As the number of patents filed by Asian countries grows rapidly, researchers elsewhere in the world are struggling to find, understand and work with this information. Siân Harris finds out how some companies are helping to meet this need
Minesoft and RWS Group update PatBase
English machine translations are now available for Chinese patent documents with Minesoft's patent document delivery service PatentOrder at no extra cost
Minesoft and Tempus IP have announced an internet-based full service co-operation.
Thomson Reuters has added authoritative business and news content to the Thomson Innovation intellectual property research and analysis platform.
Engineering Information (Ei) has introduced Ei Patents to the Engineering Village 2 research and discovery platform, providing users with intelligence by using search functions and analytical tools alongside patents and databases of scientific literature.
Interviews for this article have been adapted from recent PhaidraCon roundtable events and from upcoming 2023 editions of EpistemiCast
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