| System Data | Delphion |
| Owner Name | Thomson Reuters |
| Intellogist Report | Delphion |
| Address | Delphion
901 Warrenville Road
Suite 20
Lisle Illinois 60532
United States |
| Main Telephone | 1-800-411-4811 |
| Main Facsimile | 1-630-799-0688 |
| Website | Delphion |
| Customer Support Email | |
| Tool Type | Patent Search Systems, Non-Patent Data Provider, Commercial/Pay Databases |
| Interface Language | English, Japanese |
| Rating | Delphion |
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| Overall Rating |
Rating: 2.3/5 (6 votes) |
| Data Coverage Rating |
Rating: 2.4/5 (7 votes) |
| Document Delivery Rating |
Rating: 2.1/5 (7 votes) |
| Import/Export Functions Rating |
Rating: 1.8/5 (5 votes) |
| Value Rating |
Rating: 2.4/5 (5 votes) |
| Usability Rating |
Rating: 2.2/5 (5 votes) |
| Interface Functionality Rating |
Rating: 2.2/5 (5 votes) |
| Search Accuracy Rating |
Rating: 2.0/5 (6 votes) |
| Company Strength Rating |
Rating: 3.0/5 (5 votes) |
| Customer Support Rating |
Rating: 2.3/5 (7 votes) |
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| Data Coverage | Delphion |
| Full Text: Patent Authority Coverage | US, EP, WO/PCT, DE |
| Full Text: Patent Kind Coverage | US - Published Applications, Granted Patents; EP - Published Applications, Granted Patents; WO/PCT - Published International PCT Applications; DE - Published Applications, Granted Patents, Utility Models |
| Full Text: Number of Authorities | 4 |
| Partial Text: Patent Authority Coverage | INPADOC plus a special collection for JP |
| Partial Text: Patent Text Covered | INPADOC - English Abstracts; JP - English Abstracts |
| Bibliographic: Patent Authority Coverage | INPADOC |
| Machine Pre-Translated Data |  No |
| Full Document Images: Patent Authority Coverage | Equal to esp@cenet plus special collections for US, EP, WO, DE, CH. Coverage may include: AP, AR, AT, AU, BE, BG, BR, CA, CH, CN, CS, CU, CY, CZ, DD, DE, DK, DZ, EA, EE, EG, EP, ES, FI, FR, GB, GC, GR, HR, HU, ID, IE, IL, IN, IT, LT, JP, KR, LU, LV, MA, MC, MD, MX, NL, NO, NZ, OA, PL, PT, RO, RU, SE, SI, SK, SU, TR, TW, UA, US, WO/PCT, ZA, ZW |
| Representative/Front Page Images | Representative patent drawings are available for US, GB, and JP collections, and front pages are shown as thumbnails for WO/PCT and DE collections. |
| Full Patent Drawing Sets | Mosaics or full drawing sets are not available separately from the complete document images. |
| Corporate Tree Data |  Yes, corporate data is from 1790 Analytics. |
| Non-Patent Coverage | Yes |
| Non-Patent Sources | Industry standards from Techstreet, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin (TDB), IP.com defensive publications, ISI Web of Science abstracts from citations in patent documents |
| Special Indexing | No, DWPI is no longer available on Delphion. |
| Update Frequency | Most collections are updated weekly. |
| Comments on Missing Coverage | Known gaps exist in INPADOC. As with any patent collection, gaps in coverage may exist but have not been discovered or quantified. Citation data for non-US authorities is not available in the system. |
| Family Data | Delphion |
| Inpadoc Family Data Coverage | Yes |
| Types of Family Definition | Extended INPADOC families |
| Derwent WPI Family Coverage | No |
| Citation Data | Delphion |
| Backward Citations | Yes |
| Forward Citations | Yes |
| Citation Data Coverage | US |
| Special Features of Citation Search | Hyperlinks are provided to forward and backward citations from the record view. Forward citation searching is available from the search interface. A new hit list comprised of the forward or backward citations on the document may be generated from the record view. |
| Citation Visualization Tool | Yes, however, the tool does not show any non-US cited documents |
| Legal Status Data | Delphion |
| Legal Status Data Included | Yes |
| Legal Status Data Sources | INPADOC legal status, plus US maintenance fee data |
| Classification Data | Delphion |
| Current US Class | Yes |
| Original US Class | Yes |
| IPC - R | Yes |
| Original IPC data (v1-v7) | Yes |
| ECLA | Yes |
| Japanese File Index Terms | No |
| Japanese F-Terms | No |
| Other National Classification Systems | Yes, any national class data present in the INPADOC file |
| Search Interface Functionality | Delphion |
| Search Form | Yes |
| Command Line Style Interface | Yes |
| Index Browsing Feature | No |
| Allowed Operators | Boolean and proximity operators are available. Proximity operators include both fixed-order and non-order specific operators which allow users to define the maximum distance between terms. Weighting operators allow users to define how important each term is. |
| Truncation | Unlimited right truncation, and single character left and internal truncation, is supported in all files. In German files, unlimited left truncation is supported. Single character operator cannot represent 0 characters. Stemming is automatically performed. |
| Unique Features of the Search Interface | Multiple search forms cater to users with various levels of experience; special "US only" data fields are marked. |
| Viewing Results | Delphion |
| Max Hit List Size | 500 |
| Single Representative Image | Yes |
| View Full Document Image | Yes, full document images may be opened in a separate browser window and must be viewed page by page. |
| Patent Drawing Thumbnail Overview | No |
| Family Sorting | No |
| Sorting by Other Criteria | Yes, a results set or work file may be sorted by document number, priority publication or filing date, IPC code, title, or assignee. Search results may be sorted by relevance. |
| Deduplication | No |
| On-the-Fly Machine Translations | No |
| Keyword Term Highlighting | No |
| Keyword Term Navigation | No |
| User-Defined Highlighting | No |
| Highlighting Feature Supports Proximity Operators | No |
| Save Custom Lists From Search Results | Yes, up to 20,000 documents may be saved into a work file, which does not expire. |
| Combining Custom Patent List | Yes |
| Unique Features of The Record View | Record view contains collapsible/expandable full text data, and representative drawing or front page image which may be enlarged; there is no way to navigate to the next record without returning to hit list. |
| Search History | Delphion |
| Saving Search Queries | Yes, however, the user must give a command to save a search query. Queries are not automatically saved. |
| Organizing Search Queries | No |
| Stored Search Query Expiration Time | Saved queries do not expire. |
| Combining Search Queries | Yes, queries can be combined using AND or OR Boolean logic. |
| Exporting Search Histories | No, queries must be copied and saved elsewhere. Hit counts are not displayed, so these must be recorded by the user at the time of search. |
| Alerts | Yes |
| Import, Export and Download | Delphion |
| Import List of Document Numbers | Yes, up to 20,000 document numbers may be entered into the browser window, or an ASCII text file with the numbers may be uploaded into the system. |
| Export Document Data | Yes, up to 20,000 records may be exported. |
| Formats for Export Data | CSV, Derwent Analytics, ResearchSoft (RIS), Tagged (TAG), XML (all in one file, or one file per patent) |
| Individual Patent Copy Downloading | Yes |
| Bulk Patent Copy Downloading | Yes, pricing depends on user subscription level, and different pricing can apply if an order exceeds 500 documents. |
| File Format for Patent Copy Downloads | PDF |
| Analysis | Delphion |
| Statistical Analysis | Yes |
| Graphs | Yes |
| Keyword Analysis | Yes |
| Customer Support | Delphion |
| Cost/Usage Tracking | Yes |
| On-Site Training | Yes |
| Scheduled Web Seminars | Yes |
| Live Help | Yes |
| Online User Guide | Yes |
| Pricing | Delphion |
| Pricing Policy | Delphion is available in three subscription models: Basic, Premiere, and Unlimited. The service is priced by the number of "seats," or individual user log-ins, purchased. Pricing for individual document downloads is determined by subscription package. |
| Assessment | Delphion |
| Primary System Strengths | Detailed hit list view (makes skimming the hit list more efficient); ability to search unusual bibliographic data fields like maintenance fee data or US government interest information. |
| Weaknesses and Annoyances | Designed for casual or quick searches; lacks in-depth reading features (e.g. user defined highlighting); DWPI no longer available on the system. |
| Overall Assessment | A decent tool for quick or occasional patent searchers; probably not ideal for full time patent searchers compared to other systems. |
| Company Strength | Thomson Reuters is a global leader in information services. It offers data collections and search products spanning multiple industries, including financial, business, healthcare, pharmaceutical, legal, scientific, intellectual property, and tax & accounting fields. In addition, the company has multiple offices around the globe. It is one of the most influential providers of patent search tools, as it has offered multiple well-known products in this area. |
