Using assignees and inventors to filter results

Assignee and inventor filters allow you to limit results to similar patents from one or more companies or inventors. You don't need an invention description to do this, but you can add one later if you want to sort the results by semantic similarity to text.

First, click on + Add a filter to add an assignee or inventor filter to your project.

Next, click on the field and type your search term (the inventor name or company name) then press enter, comma, or tab. You can add multiple assignees or inventors and they will be searched using OR logic.

Finally, make sure the BOOLEAN FILTERS option is set to ON then click Update Results.

How assignee search works

Amplified will search the entire assignment record and use fuzzy matching. This means you can just write "Google" rather than "Google, Inc." or variations thereof. However, it also means you may see some results where the current listed assignee doesn't match your filter because there was a match to a past assignee.

For some use case s this is too imprecise so we're working on expanding the assignee search functionality. If you have suggestions or are interested in that, please feel free to get in touch via the in-app chat.