<s>
The	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
,	O
formerly	O
called	O
Patent	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
,	O
is	O
an	O
online	O
patent	O
and	O
scholarly	O
literature	O
search	O
facility	O
,	O
provided	O
by	O
Cambia	O
,	O
an	O
Australia-based	O
non-profit	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
has	O
been	O
hailed	O
as	O
the	O
“	O
most	O
comprehensive	O
scholarly	O
literature	O
database	O
,	O
that	O
exceeds	O
in	O
its	O
width	O
and	O
depth	O
two	O
leading	O
commercial	O
databases	O
(	O
Web	B-Library
of	I-Library
Science	I-Library
and	O
Scopus	B-Library
)	O
combined	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
is	O
an	O
agglomeration	O
database	O
,	O
that	O
takes	O
bibliometric	O
data	O
from	O
other	O
databases	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
PubMed	B-Library
and	O
Crossref	O
)	O
and	O
combines	O
them	O
into	O
one	O
,	O
deduplicated	O
and	O
with	O
unified	O
search	O
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
competing	O
databases	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
allows	O
data	O
exporting	O
in	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
format	O
with	O
a	O
superior	O
granularity	B-Operating_System
compared	O
to	O
RIS	O
and	O
CSV	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
2000	O
as	O
the	O
Patent	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
,	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
thanks	O
to	O
grants	O
from	O
the	O
Rockefeller	O
Foundation	O
in	O
2000	O
–	O
2004	O
,	O
Bill	O
and	O
Melinda	O
Gates	O
Foundation	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
Gordon	O
and	O
Betty	O
Moore	O
Foundation	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
Wellcome	O
Trust	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
from	O
the	O
Lemelson	O
Foundation	O
it	O
added	O
journal	O
articles	O
,	O
conference	O
papers	O
,	O
reports	O
,	O
books	O
and	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
scholarly	O
literature	O
,	O
and	O
evolved	O
into	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
database	O
with	O
over	O
225+	O
million	O
scholarly	O
works	O
,	O
127+	O
million	O
global	O
patent	O
records	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
370	O
million	O
biological	O
sequences	O
,	O
all	O
with	O
unprecedentedly	O
rich	O
metadata	O
(	O
including	O
citations	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Patent	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
was	O
officially	O
replaced	O
with	O
Cambia	O
's	O
new	O
site	O
The	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Searches	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
can	O
be	O
undertaken	O
using	O
numerous	O
variables	O
,	O
including	O
full-text	O
,	O
title	O
,	O
abstract	O
,	O
inventor	O
,	O
applicant/assignee	O
,	O
publication	O
number	O
and	O
filing	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
user	O
is	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
lapsed	O
,	O
abandoned	O
,	O
or	O
expired	O
US	O
patents	O
via	O
the	O
INPADOC	B-Application
patent	O
status	O
and	O
family	O
information	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patent	O
families	O
may	O
be	O
visualized	O
using	O
graphical	O
trees	O
as	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
currently	O
links	O
to	O
regulatory	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Food	O
and	O
Drug	O
Administration	O
(	O
FDA	O
)	O
Orange	O
Book	O
:	O
Approved	O
Drug	O
Products	O
with	O
Therapeutic	O
Equivalence	O
Evaluations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Biological	O
sequence	O
data	O
is	O
integrated	O
via	O
links	O
to	O
National	O
Center	O
for	O
Biotechnology	O
Information	O
(	O
NCBI	O
)	O
GenBank	O
and	O
the	O
Patent	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
's	O
own	O
gene	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Patent	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
Sequence	O
Project	O
,	O
commenced	O
in	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
provides	O
the	O
only	O
public	O
facility	O
to	O
enable	O
users	O
to	O
explore	O
over	O
80	O
million	O
DNA	O
and	O
protein	O
sequences	O
disclosed	O
in	O
patents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
patent	O
search	O
engine	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
also	O
hosts	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
"	O
technology	O
landscapes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2005	O
the	O
Patent	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
database	O
has	O
been	O
fully	O
navigable	O
,	O
interactive	O
,	O
and	O
updatable	O
by	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
landscaping	O
activities	O
of	O
the	O
Patent	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
have	O
been	O
endorsed	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Francis	O
Gurry	O
,	O
director	O
general	O
of	O
the	O
World	O
Intellectual	O
Property	O
Organization	O
(	O
WIPO	O
)	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
in	O
"	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
shared	O
objective	O
of	O
making	O
patent	O
information	O
systems	O
more	O
comprehensive	O
and	O
accessible	O
,	O
and	O
turning	O
raw	O
patent	O
data	O
into	O
useful	O
information	O
resources	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
strengthen	O
the	O
empirical	O
basis	O
of	O
international	O
policy	O
processes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nature	O
Biotechnology	O
called	O
the	O
Patent	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
"	O
a	O
giant	O
leap	O
in	O
the	O
right	O
direction	O
"	O
for	O
providing	O
researchers	O
,	O
technology	O
transfer	O
offices	O
and	O
company	O
executives	O
a	O
facile	O
means	O
of	O
establishing	O
the	O
novelty	O
of	O
their	O
offerings	O
and	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
their	O
competitors	O
 '	O
inventions	O
.	O
</s>
