Patent Custom Taxonomy

See the world through your own technology lens

By using your view of the key technologies, Cipher is able to design and build your patent custom taxonomy. No more manual reviewing and tagging of patents because Cipher unleashes the ability to automatically view competitor patents or the entire patent landscape through the same technology lens.

“Our issue was how to fit other companies’ portfolios into that same framework that we use and there’s just no other tool other than Cipher that can do that.

Bob Pechman, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Seagate Technology

Your Custom Patent Taxonomy Design and Build

Cipher builds your patent taxonomy using classifiers in the framework that maps to your view of the technology landscape. Cipher uses positive and negative training data to build Classifiers with independently verified accuracy. Once you have your classifiers you can quickly run reports to understand any key competitor changes or new entrants or spot key technology trends. You can optimise your portfolio and manage your patent budget and explore cross licensing opportunities or portfolio monetisation options.

“The process was pretty straightforward and even simpler the more useful data you can provide. We’ve also scoped other classifiers where we started completely from scratch, where the Cipher team had to do more work up-front, but even that process went smoothly.

Bob Pechman, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Seagate Technology

The Benefit of having your own Patent Custom Taxonomy

Sector Taxonomies

What could your patent custom taxonomy look like? See some example sector taxonomies that we have created using the Cipher platform.

Aerospace and Defence

Technologies within this taxonomy include: air turbine starters; electromagnetics; flight management systems for drones; head mounted displays (HMDs); and virtual cockpits.

Automotive

The industry standard for understanding the future of the cars and automotive industry.

FinTech

The types of classifiers in a FinTech technology would be in sectors such as banking services, payment technologies, and security.

FMCG

Incorporating both Food&Drink and Beauty and Personal care developed in collaboration with Mintel

Industrial Automation

A patent taxonomy developed at the heart of Industry 4.0, including 3D printing, robotics and connectivity

MedTech

Strategic insight for the next generation of diagnosis and treatment for data driven healthcare

Semiconductor

Supporting the sector in times of fast pace and high stakes technology evolution

Technology

Navigate complex landscapes when every company is a technology company.

“Cipher’s way of approaching classification is particularly useful because it’s customised to the way Red Hat views the world in terms of technological taxonomy.

Jared Engstrom, Head of Patent Development, Red Hat

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Insights and Events

CIP Forum 2023

Nigel Swycher, CEO, Cipher will be participating in the panel, The Future of IP in an Interconnected World at 1:45pm to 2:45pm on Tuesday, 3 October.

Putting Passion in IP

Episode 8 in Season 3 features Anjanette Lecher, Director, Intellectual Asset Management at Corning Incorporated. She shared with us her love of intellectual property, discussing how to take a customer centric approach when analysing and presenting data, adopting the correct tools to support efficiency and visualisations. She also highlighted the importance of a diverse team and the need to make IP accessible.

LOT Network BRIDGE Members Meeting 2023

We attended BRIDGE, LOT Network’s annual members meeting on Wednesday 27th September.

Europe’s Chemicals Industry: The Benefits and Risks Posed by the UPC

Examining the patent landscape of the chemicals industry in Europe following the establishment of the Unified Patent Court (UPC).

Webinar Replay | How to Justify Your Patent Budget

How do you justify your patent budget to executives? Watch our webinar recording for insight on how you can confidently manage your spending.

SDGs through a patent lens

Episode 7 in Season 3 features Marco Richter, Global Head of Customer Success at LexisNexis Intellectual Property. He highlights the important role that patents play in helping us to become more sustainable, discussing the benefit of measuring innovation in relation to the UN Sustainable development Goals (SDGs).

Seagate on keeping up with technology changes

Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Seagate, Bob Pechman explains the pressures of supporting the business during a period of rapid technological change and how Cipher helps see the patent landscape through Seagate’s own technology lens.

Red Hat on using the Cipher Optimisation Model

Jared Engstrom, Head of Patent Development, talks about the growth in Red Hat’s portfolio, how he has used Cipher’s custom classifiers and how the Cipher Optimisation model has improved their understanding of the competitive landscape.

ARM on classifiers and managing patent budgets

Rob Calico, VP Litigation and IP, discusses the challenges of managing a sophisticated portfolio in a fast-moving technology environment, and how Cipher has helped them manage their patenting strategy and budgets.

BAE Systems on the importance of competitive intelligence in disruptive technology environments

Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Dr. Bobby Mukherjee, explains how his IP team uses Cipher to help communicate the importance of IP internally and to navigate complex technology landscapes.

Centrica on the value of Cipher

Charles Clark, Director of Intellectual Property at Centrica, discusses the efficiency gains from using Cipher and the tasty bits of data gleaned from using Cipher’s AI over conventional search.