The Most Important Prior Art for Taiwan Semiconductor Teams Isn’t in the Claims. It’s in the Drawings.
Introduction Consider the position of an IP team at a fabless chip design company in Hsinchu. They have designed a new integrated circuit — a power management IC with a novel gate driver topology. Before filing at TIPO, they need...
DRAM and NAND Patents Are Filed in the World’s Densest Clusters. Are Korean IP Teams Searching Them Properly?
Introduction In most technology domains, a prior art search returns a manageable universe of relevant references. In dynamic random-access memory architecture, 3D NAND flash process technology, and OLED display thin-film transistor design, the relevant universe is an order of magnitude...
J-PlatPat Was Built for Manual Search. Here’s What That Costs Japanese IP Teams in 2026.
Introduction Let us be clear about what J-PlatPat does well. The Japan Patent Office’s free search portal gives comprehensive access to JPO published applications and granted patents. It handles Boolean keyword search, IPC classification filtering, applicant name search, and basic...
Cleantech Is Scandinavia’s Fastest-Growing IP Battleground. Standard Patent Monitoring Is Missing Most of It.
Introduction Denmark and Sweden have built some of the world’s most significant IP positions in offshore wind energy, advanced pharmaceuticals, enterprise telecommunications, and automotive systems. Vestas holds over 1,500 active patents. Ørsted is accelerating its IP position in offshore wind...
Italian Manufacturers Have Some of Europe’s Most Valuable IP. They’re Often the Last to Know It.
Introduction Italy is not typically the country that comes to mind when European patent strategy is discussed. Germany, France, the Netherlands — these are the names that dominate conversations about European IP. But Italy is the fifth-largest EPO filer in...
The Landscape Report Your French R&D Team Commissioned Is Already Outdated. Here’s the Better Way.
Introduction Imagine this. Your R&D team identified a technology direction in October. You commissioned a patent landscape report. The analyst pulled the data in November. The analysis took until December. The report landed in your inbox in January. By February,...
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