The latest feature and data updates for a better IP Pilot experience

2025

  • Excel Autofill – Handling Duplicates
    • This new functionality enables users to address duplicate entities identified in the 2nd step.
  • Excel Autofill – Preview Step
    • The preview step provides the user with a clear overview of the data they will receive before exporting.

  • About Tab (People’s chart) – Role multiselecting

    • The People’s Chart now includes an enhanced filtering capability, allowing users to select multiple roles simultaneously
  • Compare Entities – Compare up to 4 entities
    • Previously, users could compare only 2 entities/groups within the charts. This update expands that capability, allowing users to compare up to 4 entities or groups simultaneously.
2025

  • Standard Search – Access to About Tab Charts
    • The Standard Search feature currently includes two categories of charts: Overview and Case Exchange. We have now implemented the About tab charts, which displays various pieces of information such as Contact details, Offices, Related groups of applicants (both individual and groups), and People, in the form of charts. To enhance the user experience and provide more comprehensive data visualization, these charts have been integrated into the Standard Search feature.
  • Excel Autofill – Access to About Tab Charts
    • Similar to the Standard Search, we have integrated the About Tab charts in the Excel Autofill feature. Previously, only two chart categories were available: Overview and Case Exchange. Now, users can also access the new Category ‘About Data’.
  • Excel Autofill – Country Input
    • The user country input is now displayed in the 2nd step, in a new column next to the entity input.
  • About Tab (‘Offices’ chart) – Filtering Offices

    • We have implemented the filtering functionality per office in the ‘Offices’ chart through a toggle button.

    • In addition, the ‘Offices’ chart now includes an office counter at the top.

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2024

  • Integration of 10+ million Trademarks filings from 98 new jurisdictions!
  • Availability of Unitary Patent dataset in EP Validations data pack
  • Better precision in identifying case exchange dates for trademark case exchanges
2023

  • Better precision in identifying “trademark families” and improving the case exchange of trademark filings
  • Improved data structure for greater flexibility in filtering
  • Mandarin language available for tool and website
2022

  • New Filing Check Feature to get full details on any patent/trademark family
  • New Dashboard feature, e.g. to save and display charts, booksmarks or recent searches
  • All-new Help Center, combining tutorial videos, FAQs, and more elaborate how-to’s
  • Update on ASEAN patent family definition
  • Non-granted NZ patent filings now available

  • IP Pilot Referral Program
  • Inverse Filters: Exclude any section of charts and tables
  • Update on Standard Search: Setting constraints is now more flexible
  • Revised Data Coverage in Resources: Detailed stats for every office and year available
  • Billing Portal: Admins can download invoices and change billing information
  • White-listed email domains allowing admins to create accounts from outside their own domain
  • Trademark images are now available on the Filings Tab of each profile

  • Patent-Pilot is now IP Pilot
  • IP Pilot Trademarks is here: We have integrated over 140 million trademark filings!
  • We added a function to include unconfirmed agent information into the name and standard search
  • PDF Export: You can now select which year types to be used on the generated PDFs

  • Extended search results: You can now select up to 3 charts to be displayed for all entries in the search result list
  • White Spot Check: Compare two portfolios by overlap in IPCs to see filing potential and conflict risks.
  • Updates on EP Validations: IT, SE and PL now largely complete
  • ASEAN filings: Improved allocation to patent families of foreign origin
  • CO filings: Agent information added
2021

  • Map View: Search results are now displayed on a map by location
  • Revised year selection: all tabs now automatically use the most appropriate year. However, you can overwrite this by persisting the year.
  • Improved name search now takes umlauts and special language characters into account.
  • Admin Feature: A firm’s admins can now create, edit and delete user accounts.
  • Tutorial videos updated to the new design.

  • New ultra-fast database and new API.
  • Possibility to persist filters when switching between profiles.
  • Selected search query constraints reflected on profiles.
  • Search results for the sent or received option now based on cases.
  • Limit data on profiles to a certain location.
  • Less scrolling: Filters and tabs are now always visible.
  • New Admin area

  • Extension of database to non-granted filings for South Africa.
  • Improved calculation of PCT national phase entry dates for Canadian filings.

  • Agent data for CL, HK, NZ, ZA now available
  • Improvement on coverage of German national phase entries of PCTs.

  • Improved identification of US agents based on law firm’s registration numbers
  • Improved geo locations for the search feature.
  • Background work on the general software architecture.
2020

  • Speed improvements for profile loading
  • Datasets for Indian patent filings added

  • Updated search algorithms for the name search
  • Improved case exchange year calculation

  • Complete coverage of Indian patent applications (from approx. 200k to over 600k filings).
  • Information about all representatives of Indian national filings added (national phase entries as well as direct filings in India).
  • New filters for case flows: You can now set a filter for any entity relationship directly on the case flows

  • Exchange ratio in search results: We added the overall ratio of cases exchanged. It gives an indication where a firm is inbound or outbound oriented.
  • Revised definition of “sent cases“ in “International Case Exchange” bar: Previously, we have been counting the number of “sending events”, not the unique number of sent cases which we corrected.
  • Further chart added to case exchange: Time line of important partners giving you an idea about the development of cases exchanged over time.

  • Case Exchange Year: We added another data calculation which makes yearly case exchange statistics more reliable.
  • EP Validation search (Premium feature): You can now search for law firms and applicants with respect to their EP validation volume.

  • PDF export of profiles: You can now select the elements on each profile which you would like to be put together in a PDF report.
  • Excel Download for Case Flows: The data behind the graphs now are available as Excel, too.

  • Search feature: Major speed improvements.
  • Search constraints: You can now select only entities with a certain number of relevant filings.
2019

  • Search feature: Result list now shows up to 1000 results.
  • Country charts: Small sections previously grouped to “others” can now be selected for filtering.
  • Further national dataset for representations integrated: MX.
  • National flag icons: When hovering over the flag icon with the cursor, the full country name is shown now (in many places all over of the application).

  • Charts and figures for activity related to EP Validations added to law firm and applicant profiles where applicable.
  • Further national datasets for representations integrated: AT, BE, CH, ES, FI, HU, IE, LU, NL, NO, SE, TR.
  • Search feature: IPC class constraint now allows selection of IPC classes via their description.
  • Search feature: A new constraint allows to distinguish if an applicants’ filings have been represented internally or externally.
  • Search feature: Now you can apply the time period for your search to either prosection date, filing date, grant date or publication date.

  • “Important Partners” chart in case exchange now containing up to 100 entries.
  • Improved access from China.
  • Improved data coverage for representations of DE filings before 2000.

  • Alternative names for applicants now available in name search.
  • Columns in patent filing list can be rearranged and edited.
  • National entry deadline now available for all PCT applications in patent filing list

  • UK data: Improved data allocation for so called “D0” publications.
  • IL data: Representatives now also for unexamined filings available.
  • US data: Improved representative information for US applications.
  • Search form: Improved removing of deselected constraints.

  • SG data: Extended dataset for Singaporean patent applications.
  • Improved applicant name accuracy: On filings where only the inventor is named as applicant, we added the company behind the inventor as an applicant where possible.

  • Responsiveness: Improved responsiveness in mobile version.
  • Another software stability update: Code cleaning made the database queries more robust and quicker.

  • Geographic search: You can now limit the search results to certain areas.
  • Integration of representatives from Eurasian patent data.
  • Software stability: We cleaned large parts of the code to make the software more stable.

  • National data added: We integrated data about representatives for national filings in Russia.
  • Export functionality: You can now download charts and tables, both, as images or the data behind the charts/tables.
  • Data accuracy information: Whenever information is not complete, you will now find detailed accuracy information on any law firm profile.
2018

  • National data added: We integrated data about representatives for national filings in Singapore.
  • Improved patent family definition: We found a way to be more precise about patent families which are missing links to other members of the same family in DOCDB.
  • Improved applicant data: Search results include entries for applicants with less than 10 applications now

  • Presumed decision maker: We added a chart visualizing who made the decision regarding the exchange of a case. Was it the applicant or the law firm?
  • Attorney information: We added another tab to our profiles where you will find the attorneys within the law firms.
  • Improved search: We completely rebuilt the search feature. It is now a simple sentence you can fill and modify interactively.
  • Static search results: All your queries in the search feature now have unique URLs which you can copy, paste & share.

  • Improved autocomplete for law firm and applicant suggestions: We put higher weight on entities with a large number of patents.
  • Better transparency: We added more tool tips for several charts in the profiles.
  • Changes in profile filter behavior: In table views (lists of top agents and top applicants) you can now filter by clicking on the toggle button in the left column. Clicking on the name of an entity will bring you to the profile directly.

  • More transparency: Further background information including data coverage has been added to the menu under “Resources”.
  • National data added: We integrated data about representatives for national GB filings.
  • Data enriched: We updated data about representatives for national BR filings so data is (even) more comprehensive.

  • Increased data update frequency: We now deliver monthly updates for our underlying database of global filings, DOCDB.
  • More transparency: Further background information including data coverage has been added to the menu under “Resources”
  • National data added: We integrated data about representatives for national GB filings.
  • Data enriched: We updated data about representatives for national BR filings so data is (even) more comprehensive.

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