| System Data | SumoBrain |
| Owner Name | Patents Online, LLC |
| Intellogist Report | SumoBrain |
| Address | SumoBrain/FreePatentsOnline.com
1500 Bay Road
Suite 274S
Miami Beach Florida 33139
United States |
| Main Telephone | |
| Main Facsimile | |
| Website | SumoBrain |
| Customer Support Email | |
| Tool Type | Patent Search Systems |
| Interface Language | English |
| Rating | SumoBrain |
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| Overall Rating |
Rating: 3.0/5 (1 vote) |
| Data Coverage Rating |
Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote) |
| Document Delivery Rating |
Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote) |
| Import/Export Functions Rating |
Rating: 3.0/5 (1 vote) |
| Value Rating |
Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote) |
| Usability Rating |
Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote) |
| Interface Functionality Rating |
Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote) |
| Search Accuracy Rating |
Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote) |
| Company Strength Rating |
Rating: 3.0/5 (1 vote) |
| Customer Support Rating |
Rating: 2.0/5 (1 vote) |
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| Data Coverage | SumoBrain |
| Full Text: Patent Authority Coverage | US, EP, WO/PCT |
| Full Text: Patent Kind Coverage | US - Published Applications, Granted Patents; EP - Published Applications, Granted Patents; WO - Published International PCT Applications |
| Full Text: Number of Authorities | 3 |
| Partial Text: Patent Authority Coverage | JP |
| Partial Text: Patent Text Covered | JP - English Abstracts |
| Bibliographic: Patent Authority Coverage | N/A |
| Machine Pre-Translated Data |  No |
| Full Document Images: Patent Authority Coverage | US, EP, WO/PCT |
| Representative/Front Page Images | Representative images are rarely present. |
| Full Patent Drawing Sets | No |
| Corporate Tree Data | No |
| Non-Patent Coverage | No |
| Non-Patent Sources | N/A |
| Special Indexing | No |
| Update Frequency | Most collections are updated weekly; JP collections updated less frequently. |
| Comments on Missing Coverage | As with any patent collection, gaps in coverage may exist but have not been discovered or quantified. |
| Family Data | SumoBrain |
| Inpadoc Family Data Coverage | No |
| Types of Family Definition | N/A |
| Derwent WPI Family Coverage | No |
| Citation Data | SumoBrain |
| Backward Citations |  Yes |
| Forward Citations | Yes |
| Citation Data Coverage | US, EP, WO/PCT |
| Special Features of Citation Search | Hyperlinked backwards citations ("domestic" only). |
| Citation Visualization Tool | No |
| Legal Status Data | SumoBrain |
| Legal Status Data Included | No |
| Legal Status Data Sources | N/A |
| Classification Data | SumoBrain |
| Current US Class | Yes |
| Original US Class | No |
| IPC - R | Yes |
| Original IPC data (v1-v7) | No |
| ECLA | No |
| Japanese File Index Terms | No |
| Japanese F-Terms | No |
| Other National Classification Systems | N/A |
| Search Interface Functionality | SumoBrain |
| Search Form | Yes |
| Command Line Style Interface | Yes |
| Index Browsing Feature | No |
| Allowed Operators | Boolean and proximity operators available. Proximity operators are non-order specific and user defined based on number of words apart. Weighting operators allow users to define how important each term is. |
| Truncation | Unlimited and single character right and internal truncation. Stemming can be turned on or off as a preference. |
| Unique Features of the Search Interface | Advanced search offers command line input with field code reference sheet; sort order is specified from the search form. |
| Viewing Results | SumoBrain |
| Max Hit List Size | Unlimited |
| Single Representative Image | No |
| View Full Document Image | Yes, PDF available to download via cart system. |
| Patent Drawing Thumbnail Overview | No |
| Family Sorting | No |
| Sorting by Other Criteria | Yes, chronological or relevancy. |
| Deduplication | N/A |
| On-the-Fly Machine Translations | No |
| Keyword Term Highlighting | Yes |
| Keyword Term Navigation | No |
| User-Defined Highlighting | No |
| Highlighting Feature Supports Proximity Operators | No |
| Save Custom Lists From Search Results | Yes, records can be saved to portfolios. |
| Combining Custom Patent List | Yes, portfolios can be copied and merged. |
| Unique Features of The Record View | All text displayed in one continuous page. |
| Search History | SumoBrain |
| Saving Search Queries | Yes, saved queries can be edited, annotated, and turned into alerts. |
| Organizing Search Queries | No, Queries can be edited and annotated, but not made into a search history. |
| Stored Search Query Expiration Time | Once saved, stored searches do not expire. |
| Combining Search Queries | No |
| Exporting Search Histories | No, saved searches cannot be exported. |
| Alerts | Yes |
| Import, Export and Download | SumoBrain |
| Import List of Document Numbers | Yes |
| Export Document Data | Yes, records inside a portfolio can be exported to an Excel file. Bibliographic data for Bibtex and EndNote can be exported for individual records. |
| Formats for Export Data | Excel, Bibtex, EndNote. |
| Individual Patent Copy Downloading | Yes |
| Bulk Patent Copy Downloading | Yes |
| File Format for Patent Copy Downloads | PDF |
| Analysis | SumoBrain |
| Statistical Analysis | No |
| Graphs | No |
| Keyword Analysis | No |
| Customer Support | SumoBrain |
| Cost/Usage Tracking | No |
| On-Site Training | No |
| Scheduled Web Seminars | No |
| Live Help | No |
| Online User Guide | Yes |
| Pricing | SumoBrain |
| Pricing Policy | Free |
| Assessment | SumoBrain |
| Primary System Strengths | PDF images available for all files except JP documents; strong document management for free search system; useful weighting operators. Bulk PDF downloading. |
| Weaknesses and Annoyances | No search histories; no drawings available in hit list; confusing citation organization. |
| Overall Assessment | SumoBrain is a useful entry level tool for searching major patent collections. It compares well with regards to other free patent search systems in terms of managing queries and saving records. The weighting operators are worth checking out as a different way to hone searches. |
| Company Strength | SumoBrain is the second major search system from Patents Online, LLC. The product is supported by advertising. Development is ongoing. |
