Orbis Intellectual Property
Orbis Intellectual Property contains more than 110 million patent documents from across the world. Use it to analyse portfolios, individual patents or innovation.
Extensive data on company patents
What is Orbis IP?
Orbis IP includes more than 110 million patent documents from around the world. They range from 16 to 3,000 pages of text. You can also find information on approximately 300,000 SEPs – Standard Essential Patents.
The global patent data are linked to companies and corporate groups, enabling you to combine company information with global patent data such as ownership, industry and patent classifications and patent value. You will also find data on M&A transactions and corporate structures, all linked to patents.
In the search box you can search for:
- Patents
- Patent litigation
- Companies
When is Orbis IP useful?
Use Orbis IP when you want to analyse a company’s IP strategy, acquisitions or conduct a technology assessment.
You can explore:
- Patent portfolios for a company and its corporate group
- Ownership timelines for all patents
- M&A data linked to IP transactions
- Links between legal and commercial aspects
- Data on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)
- Portfolio and patent valuations for all granted and active patents
Tools for analysing patent data
Pivot Analysis
Analyse companies or patents based on variables. For example, explore how different companies innovate over time within specific domains.
Heat Map - Companies or Patents
Compare variables for selected companies and view the results on a colour map. Identify the types of patents that are most common and the leading companies associated with them.
League Tables
See the leading owners, inventors and applicants of patents related to your search.
Help using Orbis Intellectual Property
User guides and videos
Inside Orbis you will find user guides and videos that explain all the advanced features. Click the i in the top menu.
Guides to the analysis tools
Facts
110+ million patents