintelliq eases patent research for organic semicon

CAMBRIDGE, UK: With the number of patents relating to organic semiconductor technologies increasing steadily year on year, the task of monitoring and analysing the patenting activities of competitors and partners is becoming more time consuming and costly. In response to this problem cintelliq, the organic semiconductor industry specialist, has released an enhanced version of its OSC Patent Data tool-kit.

Organic semiconductor technologies include flexible, printed and organic electronics, and cintelliq identified 5,101 relevant patents for 2004, 5,926 patents for 2005, and it predicts that the number of patents for the full year of 2006 will be over 6,200.

OSC Patent Data greatly simplifies patent research and analysis for the organic semiconductor industry and is currently available in datasets covering 2004, 2005 and 2006. Each set of OSC Patent Data covers six months of granted and published patents and is provided in Excel format as charts, spreadsheets and pivot tables. Up to 3,000 patents are included in each set of data, every one already classified by technology area (OLEDs, transistors, PV, encapsulation, deposition systems, materials, etc). Patent numbers are linked to a full online description of each patent on the EPO Web site (espacenet) or Google Patents. Pivot tables allow easy analysis and comparison by any of the 28 data fields. A sample dataset, containing full data for 500 patents from 2005, is available for download from the cintelliq Web site so that potential users can experiment with OSC Patent Data before purchasing.

As well as the introduction of filters and pivot tables which make running customised analysis of the data much quicker, the latest version of OSC Patent Data also includes a live link from each patent to its full patent description. This feature has been particularly popular with patent analysts as it significantly streamlines the research and review process — looking up full patent details is now only one click away.

Craig Cruickshank, CEO, explained, "OSC Patent Data is essential for organisations with an interest in the industry because it allows users to review thousands of patents at a fraction of the cost of using online databases or hiring patent specialists. With each set of OSC Patent Data containing up to 3,000 relevant patents selected using our rigorous, proprietary, search methodology, OSC Patent Data really reduces the amount of time traditionally spent on searching and filtering."