WHAT IS PATENT LANDSCAPING?
Patent landscaping creates a clear overview of the patent structure within a technical field or region, or of your competitors. The results may also help you decide in which countries to submit your patent application or on which technologies to focus. It could also be used to approach potential licensees or strategic partners.
Patent landscaping helps you define and execute a sustainable Intellectual Property (IP) strategy that accounts for the factors that are relevant to your specific situation. The results provide IP business intelligence that gives you insights to support your strategic decisions.
IMPROVE ROI ON BUSINESS AND R&D INVESTMENTS
Charleston IP’s Patent Landscape Search enables customers to understand how a technology or industry is evolving by giving an overview and analysis of patent information. Customers leverage Charleston IP’s Patent Landscapes to identify patents competition is filing, their patenting strategy, new opportunities/ threats in the domain, M&A possibilities, technology white spaces AND tailor their business and R&D investments accordingly.
A SMART PATENT STRATEGY
As an innovator, you put a lot of effort into product development. Your competitors are most likely doing the same; like you, they are not sitting idle. It is therefore good to know the exact contours of the IP landscape in your field, including:
· Who are your competitors and what patent application strategies do they follow?
· What kinds of technology are competitors focusing on or indeed moving away from?
· Are there gaps in your portfolio or in the market in general for certain technologies?
· Which competitors are citing your patents?
· What general innovation trends can be seen in the market?
· What companies are active in a prospective new market?
A patent landscape search can answer all these questions as well as many more. And we can bring the relevant information into focus for you.
PATENT LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS CASE STUDY
A telecom company IAD keeps a track on the activities of its competitors by carrying out landscape search based on a player focus. They observed that multiple patents have been filed by one of their main competitors in the area of 5G technology and IAD also wanted to develop their strength in that area.
They then conduct a state-of-the-art study in the 5G technology for the past 5 years and observed that there is a white space in the area of ‘Low-profile mmWave antenna’. In the landscape they observed that one company ABA has filed a few patents on the Low-profile mmWave antenna.
IAD then carried out another landscape to study all the patents filed by ABA. It was seen that ABA has worked on the software end as well as the hardware end of the technology and has 5 granted and 8 pending patents surrounding the technology. IAD then acquired the company ABA and used the technology to manufacture high-end Low-profile mmWave antenna which became extremely popular in the market.
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