TOKYO, June 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UBIC, Inc. (Nasdaq:UBIC) (TSE:2158) (“UBIC”), a leading provider of international litigation support and big-data analysis services, announced today that it has enhanced the Lit i View PATENT EXPLORER analysis system by adding 9 million U.S. patent data points into its database, further accelerating its data processing capabilities ten-fold.
UBIC initially rolled out its PATENT EXPLORER analysis system in October 2015 and has continuously improved the speed, accuracy and breath of analysis for clients. In March 2016, UBIC upgraded PATENT EXPLORER with additional functions, enabling users to find and retrieve unexamined patent applications and other unstructured data*i from a Japanese patent database. Compared with conventional analysis techniques, PATENT EXPLORER drastically improves the efficiency of patent analysis, including prior art search and invalidity search, and is considered a superior solution in terms of accuracy and comprehensiveness.
The recently introduced functions are intended to make the system more user-friendly while providing increased efficiency as demanded by customers. The major improvements include:
- Approximately 9 million U.S. patent data points have been added to the patent database, including data published since 2001 (type codes: A1, A2 and A9) and data published since 1976 (type codes: A1, B1, B2 and E1).
- The speed of data processing has increased by ten-fold.
- The capability to conduct multiple analyses simultaneously.
- Simplified user interface.
The use of machine learning techniques on relevant data (invention proposals, patent applications, etc.), KIBIT, which powers PATENT EXPLORER, can sort significant amounts of data in a short period of time. As a result, PATENT EXPLORER is significantly more efficient than a human visual review by a factor of around 330 times*ii. It has attracted significant interest for its superiority in analysis efficiency as compared to conventional search techniques.
*i: The data are published between 1993 and May 2016 (as of June 28).
*ii: The average at the time of development.
About UBIC, Inc.
UBIC, Inc. (Nasdaq:UBIC) (TSE:2158) supports the analysis of big data based on behavior informatics by utilizing its technology, "KIBIT". UBIC's KIBIT technology is driven by UBIC AI based on knowledge acquired through its litigation support services. The KIBIT incorporates experts' tacit knowledge, including their experiences and intuitions, and utilizes that knowledge for big data analysis. UBIC continues to expand its business operations by applying KIBIT to new fields such as healthcare and marketing. UBIC was founded in 2003 as a provider of e-discovery and international litigation support services. These services include the preservation, investigation and analysis of evidence materials contained in electronic data, and computer forensic investigation. UBIC provides e-discovery and litigation support by making full use of its data analysis platform, "Lit i View®", and its Predictive Coding technology adapted to Asian languages. UBIC has announced it will change its name to FRONTEO, effective on July 1, 2016, subject to approval of a relevant revision of its articles of incorporation at the 13th general shareholders’ meeting scheduled for June 29.
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