NEW!  Read the editorial piece "A Route to Boundary Crossing?" introducing our paper "The RCN (Research Coordination Network) experiment: Can we build new research networks?"

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Beardsley TM. 2012. A route to boundary crossing
BioScience 62: 215
©2012, American Institute of Biological Sciences.


VantagePoint

VantagePoint is a powerful text-mining tool for discovering knowledge in search results from patent and literature databases. VantagePoint helps you rapidly understand and navigate through large search results, giving you a better perspective—a better vantage point—on your information. The perspective provided by VantagePoint enables you to quickly find WHO, WHAT, WHEN and WHERE, enabling you to clarify relationships and find critical patterns—turning your information into knowledge.

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VantagePoint Version 7.1
We are pleased to announce the release of  VantagePoint Version 7.1.  This 'point release' adds two new tools to the VantagePoint suite.  

XML Smart Data Exchange XML_SDE_Icons

In collaboration with other vendors, we have developed a generic XML data interchange format that can be used to "round-trip" data among analysis, visualization, and reporting tools.  Currently, the most complete implementation of this is data exchange between VantagePoint version 7.1 and BizInt Smart Charts version 3.4.9.  Please see our article on VantagePoint and Smart Charts for an illustration.

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WorldMap Macro WorldMap_Icon

Adding to the growing suite of analytical visualizations, the latest version of VantagePoint features the new WorldMap macro.  This VBScript converts country names or patent country codes into a standard abbreviation (FIPS), creates a new field, and displays a color-coded interactive VantagePoint sheet showing the level of activity in each country or patent authority.  Look on "My Toolbar" for the globe icon.  

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Customers that are currently under subscription to our Upgrades and Support can download VPv7.1 by clicking on this link to log into the downloads page.  Or you can launch VantagePoint and click "Check for Updates" or "Visit Downloads Page" on the Help menu.  The VantagePoint Analyst Guide also has a link to the VantagePoint downloads page.  

Please see the v7.1 Release Notes on the Current Versions page for complete details.
 
Product Presentations and Reviews

Introduction to VantagePoint  - Take a look at this presentation for a quick overview.

Intellogist Report - The Intellogist team reviewed VantagePoint in early 2009. Click the link to view their report.

Contact us to ask about a 30-day trial of VantagePoint.

VantagePoint Literature - Download our 4-page brochure.

 
 
We are frequently asked: "Will VantagePoint work with my data?"

Browse our catalog of more than 180 import filters. For Excel® or Access® data, you can use the "Import Database Table" wizard. Or you can use VantagePoint's Import Engine Editor to design your own Import Filter.