Lot 1 - Early OCR - Optical Character Recognition concerning patent documents requiring digitisation of text

hematical formulae as well as drawings relating to the patent grant process in various formats. These documents need to be OCR-converted into XML-structured data where formulae, drawings and many tables can be captured as images. The requested Services cover XML-conversion, extraction of citations a

nd XML mark-up in line with the EPO’s capturing guidelines. On average the Services relate to 2 million pages per month spread over 3 Lots. Service descriptions and volumes are subject to change. All data shall be kept and services shall be