Introduction IP commercialization — converting patent assets into revenue — is one of the highest-value activities an IP team can undertake. It is also one of the most systematically underperformed. Industry estimates suggest fewer than 20% of corporate patents generate...
Patent invalidity analysis is not one workflow. It is three simultaneous workflows — and the outcome depends on how well they are coordinated A prior art search that finds the right reference but cannot map it to the asserted claim...
A granted patent is a starting point, not a finish line. The most defensible IP positions are built from patent families — parent patents extended through continuations and continuation-in-part applications that follow technology development and block competitive workarounds. Most companies...
Introduction Not every invention needs a patent. And not every invention that does not need a patent should be left unprotected. Defensive publication is the third option that most IP teams underuse — the deliberate disclosure of an invention to...
Introduction Patent claim charts are the foundational document of patent infringement analysis — the structured map that shows how each element of a patent claim reads on a specific product or process. Building a single claim chart manually takes an...
Introduction An IP landscape report commissioned today describes the state of the art as it existed when the analyst pulled the dataset — typically six to ten weeks ago. In a technology domain where relevant filings number in the thousands...