Re: [PIUG List] Graphing/Mapping of Patent Data

Hello Christopher,

Can you tell us a little bit more about what you are looking for in
particular?

With regards to bar charts (histograms) and matrix charts I am partial
to VantagePoint and Analyze Plus on STN. There are advantages of one
over the other depending on your data sources, how often you will be
doing this sort of work, the amount of money you have to spend and how
much flexibility you need.

It is a little dated but I wrote an article for World Patent
Information a few years ago entitled Patinformatics: Tasks to Tools
which went through the various options available at the time (Google
the title for access). Analyze Plus was not available at the time so
is not included but several other tools are described.

If you need more advanced analytics you can also look at STN AnaVist
which includes mapping and dynamic interoperability to the standard
bar charts and matrix charts. There are other products that include
mapping but they are generally subscription based. STN AnaVist is
transactional with regards to pricing.

Of course, in the spirit of full disclosure I need to mention that I
used to work at CAS (Responsible for STN International in the
Americas) and was on the development teams for Analyze Plus and STN
AnaVist.

I hope this helps and please let me know if I can be of further
assistance.

Best regards,
Tony Trippe

On Aug 20, 2008, at 9:13 AM, McLaughlin, Chris wrote:

> I use Delphion for my patent searching and like the Snapshot feature,
> but it is not flexible enough. Without spending $30k on features I
> use a
> handful of times a year, what are your recommendations for graphing
> patent data?
> Regards,
>
> Christopher J. McLaughlin
> Intellectual Property Counsel
> Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
> 4900 West 78th St.
> Bloomington, MN 55435
> Phone: 952-259-1612
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