Robyn Smith
Robyn Smith has been a librarian for 25 years - primarily in the pharmaceutical and medtech industries. She has experience in searching, copyright, marketing of services, and vendor contract management. Robyn has been an active member of SLA and is a former chair of the Pharmaceutical and Health Technologies Division of SLA. She currently resides in Minnesota.
Articles by Robyn Smith:
Product Review of PatentAdvisor (Competitors, Development & Pricing)
Monday, 28th September 2015
In the final part of her product review of PatentAdvisor, the US-focused patent analytics tool, Robyn Smith looks at pricing, competitors and development. PatentAdvisor benefits from the dedicated staff of LexisNexis company Reed Tech. Its main competitor is identified as Juristat.
Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2550
Product Review of PatentAdvisor (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration & Help)
Friday, 25th September 2015
In the third part of her product review of PatentAdvisor, the US-focused patent analytics tool produced by LexisNexis company Reed Tech, Robyn Smith looks at the technology. She examines the web-based product's interface and the use of widgets for its two main areas: search functions within the Prosecution Manager widget, and the manipulation and analysis of data within the Portfolio Manager.
Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2550
Product Review of PatentAdvisor (Sources - Content & Coverage)
Tuesday, 22nd September 2015
Robyn Smith continues her product review of PatentAdvisor, the US-focused patent analytics tool produced by LexisNexis company Reed Tech. In this second part she examines the tool's coverage such as how it analyses content in the patent approval process, how the data can be viewed, Examiner Profiles and Appeal statistics.
Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2550
Product Review of PatentAdvisor (Introduction; Value; Contact Details)
Monday, 21st September 2015
Robyn Smith starts her product review of PatentAdvisor, the patent analytics tool produced by LexisNexis company Reed Tech. She introduces the US-focused product which provides in-depth profiles of US patent filings and patent examiners, describes how the analyses are made, the product's goals, primary customer groups and contact details. She also examines the value the product offers IP professionals.
Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2550
Product Review of FirstWord Pharma PLUS (Competitors, Development & Pricing)
Wednesday, 15th July 2015
In the final part of her product review of FirstWord Pharma PLUS, the news, analysis and expert opinion service for pharmaceutical industry professionals, Robyn Smith analyses competitors Scrip Intelligence and The Pink Sheet (Informa); BioCentury; EP Vantage (EvaluatePharma); and Factiva. She also looks at FirstWord's development and pricing.
Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2522
Reports by Robyn Smith:
Product Review of PatentAdvisor
Wednesday, 30th September 2015
Product review of PatentAdvisor, the patent analytics tool produced by LexisNexis company Reed Tech.
This review:
- Introduces the US-focused produc...
Product Review of FirstWord Pharma PLUS
Sunday, 19th July 2015
FirstWord Pharma PLUS is a personalised news, analysis and expert opinion service for pharmaceutical industry professionals.
This review:
- Consider...
Product Review of LexisNexis TotalPatent
Monday, 20th April 2015
This product review of TotalPatent, a global patent research database from LexisNexis, provides an overview of value offered along with the company"s...
Product Review of Minesoft PatBase
Monday, 9th March 2015
Award-winning global patent database Minesoft PatBase spans more than 100 patent-issuing authorities worldwide, in English, Chinese and Japanese, with...
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