Data sources

Orbis Intellectual Property

Subject:
Company data:
  • Intellectual property
Technology related data
Keywords: patents, intellectual property
Accessible to: Aalto users, Aalto Students & Staff
Orbis IP

Data source type

Data vendor

License

Academic and non-commercial research purposes only

Analysis unit

Company

Geographical coverage

Global

Time period coverage

1980-present

Frequency

Not a panel or time series

Format

Various formats

Description

Orbis IP links global patent data to companies and corporate groups. 

  1. Links patent applicants (currently 110 million) to companies, so one can see patent portfolios for a company, and its corporate group. 
  2. Provides an ownership timeline for all live patents so one can see how many transactions a given patent has had, and can assess the trends and commercial appeal of a new technology. 
  3. Tracks M&A transactions so one can monitor patent ownership changes when they’re sold as intangible assets in an M&A deal, as well as when a patent, or patent portfolio, is sold independently. 
  4. Identifies Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) so one can find high-quality patents in a company’s portfolio, or can see which companies own these “foundation technology” patents.

Distributor

Bureau van Dijk

Acknowledgement

The Orbis IP subscription is jointly managed by the Department of Industrial Engineering and the Aalto University Library.

Cite as

Retrieved from Orbis Intellectual Property database.

Contact

The database is managed by the Aalto Library's Learning Center, contact via [email protected]

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