@stuartgh » patent search engine Google Xyggy USPTO http://www.stuart-hall.com Current focus: Making people happy. Using social media tools to achieve this! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:15:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comparing US patent search engines http://www.stuart-hall.com/2010/02/05/comparing-us-patent-search-engines/ http://www.stuart-hall.com/2010/02/05/comparing-us-patent-search-engines/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:01:04 +0000 Stuart Hall http://www.stuart-hall.com/?p=2830 Continue reading →]]> I quickly put together this short animoto-video showing the beta Google Patents, US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and new Xyggy patent search engines, entry page followed by advanced search page. How do they compare in your view, focusing on US granted patents from 1976 onwards?

You should notice a difference with the Xyggy engine. Why? It runs an item search which it claims provides substantial advantages and additional information over text search.  Also, the makers say that with multiple items in the query, Xyggy discovers what they have in common to return better results.

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