Competitive and Technical Intelligence ToolBox

The Indian student had been long deprived of internships while he is still in college. Not any more. With a vibrant job market, companies are willing to hire pre-final and final-year graduate students as interns during summer or even during college days if they are local and can manage their class work and office work. This is a great step in exposing the Indian youth to the competitive world while he is still in college. This will also help them understand What they want to do in Life ? What are they passionate about and hence make better careers. HelloIntern.com is platform to bring the Indian student and Companies on a common platform. The company website says, ....connecting the internship needs of the students in professional courses to the requirements for interns and apprentices by companies, both nationally and abroad.

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL) announced that it has received final approval from the US FDA to manufacture and market Cetirizine Hydrochloride Oral Solution (Allergy) and Children’s Cetirizine Hydrochloride Oral Solution (Hives-Relief), 1 mg/mL (OTC). It is therapeutically equivalent to Children’s Zyrtec Oral Solution (Allergy) and Children’s Zyrtec Oral Solution (Hives-Relief), 1mg/mL of McNeil Consumer Healthcare. Cetirizine Hydrochloride is administered for the temporary relief of runny nose, sneezing, itching of the nose or throat, and itchy, watery eyes due to hay fever or other upper respiratory allergies. Read More

Piramed, a privately owned biotechnology company, signed a definitive agreement with Roche (Basel) that will result in Piramed being fully acquired for an upfront cash payment of $160 million plus a milestone payment of $15 million, which is due upon the commencement of Phase II clinical trials for the company's oncology program. Closing of the transaction is subject to standard conditions and reviews. Read More

The RBI has observed that the charges levied by different banks on ATM transactions vary and a customer is unaware of the charges that will be levied for a particular ATM transaction, if that ATM does not belong to his bank. This generally discourages the customer from using the ATMs of other banks. The RBI has now framed the following charges Sr . No. Service Charges 1 For use of own bank's ATM for any purpose Free (with immediate effect) 2 For the use of other banks' ATMs for balance enquiries Free (with immediate effect) 3 For the use of other banks' ATMs for cash withdrawals v Free from 1 April 2009 v No bank shall increase the charges prevailing as on 23 December 2007 v Banks which are charging more than INR 20 per transaction shall reduce the charge to a maximum of INR 20 by 31 March 2008, irrespec...

State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China, SIPO launched a patent information Chinese-to-English machine translation online service. When you search and click on patents for bibliographic information, you will find a " Machine Translation " button. It is named as China patent machine translation system(CPMT). It is currently not working well with Internet Explorer.

Following is the addition to the last two ( 1-50 and 51-83 ) KPO list added. 84. Integreon 85. Law Wave 86. Lexadigm 87. Accenture 88. Intellextra Outsourcing Solutions P Ltd 89. Quintegra Solutions 90. Quatrro 91. Integreon Managed Solutions, Inc 92. Datamatics Technologies Ltd . 93. Triton Corp Ltd. 94. Intrust Global eServices 95. CPA Global 96. Integreon 97. HCL 98. Amatra Solutions Pvt Ltd 99. Merrill Corporation 100. Kroll 101. Williams Lea 104. Inductis EXL 105. Cheers Interactive (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Unknown Language Identification Tool provides attempts to identify the language of a sample of text by comparing the n-gram statistics in the sample to the n-gram statistics of a number of reference texts in different languages.

Intellecture 's specialized awareness courses are offered online, designed to be interactive, are modularized and are closely monitored and updated regularly in keeping with industry demands and requirements. Course Details : Fundamentals of IP Course (Basic) (Free registration) -The objective of this course is to provide basic knowledge on the concepts of Intellectual Property. The course gives an introduction to intellectual property and explains the protection offered by different species of IP. The course delves into scope, extent, term of protection and rights granted by each type of IP. Patent Law Course - One of the most popular courses, the 'Patent Law' course provides a comprehensive curriculum on basic and advanced issues including patentability, procedure for obtaining a paten...

Differences between US and European patents: First to file versus first to invent Grace period Best mode requirement Publication of patent applications Rights conferred by a granted patent Opposition after grant Inventive step Two-part claims

An infringement search, also known as a "right-to-use search" or "clearance search" focuses on the claims of unexpired patents in a small number of subclasses. The purpose of an infringement search is to determine whether there are claims in these patents that might be construed to cover a well-defined, commercial embodiment of an invention. If a particular competitor is known to have similar products, then the competitor’s patents may also be reviewed. For utility patents, the claims are numbered at the end of the text while, for design patents, the claims are the drawings. Literal infringement requires that the accused product or process include each and every element of the claim. Consequently, if one or more elements of the claim are not satisfied, then the requirements for literal infringement are not met. However, even if a claim does not literally "read on" an accused product or process, it may still be infringed under the Doctrine of Equivalents if...

Following list is further addition to my earlier list (1 to 50) : 51. Blue File Ip Services Pvt. Ltd. 52. Xellect IP Solutions 53. Origiin IP Services 54. Clairvolex 55. Tipton Services 56. IP Horizons 57. Carpenter & Kulas, LLP 58. Atlas Legal Research 59. Quislex 60. OfficeTiger 61. KAnalysis 62. Mindcrest 63. LexOrbis 64. Verist Research 65. Patent KPO Solutions 66. Karvy Global Services 67. MaxValGroup 68. Lexecute 69. Veollabs 70. TechPackers 71. Infolitics 72. Fealty Legal Services 73. Corplo 74. InnovarIP 75. LexisNexis 76. IP Searches 77. Tata consultancy Services 78. iRunway 79. TMP Searchers 80. Dextrasys Technologies 81. IP Matrix 82. Intellecture 83. GVKBIO

earch Type Purpose Coverage Comments · State-of-the-Art Identify general and background art for a particular technology Patents and non-patent literature. Not exhaustive. Gives a broad picture to help guide research · Patentability, Novelty Identify art which may affect the patentability of an invention Patents and non-patent literature. Multiple data sources. Narrower in scope than State-of-Art. Recommended before writing patent application · Invalidity, Opposition Identify prior art which may impact the claims of a specific patent Patents and non-patent literature. Employ creative strategies to elucidate previously undiscovered art before filing date of patent. Helps remove blocking patents by anticipating claims of an invention. Establishes solidity of patent portfolio, e.g. for lic...

Important changes after as per US Patent reforms Act ( HR 1908 ) arew as follows: 1. The major reforms will be the change from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file system (harmonising US patent law with the rest of the world), as well as mechanisms for more efficient validity challenges and post-grant review. 2. The reforms are seen as part of a general response in US patent law (and in the US Supreme Court) to concerns regarding the expansion of patents and a subsequent decline in patent quality.

List of Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) firms in India : This list is not comprehensive and I will update this list time by time. 1. Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (Agip) 2. Advance IP Services 3. Adventity 4. Allele Intellectual Property Services 5. Ashmar Technologies and Research Pvt. Ltd 6. Brain League IP Services 7. Cantor-Colburn And Schwegman 8. Copal Partners 9. Domex E-Data Pvt Ltd 10. Echomirror 11. Eclerx Services Ltd 12. Empower Research 13. Eracent Inc 14. Evalueserve 15. Exevo 16. EXL Service 17. Genpact 18. Global IP Services 19. Glocon Kpo Solutions Pvt. Ltd 20. Heidrick & Struggles, Knowledge Management Center 21. Imc Global Services 22. Inductis 23. Innovarip Consulting 24. Intellevate 25. IP Feathers 26. Ippro Inc 27. Iprex Solutions 28. Krishna and Saurastri Associates 29. Legalforce India Pvt. Ltd 30. Lundberg 31. Mckinsey 32. Meta Yage Ip Strategy Consulting 33. Pangea3 34. Patent Metrix 35. Pharmarc 36. Pipal Research 37. Quatro 38. Raj Abhyanker, Ll...

According to Evalueserve , the Indian KPO sector will account for 71 percent of global KPO revenues by FY 2010. The global KPO market will grow by 45 percent per annum, from USD 1.29 billion in FY 2003 to USD 17 billion by FY 2010. This high growth in the KPO sector presents a huge opportunity for India in terms of employment generation and wealth creation, which will result in an increase in the number of jobs, from 25,000 in 2003 to 2, 50,000 by 2010. The average annual salary in the Indian KPO sector is currently around USD 8,800 per annum According to some estimates, in the next 5 years India will employee more than 2.5 lac people and will capture approximately 70% of the global KPO business. In an article on " KPO salaries: Some case studies in growth " published on Hindustan Times, August 02, 2007. As per the article the average salary in KPO firms for fresher engineer is 4.2 lakhs and within 4 -5 years they reaches upto Rs.10 - 20 lakhs annually , plus managing a grou...

Weekend booze binges and the stresses of going back to work could be contributing to a higher rate of heart attacks on a Monday, according to research. A 10-year study carried out in Scotland suggested that up to 20% more people die from heart attacks on a Monday than any other day. Almost 80,000 men and women who died of heart disease in Scotland were studied between 1986 and 1995, and it was found the mortality rate peaked on Mondays. Deaths of women under 50 with no previous history of heart disease rose by a fifth on Mondays compared to the daily average. And among men under 50 with no earlier heart trouble, there was a 19% excess on the first day of the working week. Read More

Evolutionary robotics is a new technique for the automatic creation of autonomous robots. Inspired by the Darwinian principle of selective reproduction of the fittest, it views robots as autonomous artificial organisms that develop their own skills in close interaction with the environment and without human intervention. Drawing heavily on biology and ethology, it uses the tools of neural networks, genetic algorithms, dynamic systems, and biomorphic engineering. The resulting robots share with simple biological systems the characteristics of robustness, simplicity, small size, flexibility, and modularity. In evolutionary robotics, an initial population of artificial chromosomes, each encoding the control system of a robot, is randomly created and put into the environment. Each robot is then free to act (move, look around, manipulate) according to its genetically specified controller while its performance on various tasks is automatically evaluated. The fittest robots then "reprodu...

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TRIZ (Russian algorithm for "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving") is the only scientifically based (as opposed to psychologically based) inventive problem solving process and tool kit. Its basis is the study of the global patent literature and the identification of the most inventive patents. Analyzing these patents yields consistent patterns of invention and lines of technological evolution that are consistently used across all areas of science and technology. More The TRIZ Journal Article Archive

In a survey of 1000, European companies and 125 business organizations, it was concluded that, changes in customer needs are three items more important than changes in technology as a source on market opportunities.

LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents. LaTeX is available as free software .

A must for innovators and patent info pros, the Patentstein Browser provides powerful tools to efficiently collect, collaborate on and manage online patent information, thereby increasing a company's return on its intellectual property investment. Features: # Project-based browsing technology lets you focus on your patent searching goals # Use Drag'n'Drop snippets to save, organize and annotate snippets of online prior art # Includes Project Statistics, To-Do Tasks, Time Tracking and Billing # Your time is valuable - save key information as you find it! # Interruptions? No problem - resume your projects at any time, where you left off! # A must for inventors, tech managers and patent pros whose time means money!

IdeaTango is a social networking site that is set up to allow inventors a place to post, request and exchange ideas, inventions, intellectual property and patents — the MySpace of inventions. Companies can search the database of ideas for possible products for their company. The site is designed for small inventors looking to exploit their ideas. The listed benefits for inventors are: * Learn about inventing from Successful Inventors & share your experiences * Market & Develop Your Inventions * Find Reputable Service Providers * Enter Invention Contests and Submit Inventions to Companies

Interested in finding out more about an issued United States Patent--or a pending patent application? PatentMailer is designed to retrieve the patent (or pending application) from the United States Patent and Trademark Office's web site with minimal human intervention. Further--and most importantly--the resulting PDF file includes the figures, or drawings, that help describe the invention. More

Web Based Patent Polishing Tools : # Reference Number Checking # Claim Trees and Number Checking # Sort-Unique Filter

Patentest Legal™ is a patent family & legal status report generator. A product of in-house development, this tool is offered free of charge. The purpose of Patentest legal™ is to provide the user with valuable information with respect to patents world wide. Provided a patent number, the family and legal report generator is capable of constructing a graphic representation of all the family and legal information available at the INPADOC databases.

Patent searching toolbar from patentest was designed for both professional and novice patent searching in mind. The toolbar provides an easy access to three of the most profound free patent databases (USPTO, esp@cenet and Google Patents) from one single searchbox. Simply click the 'Download Toolbar' link to install the toolbar and start patent searching for free. In addition to patent searching the toolbar also includes the following free features: * Family & Legal Status reports (Patentest Legal™) * Patent Document Retrieval Utility (Patentest GetFile™) * Direct links to major patent offices worldwide * Patent News Download Toolbar - For Internet Explorer ; For Firefox

Searching is not merely a tool for compiling a survey of prior art relating to an invention. The purpose of a search may be varied, with the strategy and tools required to perform each search being dependent on the type of search that is to be conducted. It is important to point out that most countries require absolute novelty for an invention to be patentable, and as such no search can ever be regarded as definitive or as providing a conclusive answer regarding the patentability of an invention. SEARCHING MANUAL by SIBANDA & ZANTWIJK is a good training material for patent professional.

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself. Download Link

Patent lens provides following features: # Quick search # Structured search # Expert Search # Sequence search Patent Lens Features: # Zotero support added. Automatically add patent citations to Zotero reference manager (a FireFox plug-in). # Australian Granted Patents are now searchable in full text, just as the US and European patents have been since last year. Read the press release: Australian Patents Now Under The Lens (info). # Cost-free PDF downloads now available for all US patent documents (apps and grants), Australian and European patents. Available as a multipage PDF or a single page at a time, for faster browsing. # Search result filters that retrieve US patents based on dates in force vs. expired # Protein & DNA Sequence searches for US biological sciences patents and patent applications

When you have found a relevant patent, you may wish to check whether it is in force. At this point you could have a major infringement problem and need advice from a qualified attorney. However, to start you off, many patent offices provide a FREE service advising on the status of patents. You need to be very careful in using these services if you are unsure what you are doing, for example you may be informed 100% correctly that a patent is 'deemed to be withdrawn' (sounds like it is dead) but not realise the owner may still pay be able to reinstate it on payment of a small fee under certain circumstances. It is now possible to download complete US file histories from the USPTO, It is also possible to download file histories of PCT patent applications . Visit Mayallj links collection for more details.

This plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer is designed to provide rapid access to documents from the database of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). The application comprises a simple toolbar add-in for the browser; the user may type the serial number of a patent or patent application into the toolbar to view a particular document. The toolbar also accepts standard query strings used to search the database (e.g., "in/stein and abst/software"). Links: Download (Contents: Executable (Windows/Internet Explorer))

This application is a tool for accessing the database of patents and patent applications hosted by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). This database is conventionally accessed through the web, which is sufficient (though clumsy) for human-readable access, but inadequate for automated applications that need well-formatted data. This application provides a class library (DLL) called USPTOProxy that can be dropped into an application and used as a simple, effective proxy interface for the database. The application can fetch patents and patent applications, with the results returned as structured objects. The application also allows the user to query the database of patents and patent applications with a standard "advanced query" string (e.g., "ttl/neuron and an/merck"), and the user may specify whether the results should be returned as an array of references that match the query or as an array of patent/patent application objects. Mor e

Cutting edge technologies offer the hope of a better world, potentially bringing welcome solutions to everything from disease to environmental damage. But these same technologies can also bring danger, by aiding criminals and terrorists, invading personal privacy and even potentially creating diseases and damaging the environment. Click to Read Full Article with illustrations .

There are invention that is more of a "technology" than a product (more of an R&D based discovery that is not yet developed into marketable products, like lasers and GPS were many years ago before they were reduced to practical applications), check these sites for more information: A. Check technologies for sale sites # UVentures University Technologies # Yet2.Com Corporate Technologies # C ORDIS Technology Marketplace European Commission technologies # Techex Biomedical Technologies B. Universities, Federal Labs etc. # Federally Funded Research Summaries # Federal Lab Consortium # T echnology Administration U.S. government technology news and reports # USDA Technology Transfer Center # NTTC (National Technology Transfer Center) # NTIS National Technical Information Service # EUROPA research European Union cooperative research group # QinetiQ large European Research Organization

PriorSmart is a meta-search engine for patent lookups anywhere in the world. It allows you to search in the title, abstract, description, etc. or by inventor or assignee. You can also limit your search just to specified… Learn More

Dialog Open access provides searching of US Patent - Litigations, through LitAlert® from Derwent Information. Data on patent infringement lawsuits filed in the 94 U.S. District Courts and reported to the Commissioner of the U.S. Patents & Trademark Office. 1970 to present. You can search by: * Main Subject * Company * Inventor * Patent Number * Court State * Patent or Litigation Filing Year Operators: You can use AND, OR, NOT and Parentheses to group words together. You can use ? as truncation mark. Sample Document for Search: U.S. Patents - Litigation

An overview of Chinese patent databases available for free via English or Chinese interfaces Source Coverage Update frequency (time lag) Data available URL SIPO Website (Chinese) Patents, utility models, designs, from 1985 onwards Every Wednesday (none) Chinese bibliographic data/abstracts; original documents (A and B/C documents; TIFF, page by page), Chinese legal status data http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo/zljs/ SIPO Website (English) Patents, utility models, from 1985 onwards Quarterly (at least three months) English bibliographic data, abstracts for patents (incomplete for utility models) http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/zljs/ China Patent Database (CNPAT) (English) Patents, utility models, designs, from 1985 onwards Monthly (at least three months) English bibliographic data, abstracts for patents, original documents (A and B/C documents) http://search.cnpat.com.cn/Search/EN/ Experimental Platform of Patent Information Services (Chinese) Patents, utility models, designs, fr...

This quiz ( esp@cenet Quiz ) is the most difficult ever proposed in the IPR-Helpdesk Bulletin. It is aimed at passionate patent searchers and information freaks. Try !!