CASE STUDY
Giovanni T., PhD Candidate at University College London shares his Success Story with PatSeer
Company Background
Overview: University College London (UCL), a leading higher education institution in the UK, offers education from bachelor’s degrees to PhDs along with extensive research activities.
Problem Identification
- Challenges: The primary challenge was conducting entity-linking exercises for patent data, specifically in sectoral analysis.
- Impact: The research project would have been unfeasible without a robust tool. PatSeer provided essential search tools and statistics necessary for the project’s success.
Solution Implementation
- Discovery: PatSeer was recommended by an academic colleague.
- Selection Reasoning: The ability to download patent data while bypassing imprecise PATSTAT datasets was a decisive factor.
- Implementation: PatSeer facilitated the process by providing necessary patent data and statistics to support research.
Results and Benefits
- Improvements: PatSeer reduced patent search time from a full day to approximately 30–60 minutes.
- Overcoming Challenges: The solution directly addressed and resolved the entity-linking issues.
- Metrics: Significant time savings in patent searches demonstrate the success of the implementation.
Experience and Feedback
- Experience: The PatSeer team provided exceptional support, responding promptly to inquiries and organizing ad-hoc meetings as needed.
- Recommendation: “Yes, I highly recommend PatSeer. It’s an extremely advanced tool when you understand its full potential.”
Future Plans
- Future Use: UCL intends to use PatSeer in subsequent research and acknowledges its critical role in the project’s success.
- Feature Suggestions: Increasing the data download limits (from 30,000/day to 100,000/day and monthly limit to 1,000,000) would be a significant improvement.
DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this case study are solely of the PhD Candidate at University College London (UCL), and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of UCL. This is not intended to imply endorsement by UCL. The use of the PhD Candidate’s experience is limited to his role as a PhD Candidate at UCL and does not constitute consent for the use of his personal information in any marketing materials.
