Key Functions

Ipilion is suitable for advanced users as an entry into a new research before professional search services (patent offices) are used, and also for beginners, the first experience with patent information to collect.

Find below a list of the main functions of Ipilion.

Find here a list of possible restrictions

Ipilion Core

Key Funtions	Ipilion Free	Ipilion Core	Ipilion Advanced	Comment
Search patents with generic or native search patterns				Generic search pattern can be used with all supported databases. You don't need to know about the native patterns.
Search of patents at the USPTO, Espacenet and Depatisnet				Please inform yourself about the current opportunities in the use of individual databases.
Managing patents in projects and directories				The organization is on you.
Overview of Patents, thumbnail, Bibliographic data and abstract on one page
View description and claims text
Highlighted search pattern presentation				Find what you were looking for.
View Documents				You do not need an external PDF viewer.
Loading of bibliographic data, text, document, legal information, as well as family, citations and equivalents.				Please inform yourself about the current opportunities in the use of individual databases.
Select a database to load or automatic selection.				Automatic: Ipilion selects the "most appropriate" database. If the information is not available, it tries another.
Import and export of patents, folders and projects.				e.g. you can create zips out of your projects.
Manage tasks, independent tasks and documents related tasks.
Set and manage bookmarks in patents (text) or general documents.				If you find an interesting text, select it and add a new bookmark.
Editor for text documents.
*In-place editor for other documents. Only possible if certain applications are installed supporting in-place editing (eg . doc, . xls, ..).*				The function is dependent on your system and can not generally be guaranteed. Please check with the validation version.
Set and manage the patent relevance.
Undo/Redo
Overview of all patent data for a patent, when and where they were loaded.
Support view: Find out about the current state of development, discuss your problems and requests, informing you about current problems and limitations.
Built-in Webbrower. Looking outside of the patent databases, or use context information.
Hierarchical view of the projects, folders and documents.
List View with sorting of patents and patent search, free configuration of the columns.
Use of network proxies				The function is dependent on your system and can not generally be guaranteed. Please check with the validation version.
Use the IPC view to get IPC text.
IPC Cloud View
Commercial Usage
Online Updates (within Update period)
Country Charts				under preparation
Text Cloud				under preparation
Generic Protocols				under preparation
				under preparation