Strategic Patent Analysis Report
Strategic Patent Analysis Report
Strategic Patent Analysis Report
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Introduction
Strategic Patent Analysis: What for? 3
YOUR BUSINESS
OUR STRATEGIC PATENT ANALYSIS
DECISION
BUSINESS STRATEGY
DEFINITIONS ANALYSIS RESULT PATENT STRATEGY
• Topic • Basic • Report
MARKET STRATEGY
• Package • Advanced • Charts
• Professional • Key figures PRODUCT STRATEGY
EXPERTISE
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Unique features of our strategic patent 6
analysis
3’000 12
2’500 10
2’000 8
1’500 6
1’000 4
500 2
0 0
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Company A’s key patent indicators
Question: How strong is my portfolio compared to the technological field
Average Technology Average Market Coverage™
Relevance™
7 2
1.8
6
1.6
5 1.4
4 1.2
1
3 0.8
2 0.6
0.4
1
0.2
0 0
Company A
Stratasys Field average TR Company A
Stratasys Field average MC
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Top 25 companies in the entire field 10
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Company A’s top 10 patent families in the entire field 11
Technology
Relevance
25.0
Patent 1 et al.)
DOWNLOADABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL...
(US2013327917.A1
Patent 2
Single-motor extrusion head ha... (EP2003954.A2
et al.)
20.0
Patent
THREE 3 et al.)
DIMENSIONAL
(US6259962.B1
PRINTING MET...
Patent 4
Networked three-dimensional pr... (EP2788910.A1
et al.)
15.0
Patent 5
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY-BASED ADDIT...
(US2013077997.A1 et al.)
Patent 6
Filament spool auto-change in ... (EP1299217.A1
et al.)
10.0
Patent 7
METHOD FOR RAPID PROTOTYPING O...
(EP1015215.A1 et al.)
Patent 8
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY-BASED ADDIT...
(US2013077996.A1 et al.)
5.0
Patent 9
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD ...
(US2012231225.A1 et al.)
Patent 10
AUTOMATED CALIBRATION METHOD F...
(US2013242317.A1 et al.)
0.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
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International patent protection of Company A in the field 12
South Korea
EP pending
Switzerland
Hong Kong
Germany
Australia
Canada
France
Ireland
S.A.R.
Japan
China
USA
Italy
Patent Asset Index™ 2,327 1,029 944 792 759 569 553 438 388 350 282 270 267 252 173
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Company A’s Top IPC Classes 13
Share of Share of
IPC Symbol IPC Title
Patent Asset Index™ Patents
B29C 67 Shaping techniques not covered by groups @B29C 39@-@B29C 65@, @B29C 70@ or @B29C 73@ 89.2% 81.5%
Shaping by coating a mould, core or other substrate, i.e. by depositing material and stripping-off the
B29C 41 25.2% 20.9%
shaped arti...
B33Y 30 Apparatus for additive manufacturing | Details thereof or accessories therefor 24.6% 19.9%
G06F 17 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions 9.5% 8.4%
B33Y 40 Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling 8.9% 7.3%
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Co-ownership* of Company A 14
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And many more …
• This is a sample report only. It shows some of the most important basic
information in order to give you a first impression on the content of such
landscape reports.
• The major questions applicable to this type of strategic patent analysis will be
answered in a full report.
• Additional questions may arise when reading the full report. We would be
happy to answer those in a top-off analysis.
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Methodology
The Patent Asset IndexTM Methodology 17
by PatentSight
TECHNOLOGY RELEVANCE™
Later
COMPETITIVE
Patent
Worldwide citations received IMPACT™
from later patents, adjusted
for age, patent office practices
(Individual patent PATENT
strength)
and technology field ASSET
The relative
∑ INDEX™
Average value: 1
business value of
a patent
MARKET COVERAGE™ (Sum of all
Competitive
Market size protected by Individual Impacts of an
active patents and pending Patent entire portfolio)
patent applications on a
certain invention
Value of a granted US patent: 1
The scientific publication was made in: Ernst, H., Omland, N. (2011): The Patent Asset Index – A New Approach to Benchmark Patent Portfolios.
World Patent Information 33, pp. 34–41. An overview can be found in the document “Introduction to the Patent Asset Index” available from
PatentSight.
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Scientific validation of the Patent Asset Index™ 18
Sample: 74.732 patent families. Source: Ernst, H., Omland, N. (2011): The Patent Asset Index - A New Approach to Benchmark Patent Portfolios.
World Patent Information 33, pp. 34–41.
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Glossary (1/2) 19
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Glossary (2/2) 20
• Active patents
Patent families comprising at least one pending application or a granted patent, which is not
lapsed, withdrawn, invalidated or rejected at the respective date (according to Inpadoc
database). “Active” means at least one granted patent or a pending patent application
exists (at that date NOT (yet) rejected, withdrawn, lapsed, invalidated, etc.)
• Reporting Date
Reference date for the determination of certain patent portfolio parameters as they would
have been at that “reporting date” back in history.
• Patent Owner
Most probable owner of the aggregated patent portfolio, according to Inpadoc database as
well as to a consolidated patent owner database provided by PatentSight.
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Contact details 21
Manuel Wirz
Customer Relations
Phone +41 31 377 73 75
Email manuel.wirz@ipi.ch
www.ip-search.swiss