title: IPAT: a freely accessible software tool for analyzing multiple patent documents with inbuilt landscape visualizer.
abstract: Intelligent Patent Analysis Tool (IPAT) is an online data retrieval tool, operated based on text mining algorithm to extract specific patent information in a predetermined pattern into an Excel sheet. The software is designed and developed to retrieve and analyze technology information from multiple patent documents and generate various patent landscape graphs and charts. The software is C# coded in visual studio 2010, which extracts the publicly available patent information from the web pages like Google Patent and simultaneously study the various technology trends based on user-defined parameters. In other words, IPAT combined with the manual categorization will act as an excellent technology assessment tool in competitive intelligence and due diligence for predicting the future R&D forecast.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacoinformatics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Sector-67, SAS Nagar, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.
authors.forename: Dara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ajay
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacoinformatics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Sector-67, SAS Nagar, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.
authors.forename: Rahul P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Gangwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacoinformatics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Sector-67, SAS Nagar, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.
authors.forename: Abhay T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Sangamwar
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D057225:Data Mining; D010330:Patents as Topic; D012984:Software
keywords: data analysis; patent analysis; software tool; technology assessment