Cipher is an online platform using machine learning to classify patent data
The Cipher Platform
Cipher was created to enable IP professionals to make evidence based decisions around their patent strategy.
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Cipher Classifiers
Your Own Classifiers use supervised machine learning to automate patent to technology mapping
- See how you can have your own Classifiers in your Custom Taxonomy
- Take a look at how classifiers have been used across a number of Example Sector Taxonomies
Classifier Landscape
Cipher automates the generation of patent landscapes providing an interactive report of all owners of a specified technology, as an example ‘Augmented Reality’:
- Easy to use, with over 70 reports in each classifier, including by organisation, geography, cost, disputes; all downloadable
- The Classifier is repeatable, quick to access, and includes alerting for new publications matching your classifiers
- Cipher Classifiers have been independently tested for accuracy
Cipher Clustering
Cipher automatically clusters any patent portfolio, and maps it to portfolios owned by other companies in the space:
- Our platform uses the best corporate tree available on the market, provided by 1790 Analytics, and which further improves corporate grouping using a combination of machine learning algorithms and manual checks
- You can compare technologies across organisations by filing country
- Analyse the patent spend by organisation in each technology area and by country
See an example BASF
“With improvements in AI technology and other analytics platforms like Cipher, today we are able to understand the numbers of patents that are relevant to certain technology areas at a push of a button.
Jeremiah Chan, Head of Patents, Meta
Our Data Partners
Download the Cipher Platform Specification
Platform specification
Find out more about the Cipher product platform specification, including:
- Corporate Groupings
- Charting
- Reporting
- Visualisations
- Use case
- Download options
- Support
- Safety and Security
Cipher Subscription
With a Cipher Subscription, we can develop a solution that fits your individual needs, but here are some options our customers have chosen:
- Cipher out of the box with Corporate Clustering
- Cipher with your own taxonomy with classifiers built for you. See example Sector taxonomies
- Cipher with the Universal Technology Taxonomy, classifying every single patent in the world
- Cipher Certified where we train and certify you to build your own classifiers
- Cipher with in house expertise for regular modelling and reporting
Talk with our team
Our friendly team is on hand to discuss your IP challenges or to learn what issues you are facing in managing your patent portfolio.
Instantly book a 30-minute exploratory call with our team by choosing a calendar slot to suit you.
Case Studies
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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BorgWarner on how automation increases speed and reduces cost
Technical Product Strategy Lead, Chris Kowalsky, explains the problems with existing approaches to patent search and how Cipher Automotive has improved efficiency as they develop new technologies essential to the future of the car.
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Ocado on balancing IP protection with mitigation of patent risk and conflict
Head of IP, Lucy Wojcik, talks about the need instant answers to who’s doing what and how Cipher helped Ocado implement a world class IP strategy.
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Richardson Oliver Insights on the challenges of IP Teams
COO of Richardson Oliver Insights, Erik Oliver, talks about the challenges faced by IP teams with managing high value portfolios and the increased demand for both better data and better ways to communicate the value of patents.
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“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
With Cipher you can…
Optimise your portfolio
Ensure you have the right portfolio to meet your strategic patenting objectives.
Gather competitor intelligence
Understand who’s doing what by automating patent to technology mapping.
Model cross licensing
Combine patent and revenue data to determine rational licensing outcomes.
Manage your budget
Justify patent budgets and communicate the impact of your investment.
Conduct due diligence
Automate manual reviews for efficient execution of M&A and licensing transactions.
Tackle inbound patent assertion
Be prepared with evidence to create a fast and effective threat assessment.
Benchmark your portfolio
Assess your portfolio in comparison to other owners through your technology lens.
Monetise your portfolio
Identify opportunities to create value through licensing or sale of patent assets.
Predict technology trends
Track new technologies and discover the unknown owners of future innovation.
Create Risk Mitigation Strategies
Understand the materiality of your threats to define your risk mitigation strategy.