MicroPatent LLC Improves Patent Research with Open Text's Livelink Discovery Server.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004 Open Text(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq:OTEX OTEX Open Text Corporation (stock symbol) OTEX Orientation Technico-Economique de l’Exploitation ) (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). ), provider of Livelink(R), the leading collaboration and content management software for the global enterprise, today announced that MicroPatent(R) LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the world's leading intellectual property information-management solution provider, selected Livelink Discovery Server, Open Text's search, retrieval and discovery software. MicroPatent is using Livelink Discovery Server's advanced search and retrieval features to enhance the company's world-class patent research and analysis offerings. A leading provider of worldwide patent content and advanced IP analytics, MicroPatent houses the world's largest commercial database of patent information, with over 50 million records from 72 countries. It offers both full-text and front-page patent data, in addition to sophisticated visualization tools, file histories, trademark data, professional research services, and consulting engagements. MicroPatent's relationship with Open Text recently expanded with the purchase of an additional 2,000 Discovery Server user licenses which it used to develop and deploy a distributed search environment. MicroPatent's solution spans several search servers, contains millions of patent documents, and dramatically improves the performance of its patent search products. MicroPatent is also using Open Text's concept extraction and clustering technology to offer expanded search capabilities such as the popular "Find Similar" function. "Find Similar" is a concept search tool that extracts words from one or more source documents, constructs a query, re-runs it against the millions of records within MicroPatent's PatSearch FullText database, and ranks the results by relevancy, thereby giving the user additional results related to the initial query. "We have been working with Open Text for a number of years, and have been satisfied with their full-text search A search that compares every word in a document, as opposed to searching an abstract or a set of keywords associated with the document. Word processors and text editors contain full-text search functions that let you find a word or phrase anywhere in the document. products," said Mike Baycroft, MicroPatent's CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. . "Our development team's integration of the additional Open Text licenses netted significant improvements in the speed and performance of patent searching within our applications." "The volume and complexity of content that patent and trademark research services must maintain is enormous," said David Schubmehl, Vice President of Discovery Products at Open Text. "Being able to provide tools to find knowledge and content quickly and effortlessly is essential to being competitive in this industry. MicroPatent clearly recognizes that fact and has been on the leading edge of embracing the latest search, retrieval, and discovery technology." Livelink Discovery Server enables organizations to manage large-scale information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. challenges using state-of-the-art search functionality, including query processing, search federation, text analysis, concept mining, result clustering, and categorization. For more information on Livelink Discovery Server, go to: www.opentext.com/products/livelink/discovery-server About MicroPatent LLC. MicroPatent is a global leader in the production and distribution of patent and trademark information, providing cutting-edge solutions that streamline research, document delivery, and document management. Uniting today's technology with patent expertise since 1989, MicroPatent delivers comprehensive, easy-to-use, and cost-effective IP management solutions. MicroPatent is a subsidiary of Information Holdings Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IHI IHI Institute for Healthcare Improvement (Boston, MA, USA) IHI Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (Japan, ship building, aerospace & others) IHI Institute of History IHI I'd Hit It ), a leading provider of scientific, technical, medical, and intellectual property information services See Information Systems. through its data businesses. For more information on MicroPatent and IHI go to: www.micropat.com or www.informationholdings.com. About Open Text Open Text(TM) is the market leader in providing Enterprise Content Management (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) solutions that bring together people, processes and information in global organizations. Since launching the world's first Internet search engine and the first Web-based enterprise collaboration and knowledge management software, Open Text has continued its leadership in providing global enterprises with innovative and effective solutions. Throughout its history, Open Text has matched its tradition of innovation with a track record of financial strength and growth. Today, the company supports fifteen million seats across 10,000 deployments in 31 countries and 12 languages worldwide. Open Text's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Livelink(R) seamlessly combines collaboration with content management, helping organizations transform information into knowledge to provide the foundation for innovation, compliance and accelerated growth. For more information on Open Text and Livelink, go to: www.opentext.com and www.opentext.com/livelink. This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the success of any of the Company's strategic initiatives, the Company's growth and profitability prospects, the benefits of the Company's products to be realized by customers, the Company's position in the market and future opportunities therein, the deployment of Livelink and our other products by customers, and future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements may also include, without limitation, any statement relating to future events, conditions or circumstances. Forward-looking statements in this release are not promises or guarantees and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks involved in the completion and integration of acquisitions, the possibility of technical, logistical or planning issues in connection with deployments, the continuous commitment of the Company's customers and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended June 30, 2002, and Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarters ended March 31, 2003, June 30, 2003 and September 30, 2003. You should not place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligations to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's beliefs or opinions change. Copyright (C) 2004 by Open Text Corporation. LIVELINK and OPEN TEXT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, , Canada, the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community and/or other countries. This list of trademarks is not exhaustive. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, company names, brands and service names mentioned herein are property of Open Text Corporation or other respective owners. |
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