Organize your patent search results

AOP Connect is the leading intellectual property platform for organizing, storing and controlling the flow of references and ‘prior art’ related to IP searches. It supports both traditional and crowd-based searching, harnessing our in-house search team as well as our global network of more than 43,000 researchers from over 170 countries.  AOP Connect innovates the way businesses interact with their IP research, enriching the value of your studies and turning your research expense into a true research investment. Fast, efficient, transparent and secure IP research

• Centralizes your research efforts in one location
• Provides you with access controls for in-house and outside counsel
• Serves as a searchable repository of intellectual property assets
• Automatically uploads search results in near real-time
• Presents the best references matching your requirements quickly and efficiently
• Online interface is easy to use, and reports are available in your format of choice
• Helps you quickly assess and annotate references
• Dedicated Study Manager is assigned to refine active studies

Benefits

Efficiency

The ability to quickly sift through results to find only those that are the most relevant is a key attribute of AOP Connect. With researcher-level highlighting linked to the research requirements, you have a mini-claim chart, completely navigable within the document by simply clicking on the requirement, to quickly assess which documents deserve your time.

Transparency

When RWS performs research, you know exactly what is being done. AOP Connect provides insight into your research project, diversity of the results, as well as demographics such as education level, language and nationality of the researchers on your project.

Protecting your investment

While other research is delivered via PDFs that are soon lost to email and file systems, AOP Connect gives you secure long-term access to your research, quickly navigable through keyword searching and reference highlighting. You choose which formats and which parts of the data you want to filter and export. RWS turns your research expense into a research investment.