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Extract Information Limited, (EIL), is an independent company based in Cambridgeshire in the UK, established in 2013 and operated by Jane List.


EIL searches, analyses and reports on scientific, technical, patent, medical, regulatory, standards and commercial literature to provide answers for its clients.

EIL provides background information on commercial and intellectual property (IP) aspects of new product development for high technology, life sciences, information industry, governmental and public sector clients.


Extract Information

 

  • uses expert knowledge of patents, patent information creation processes and the global patent information industry.


  • uses expert search techniques.



  • searches in databases including Ambercite, Dialog, espacenet, Google patents, The Lens, patently, Patentscope, PatSeer, PubMed, Science Direct, and STN Next.


  • finds nuggets of information through search of scientific, technical, medical, (STM), (also known as Non-Patent-Literature (NPL), standards, regulatory and intellectual Property (IP) information.


  • works with technology start ups.


  • works with legal IP firms.


  • works with medical devices companies.


  • ensures the information requirements for commercialisation of technologies is met.


  • provides IP portfolio management assistance to SME's.


  • works with associates, and contractors, when projects demand additional expertise and faster turn-around times.

Founder

Jane List founded Extract Information Limited in 2013 following a career in the information industry where she held commercial, content, and product development roles at Lighthouse IP, ProQuest, and DataStar. She has also previously held IP and Information analyst roles at The Technology Partnership plc, Xaar plc and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Jane has provided training in the retrieval and analysis of scientific, technical, medical, commercial and patent information throughout her career. She has expertise in providing IP and market assessments for companies seeking to commercialise technologies. Jane was Editor in Chief of World Patent Information Journal from 2014 to 2023 https://www.journals.elsevier.com/world-patent-information. She is a Board member of CEPIUG and an active member of other patent information user groups, including BPIP, WON and PIUG.

Jane has qualifications in Chemistry, Information Science, and IP Law.

Past & present clients include:

  • Archipelago
  • Birketts
  • EPO
  • IfM
  • IPSEN
  • Linguamatics
  • MDTc
  • PatCom
  • Patensight
  • Thomson Reuters

Let's explore why
companies work with
Extract Information :

“If your business has concerns about the validity of competing patents, Jane List at Extract Information is the expert at effective location of silver bullets.  Jane has a rare understanding of IP-related commercial issues and how they can be usefully addressed with different search tools and focused information analysis.
Extract Information is easy to work with, being thorough as well as practical and friendly."

Alan Boyle – IP Consultant
The Technology Partnership plc.

"Archipelago is putting together both an IP strategy and an IP strategic implementation programme. As a company we are assembling packages that resonate with our customers (and ourselves). We find Jane at Extract Information to be quick, efficient, thorough, reasonably demanding, reliable, and experienced.
We are comfortable making fundamental strategic decisions based on the information that Extract Information provides us.”
Dr. Guy Newcombe – CEO
Archipelago Technology Group

"I've recently worked with Jane on a complicated validity search and was delighted with her pro-active, collaborative approach and willingness to work within tight deadlines. The client was very happy with both the results and the cost-effectiveness of the project”.
Dr. Vincent A. Price - Partner
Price & Co.

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