2. Authorized Prior Art Search Institute.
Authorized Trademark & Design Art Search Institute.
Authorized Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Prior Art Search Institute.
ASPI (Access to Specialized Patent Information) program
DB Quality Award by Korea government
Partnership
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&
Recognition
Company
Profile
Worldwide Intellectual Property Service
About WIPS
WIPS is Korea’s first company to offer on-line worldwide patent information service. Since starting the
business in 1999, the service is being used by over 3,000 companies, patent law firms, academics,
governments, and R&D centers including top Korean global companies and multinationals. With over
100,000 users worldwide, WIPS has kept the number 1 spot in Korea with largest market share for over
13 yrs term. In 2012, WIPS achieved 63% market share.
DB Quality Certification(Gold-Class) by Korea Database Agency
Designated as World Class Product / Service by Korea government
Certified ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Information Security Management System
Certification BS10012:2009 Personal Information Management System
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3. www.wipsglobal.com
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Native Language Search Service
Chinese/English for CN database
Korean/English for KR database
Japanese/English for JP database
For more accuracy search to Asia patent database,
WIPS Global newly add native language keyword search for CN/KR/JP.
Now, User can use Korean/ Chinese keyword for search. (Advanced / Step search ) *Japanese will be coming soon.
WG provide high quality Machine-Translation
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4. What are the Special Features of WIPS Global?
General Search
Theme Search
• Integrated Search : patent search in multiple countries
with a single click
• Advanced Search : advanced search using various and
exclusive search fields of WIPS
• Step Search : a cross-search of search results and
information
• Number Search : a quick search using patent numbers
• Family Search : enables a quick custom search for
patents by setting various search terms
for patent families
• Citation Search : a quick search for citation relationships
with specific document
• Company Search : enables extraction of applicable cases
when wanting to analyze patent
portfolios of a specific company
Search
Review
Quickly reviews and classifies a large
amount of search results en bloc
(user-defined tags)
Easy Viewer
View option : List, Block, Drawing type view
List realignment with Family Group
function
Search results
Quickly reviews major information (e.g.,
claims, drawing) of individual patent
Express View
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5. SmartAngle: Patent Statistics
Patent Analysis
• Chart Analysis : quickly and easily offers
statistics of a large amount of patent
information in chart forms, enables
phased review of statistical information
• Cross Matrix : quickly extracts major
statistics from a large amount of patent
information by setting up statistics fields
(X/Y Axis)
• Classification : quickly extracts the
patents that satisfy the condition of
review from a large amount of patent
information
Download
Offers various output formats (XLS, TXT,
MDB, PMDX) to allow major information of
patents to be used in various ways
ThinKlear 2012
Offers editing and reporting tools to allow
users to utilize the Output information in
various ways
• Claim Analysis : offers keyword
extraction and a referential relationship
with an individual patent claim, able
to compare claims of published and
granted patents
• Family Analysis : offers information
on nations in which patent family is
entered, time series information, and
comparison of claims to enable multi-
dimensional analysis on patent family
information
• Citation Analysis : allows a multi-
dimensional analysis on patent citation
information through a citation map and
citation statistics information
• Patent Folder : saves and shares searched
results of patents
• Query Folder : saves and shares query
information
• Query History : reuses the query information
Query SDI
Monitors trends through registering
interested query (Keyword, IPC, etc.)
Citation SDI
Continually monitors changes to citation
information in patents of interest
Family SDI
Continually monitors changes to family
information in patents of interest
Monitoring
My Folder Statistics Analysis
Download Information
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6. Search
List type Block type Drawing type
• Optimizes the patent search environment by offering various and exclusive search fields
• Search Type: Integrated Search / Advanced Search / Step Search / Number Search
• Additional Functions: Query Matching Board, Error Check, Setting output items out of searched results, supporting various
search field operators, etc.
• Search Results View: Provide List, Block, Drawing type view-option
• Family Group Function: List realignment with Family Group
Status information of patent families
Status Information of Forward / Backward Citation
Convenient search interface for applicants’ info.
Dictionary of representative names of applicants (EN/KR)
GeneralSearchThemeSearch
Family Search
• Quickly extracts patent document
using the search terms and keywords
for family patents
• Able to quickly figure the present
conditions of domestic/overseas
patent applications of competitors:
enables establishing patent strategies
for each nation
Citation Search
• Quickly and easily search Forward /
Backward Citation through inte-
grated citation information of patents
from Korea, the US, Japan, and Euro
pean countries
• Easily searches the current status
of patents of interest (competitors’):
conveniently establishes strategies to
respond to disputes
Company Search
• Search patent document of an
applicant for a patent without omis
sions by making a representative
name for the information of affiliated
companies or applicants written
in various forms
• Conveniently figures the trends of
competitors’ patent applications:
enables continuous monitoring of
competitor patent portfolios
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7. EasyViewer
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• Easy Viewer is a feature that enables searching large amount of patent document rapidly and conveniently
- Provides selected abstract, drawings, and original documents by each viewers
- Item classification, download, my folder service can be all connected as needed
- Original document can be viewed directly without downloading..
- Provides a short sign and description for each selected figure.
- It is a very useful feature for users who want to review all
drawings at once.
View Drawings
View Document
- User can setup output options by selecting
Bibliography, Abstract, summary, Representative
drawing, Exemplary Claim and etc.
View PDF
8. ChartAnalysis
Loading patents related to OOO saved in My Folder onto SmartAngle
1. Drag Drop : US patent
2. Select Field (First output info):
Applicant’s Nationality
Present status of patents applied in the US by Japanese
applicants related to (technology areas)
3. Drag Drop : JP data
Output
Input
• Conducts a multi-dimensional review of results through various statistics fields offered by the SmartAngle and the narrow
down type statistics function for searched data or a large amount of patent data saved in My Folder
• SmartAngle is able to load 10,000 cases of searched data or 10,000 cases of saved data in My Folder
Q : I want to know the present status of patents applied in the U.S. by major Japanese applicants related to (technology
areas)
A : SmartAngle(Chart Analysis)
4. Select Field (secondary output info)
: Primary Applicant
SmartAngle
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9. • Easily and quickly extracts statistical information on two-dimensional correlation of a large amount of patent data through setting up
statistics information fields (X/Y Axis) for search results or a large amount of patent data saved in My Folder
• Offers various chart views of the Cross Matrix results and the view function of a list of patents
• Easily and quickly clusters the patent document search results among a large amount of patent data using filtering operators
and various classification fields
• Able to quickly review extracted results using Easy Viewer
Question
Answer
Setting classification fields
Setting Classification Fields
US and 000 Corp. and G06F-017
US 2011 –XXXXXXX A1
US 2005 –XXXXXXX A1
I want to know the present status of
patents applied in the US by (company
name) related to (technology areas)
Q
A
CrossMatrixClassification
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10. FamilyAnalysisCitationAnalysis
• Offers a customized statistical analysis function through setting various statistics fields for the citation information of patents of
interest (or competitors’) and offers visualized information of the citation relationship for user’s convenience.
• Offers integrated citation information for patents from Korea, the US, Japan, and European countries
• Offers such functions as statistics, family country profiles, time series view, and compare documents to enable a multi-
dimensional analysis on family information of patents of interest (or competitors’)
• Conveniently figures the present status of competitor patents; enables strategic use of information to establish patent portfolio
Statistics
Time Series View
Family Country Profiles
Compare Documents
• Patent Portfolio
• RD Trends
• Scope of Rights
Family Analysis
Visual Mode (Citation Map)Text Mode Statistics
Analysis
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11. ClaimAnalysis
• Offers information in diagram forms for users to conveniently analyze the classes and reference relationship among patent
claims
• Offers a comparison function of claims per document and analysis function of keywords per claim for users to easily analyze
public and registered patents from the same patent document and a range of rights for an individual claim
2. Analysis on Keywords by Claim 3. Disclosure of the Same Patent Document and
Comparison of Claim in Published and Granted Patents
Can be used in various works such as prior art, invalidity,
and infringement searches through
the convenient function of claim analysis
1.Classes of Claim and Reference Relationship Diagram
Dependent Claim
Independent Claim
Comparison of the range of rights
between claims in a reference
relationship
Information on keywords
analysis
Highlighting major
keywords
Present status of independent and dependent claims
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12. SDI(SelectiveDisseminationofInformation)
• SDI is a “notification service of newly registered patents” that regularly provides users with new patent information every time applicable
patent information is updated according to the user’s query of interest (Keyword, IPC, Applicant) registered on the Web SDI.
• Once the patent numbers of interest (or competitors’) are registered on the Web SDI, the updated news of patent families or
citation patents of the applicable patent are regularly offered.
• SDI service can be effectively used to monitor competitors or the patent trends of technology of interest.
1. Setting Up Query SDI 3. Setting Up Family SDI
Obtaining prior art data before
applying for a patent overseas
Blocking other applicants to
register a patent related
to the company’s rights
(Raising a formal objection)
Obtaining related patent data
when developing new
technology
Get the trend of competitor’s
patent applications
SDIUtilization of SDI Service
2. Setting Up Citation SDI
Setting the sharing person
about SDI result
Setting up a range of monitoring
and registering Query
Setting patent numbers
of the monitoring object
Setting patent numbers
of the monitoring object
Convenient management of the SDI History informationSDI Result
SDI
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13. My Folder
MyFolderQueryHistory
• Offers the function to save (10,000 cases/folder) patent data that will be applied to work and manage the data (data sharing
and information classification)
• Enables a secondary use of the data by linking the saved data in Patent Folder with SmartAngle and Easy Viewer offered by
the WIPS Global
The setting status of user-
classification tags for the
saved patent data in an
individual folder
• Displays a list of the
saved patent data in an
individual folder
• Able to set up user-
classification tag for
individual patent data
• offers a search function
of patent document in an
individual folder
• Conveniently links the
saved patent data in
Patent Folder with other
services such as Easy
Viewer and SmartAngle
Setting to share
the saved patent
data in Patent
Folder
QueryFolder
• Convenient function to save and manage frequently
used query information in folders
• Links the saved query information with SDI service
• Linked with Query Matching Board
• Offers the history of query information by used dates
• Offers the search terms used
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14. DownloadInformationThinKlear
• Offers a wide range of information fields for users to use major patent information in various ways
• Offers various output formats: XLS, TXT, MDB, PMDX (supported format by ThinKlear2012)
• ThinKlear2012 is a support tool for editing and analyzing patent information with an improved degree of freedom for users. Offered
as software, this additional service can be used in various ways including analyzing or making a report on patent information.
• Its user interface is reinforced to enable customized analysis on downloaded patent information such as bibliographical
information, patent families, citation information, applicants, and inventors from WIPS Global Advanced.
Offers various patent information fields (79 Fields) Reinforced set function for a customized output
Offers a list of patent information with representative drawing
Editing an order of output data
ThinKlear2012
Simple tool for automatic analysis Customized list of essentials
Function to manage and edit group
work information
Supports a customized analysis
Various functions
of information editing
(e.g., Standardized Applicant)
Download Information
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15. DBCoverage
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Data collection Earliest Records Data
US
Patents issued before 1975
Grant Date
1790.07.31 ~ 1975.12.30
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Rep. Drawings
Patent Application Publications
Unexam Pub. Date
2001
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
* Agent/Attorney (Published information from USPTO is provided
until Feb. 24,2011)
Patent Granted Publications
Grant Date
1976
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
* Individual Drawings (Grant date 2001~Present)
Assignments Information 1970
Assignor / Assignee Data
* Range of date provided is the registry date of assignee information
from the USPTO.
EP
European Patent Applications
Issued Date
1978
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Granted European Patents Issued Date
1980
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
PCT(WO) Issued Date
1978
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Rep. Drawings
JP
Patent Application
Unexamined Publications
Unexam Pub. Date
1993
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Unexam Pub. Date
1989.01.01 ~ 1992.12.31
Full-Image(PDF)
Japanese Translation of PCT Unexam Pub. Date
1996
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Domestic Re-Publication of PCT Unexam Pub. Date
1992
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Patent Granted
Examined Publications
Exam Pub. Date
1994.01.05 ~ 1996.03.29
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Granted Grant Date
1996
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Utility Application
Unexamined Publications
Unexam Pub. Date
1993
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Unexam Pub. Date
1989.01.01 ~ 1992.12.31
Full-Image(PDF)
Unexamined Granted Grant Date
1994
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
* Published after 1994
Utility Granted
Examined Publications
Exam Pub. Date
1994.01.05 ~ 1996.03.29
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Granted Grant Date
1996
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
PAJ (Patent Abstract of Japan – Unexamined Applications) Unexam Pub. Date
1976
Bibliographic, Abstract, Full-Image(PDF), Rep. Drawings
* JP Full-Image(PDF) (Unexam Pub. Date 1989.01.01 ~ Present)
Amendment Information (JP patent / Utility) Issued Date
1993
Amendment Image (PDF)
* JP data is in Japanese language except for PAJ
KR
Patent Application Unexamined Publications
Unexam Pub. Date
1983
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Patent Granted
Examined Publications
Exam Pub. Date
1979.07.12 ~ 1997.08.08
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Granted Grant Date
1997
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Utility Application Unexamined Publications Unexam Pub. Date
1983
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Utility Granted
Examined Publications
Exam Pub. Date
1979.07.11 ~ 1997.07.31
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
Granted Grant Date
1996
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Drawings
KPA (Korea Patent Abstract)
KPA-A (Unexamined Applications)
Unexam Pub. Date
1999
Bibliographic, Abstract, Full-Image(PDF), Rep. Drawings
KPA-B1 (Examined Applications) Grant Date
1997
Bibliographic, Abstract, Full-Image(PDF), Rep. Drawings
Amendment Information (KR patent / Utility) Issued Date
2005
Amendment Image (PDF)
* Text data is offered in Korean+English depending on its fields.
CN
Patent Application Publications
Unexam Pub. Date
1985
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Rep. Drawings
Patent Granted Publications Grant Date
1985
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Rep. Drawings
Utility Application Publications Unexam Pub. Date
1985.09.10 ~ 1992.12.30
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Rep. Drawings
Utility Granted Publications Grant Date
1993
Full text, Full-Image(PDF), Rep. Drawings
* Text data is offered in Chinese+English depending on its fields.
DOCDB Patent Date
1827
Collection of published applications from 100+ countries
Bibliographic, Abstract, Legal Status
Others
FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY
Patent Date
1861
Full text, Rep. Drawing
UNITED KINGDOM Patent Date
1782
Full text, Rep. Drawing
FRANCE
Patent Date
1855
Full text, Rep. Drawing
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Patent Date
1975
Full text, Rep. Drawing
INDIA Patent Date
1900
Bibliographic, Abstract, Rep. Drawings
TAIWAN Patent Date
1950
Bibliographic, Abstract
16. WG ver3.1-150613
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