Category Archives: Boliven

Boliven Acquired by CambridgeIP

Posted on April 15, 2010 by mjwhitekingston

Members of the Boliven Network were notified today via e-mail that the service has been acquired by CambridgeIP, a UK-based intellectual property research and strategy consulting firm. Details about the deal will be forthcoming.

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Boliven Withdraws from the Field

Posted on January 18, 2010 by mjwhitekingston

According to an e-mail notice sent to members last week, Boliven, a social networking service aimed at inventors, researchers and IP professionals will cease operations today. It was still online as of 5:00pm EST today. (Jan. 22) The service was … Continue reading →

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Boliven Patent Goes Commercial

Posted on May 5, 2009 by mjwhitekingston

Boliven Patents is now a “professional-grade” fee-based service, according to an e-mail sent yesterday to current members of the Boliven Network. The service was launched in January as a free beta patent search engine with integrated analytical tools, search alerts … Continue reading →

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Top Inventor Receives 577 US Patents in 2008

Posted on February 12, 2009 by mjwhitekingston

The other rather surprising statistic in the Boliven Patents Top 25 Report for 2008 was number of patents secured by the top-ranked inventor, Kia Silverbrook, founder of Silverbrook Research, a private R&D firm based in Sydney, Australia that specializes in … Continue reading →

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New Patent Databse from Boliven

Posted on February 5, 2009 by mjwhitekingston

Boliven, a New York-based company, has launched a free patent database called Boliven Patents Beta. The database contains data and images for US patents from 1976 to present, EP documents from 1978 forward, WO applications from 1989 forward and JP … Continue reading →

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