Database offers joined-up solution

China's first integrative, multiple-resource database of intellectual property-related information was unveiled last week following two years of development and testing.

Developed by Intellectual Property Publishing House Co Ltd, the system, called DI Inspiro, uses big data technologies and combined data including patents, trademarks, industry standards and court rulings, as well as academic papers and science journals from China and overseas.

DI Inspiro provides more than 600 search portals, and has introduced many advanced big data technologies such as machine translation, visual search, smart analysis and chemical constitution search, said Li Cheng, the publishing house's deputy general manager, at the system's launch ceremony on Aug 3 in Beijing.

He added that as the largest IP database in China, the system will offer comprehensive IP solutions, including search, download, analysis, pre-warning, data management and project management, to global high-end users including companies, universities and research institutions.

"In the era of big data, there is growing demand for IP information services, and IP information has high value as it combines technologies, the economy and markets," said Li.

He added: "IP information is playing a crucial role in helping the government shape economic and technical policies, helping companies analyze market competition and avoid IP risks, and increasing the efficiency of universities and research institutions.

"Using big data technologies to fully display the value of IP information is an important part of building a strong IP powerhouse and supporting China's sustainable development."

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, about 95 percent of the world's inventions are first publicized in patent documents.

Liu Huabing, head of the patent information department at the Intellectual Property Publishing House, said the use of big data technologies in China's innovative industries is a symbol that the nation is becoming an IP powerhouse.

"IP data has been like isolated islands in a vast ocean," he said. "We generally search for patent data via different official websites, and this is true also when we search for trademarks, court rulings, geographical indications, administrative enforcement data, new plant varieties, industry standards, domain names and integrated circuit designs.

"DI Inspiro aims to integrate these resources around the world."

Liu said the system now includes patent data from more than 100 countries and regions, 60 million patent owners, 25 million trademarks and 140,000 patent-related court rulings, adding that there are plans to add more databases, such as copyright, new plant varieties and integrated circuit designs, into the system by the end of this year.

Big data technologies allow users to have automatic access to all relevant information when they search for a particular kind of data. "If you search for a patent, you can find journals in which it is mentioned as well as related industry standards and trademarks," Liu said.

The system also allows personalized data processing and analysis, such as the ability to compare two documents.

zhangzhao@chinadaily.com.cn

(China Daily 08/10/2016 page12)