IP Professionals Double Their Efficiency Using CPA Global's Discover 2.0 Enhanced Patent Search Platform

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, January 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

CPA Global, the world-leading intellectual property (IP) management software and services company, today announced a new release of its Discover patent search platform, which will enable users to find key patent data even faster and more efficiently than previously.

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Discover is one of the world's most comprehensive patent search engines, providing access to more than 95 million documents from 95 jurisdictions and the broadest range of full-text patent data.  With Discover 2.0, CPA Global has capitalized on its strong expertise in patent research to develop an even smarter and more sophisticated search platform with improved, time-saving functionality and delivering more relevant results than any other solution in the market.

The powerful search capabilities of Discover 2.0 are integrated into the prior art management modules of CPA Global's IP management software solutions, such as FoundationIP. By enabling patent references to be populated directly from a Discover search in this way, Discover 2.0 reduces administrative time by at least 50% and minimizes the risk of data errors.

The newly designed, intuitive interface on Discover 2.0 makes it more easily accessible to professional searchers, research and development teams, and individual inventors, thereby significantly increasing the productivity of everyone involved in the innovation process.  Discover 2.0 provides a secure online environment for searchers, while enabling collaboration with colleagues and other authorized personnel.

Combining increased functionality with improved layouts and simplified processes, Discover 2.0 delivers enhanced performance and workflow, and an enriched user experience in a number of key areas, including the search interface, the individual record display, project folders, and the Image Browser (a unique feature for evaluating a search results list based upon figures and drawings).  Furthermore, Discover 2.0's advanced analytics tool can instantly identify technology trends and citation activity, as well as the most active companies, inventors and countries.

Mark Holt, Chief Technology Officer at CPA Global, said: "With the increasing pressure to maximize IP assets and R&D investment, patent search is an even more critical component of strategic IP management, helping ensure that an organization's innovation focus is in line with its broader business goals. Discover continues to open up new horizons in patent search, bringing a wealth of key data to users' fingertips and making the search process faster and much more efficient."

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About Discover

CPA Global's Discover is one of the world's most advanced and comprehensive patent search platforms, providing access to more than 95 million documents from more than 95 jurisdictions.

The combination of state-of-the art technology and CPA Global's deep patent research capabilities delivers an innovative patent search platform that generates more relevant results than any other solution in the market today.

With a highly intuitive interface and a host of unique features, Discover makes patent searching simple for both professional searchers and other users (such as inventors, attorneys and paralegals), enabling them to quickly execute comprehensive patentability, prior art, freedom to operate, and invalidity searches, backed up by powerful analytic tools that help pinpoint key market trends and activity.

About CPA Global

CPA Global is the world's leading intellectual property (IP) management and IP software specialist, and an international provider of outsourced legal services. With offices across Europe, the United States and Asia Pacific, CPA Global supports many of the world's best known corporations and law firms with a range of IP and broader legal services, helping them to manage risk, cost and capacity, and realize greater value for their businesses and IP assets.  

CPA Global helps clients in managing valuable IP Rights, such as patents, designs and trademarks, ensuring that IP portfolios are protected, maintained and regularly reviewed in order to maximize value. Working closely with its clients, CPA Global ensures they have the best information on which to base IP decisions, and the best support in terms of helping implement those decisions. On the software side, in addition to Discover, CPA Global offers four market-leading IP management software solutions (FoundationIP, Inprotech, Ipendo, and Memotech) tailored towards different types of clients and their specific needs; as well as First To File, the market-leading electronic document management system for IP.

Founded in Jersey, Channel Islands in 1969, CPA Global today employs more than 1,700 people, serving client needs in 200 jurisdictions through its own offices and an extensive agent network. For further information, please visit: http://www.cpaglobal.com.

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SOURCE CPA Global