What we did
Dates
- Started : March 2016
Links
Tasks
- APIs
- One-page application
- UX
- Design
- Responsive development
- Deployment
- Analytics
Project Duration
- 40 days
Outcome
- Delivered on time
- Deployed successfully
Team
- Ian Warner - Technical lead
Technologies
- PHP5
- Middleman
- AngularJS
- HAML
- CoffeeScript
- Sass
- MySQL
Description
In one view the service allows a user to search for a chemical term, returning data from several external APIs to create a concise data sheet. Returned synonyms can then be utilised in further searches; allowing the user to discover more obscure patents.MineSoft is one of the most prominent Patent information and search companies in the world. They have created and maintain several key browser based software tools; used by thousands of lawyers, patent specialists and organisations daily.
MineSoft approached DryKISS to create an addon to their most popular service PatBase. They required a tool that allowed users to search for similar words, compounds, genes or translations.
The product would go on to be called "Patbase Thesaurus"
Goal
Allow users to discover words that they may have not known before, all of these entries could then be added to a string to search the PatBase database of Patents.
It would mean that patents using obscure wording could be discovered by the users.
Deliverables
- Create a tool that is easy to use for current PatBase users.
- Full browser compatibility
- UI Translated into several languages including Chinese.
- Ability to browse back to a previous search
- Shopping basket word saving
- Words translated into a PatBase query
Development
In a forty day window we worked through several different providers of chemical, gene and synonym data. Landing on WikiPedia, WIPO and ToxNet to provide the relevant data.
Built a simplistic UI structure straight from Bootstrap, that fitted the current design requirements of PatBase.
Some nice features include:
- Able to browse backwards and forwards and maintain the searches undertaken.
- Shopping basket style add words to query functions.
- Copy to clipboard
- Each result could be clicked to research on that, creating a mining pattern.