In an increasingly knowledge-based economy it is vital for companies to be able to quickly research patents, trademarks, and designs rights (collectively known as industrial property).

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• In an increasingly knowledge-based economy it is
  vital for companies to be able to quickly
  research patents, trademarks, and designs rights
  (collectively known as industrial property).
• However the current tools to research industrial
  property databases are very limited, and using
  the services of specialized companies is
  expensive, making them inadequate for SMEs.

The Innovall project aims at bridging this gap by
creating a new service that enables individuals
to directly search and analyze industrial
property databases via powerful, efficient, and
easy-to-use information-retrieval tools.
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• The Innovall tool is an industrial property
  research engine that uses an unique searching
  method that looks for ideas rather than just for
  words like other engines.

Old Model a word input (e.g. Google) the result
is a list of documents where the word appears
organized by number of hits
Innovall Model two inputs, Action and Subject,
to which synonyms are then added to capture the
concept the result is a list of documents where
the word pairs appear organized by object
Reduce Friction
Decrease Grip
Diminish Resistance
Stop
OBJECT ACTION SUBJECT
Oil Reduce Friction
Soap
Butter
ACTION SUBJECT
Reduce Friction
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• This powerful new way to research industrial
  property can save precious time and money by
  retrieving the documents that capture an idea
  rather than just a word. For example if a
  dishwasher company wants to find better ways to
  clean, it can just search for clean object, and
  all related documents will be retrieved

Screenshot of the engines answer to a clean
object search all patented ways to clean an
object are depicted
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• The Innovall tool also allows to search
  information on the companies holding patents,
  allowing to research their activities on several
  ways. For example In which countries is
  competitor X taking intellectual property? In
  which countries are there opportunities for me?
  What new developments is company Y working on?

Screenshot of a search within the previous search
for the activities of company cargill
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• The Innovall engine offers an user-friendly
  interface, allowing for easy review of the search
  results

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• The Innovall search engine is complete
  intellectual property search solution that offers

• Powerful search methodology search the concept
  rather than the word
• Broad coverage engine uses a database of over
  10 million patent documents
• Easy to use the search engine runs on a regular
  Web-browser
• User-friendly interface results shown in clear
  and concise graphics
• Confidentiality all data entered in the
  software is kept strictly confidential.

• The Innovall patent search engine allows for
  great savings in both time and money. Try it for
  free by entering its 9-month trial process
  starting in March 2008.