Patexia Visualization of US Patent Data: A Free Online Tool « The Intellogist Blog

We’ve looked at free patent search tools and alert services, but are any free online tools available for analyzing the patent data? Many subscription-based systems possess advanced analysis capabilities: an article by Lucy Akers et al., entitled “Enhancing patent landscape analysis with visualization output” from volume 32 (2010) of World Patent Information describes three of these systems. VantagePoint, STN AnalyzePlus, and STN AnaVist all offer visual analysis tools for patent data, like “graphics and charts that show patenting trends, key patent assignees, collaboration partners, and technology evaluations”