Re: genetic patent data, standardization and CAMBIA Patent Lens

Thanks for the WIPO sequence data info, we were leaving WIPO data for
later as we had an idea about how mucky it was. Our prototype BLAST
interface is only indexed against the Genbank "pat" databases, so
far. So still lots to do. BTW your PatGen DB paper in Bioinformatics
was very useful.

We too plan to share any code that we develop for our BLAST project.
We'll probably put up a project on our BioForge site
(www.bioforge.org), once we have a stable code base.

What is your vision for the Open Patent Service (or are you referring
to your genetic patent data pay service)?

Cheers

Nick

On 21/12/2005, at 6:16 AM, Richard Rouse wrote:

> Whew ....
>
> It was getting old being the only resource that was
> integrating all this stuff.
>
> We will start posting code on how to collect this data
> for what its worth. For example, here's one way how we
> are getting the WIPO stuff.
>
> http://patentinformatics.fdns.net/WIPO/
>
> Hopefully in the end we can establish an official
> resource that everyone can rely on. Rather than then
> this crazy scattered system that is currently in
> place.
>
> I would rather have this stuff accessible through a
> service like the Open Patent Service rather then going
> through Cambria. Hopefully both options will be
> possible.
>
> Richard
>
>
> --- Nick dos Remedios <nick_at_cambia.org> wrote:
>
>> I use this patent search database but then I am one
>> of the
>> developers ;-)
>>
>> We've aimed this resource at users who work in the
>> fields of life
>> science research, agricultural research, plant
>> breeding, biotech, etc.
>>
>> I would not expect many of the PIUG readers to use
>> our database as it
>> only contains patents from the life sciences (IPC
>> classification
>> restricted) and does not yet match up to the pay
>> databases that
>> professional patent searchers are used to.
>>
>> Having said that, we are expanding the database to
>> all patent
>> classifications in 2006. And we have recently added
>> some new features
>> such as INPADOC legal status and family data. In the
>> pipe line is
>> relevance ranking, BLAST searching and search
>> restriction by patent
>> status (in force, lapsed, expired).
>>
>> Season Greetings
>>
>> Nick dos Remedios
>>
>>
>> On 20/12/2005, at 3:52 AM, Richard Poynder wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I would be interested in hearing from anyone who
>> has used the free
>>> Patent
>>> Lens database developed by CAMBIA
>>> (http://www.bios.net/daisy/bios/patentlens.html).
>>>
>>> Do patent searchers use this database? If so, how
>> does it compare with
>>> alternative sources (both free and paid-for)?
>>>
>>> If patent searchers don't use it, why would that
>> be?
>>>
>>> Any feedback/comments/thoughts gratefully
>> received.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Richard Poynder
>>> Freelance Journalist
>>> www.richardpoynder.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>


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