Researchers in a university are more comfortable publishing research papers as research publications are already an established way of giving researchers more visibility among the academic fraternity. Also, it is more academically rewarding to have a paper and contribute to...
Universities are knowledge houses for students. These academic institutions offer both infrastructural and intellectual facilities to aid in research and development. The interesting fact is that they focus more on publishing research in journals than protecting it under patents. This...
The Intellectual Property Cell, or Technology Transfer Department (TTO), is a one-stop shop for all IP-related matters at the university. It is responsible for providing dedicated patent prosecution support and technology transfer expertise. They also have the additional responsibility of...
Whitespaces in the patent landscape are gaps that are void of innovation, meaning that there is little to no patenting activity in those spaces. Whitespace extraction means identifying the lack of patent filing in a particular technology area to drive...
Competitive intelligence is a critical factor in the decision-making process for businesses. Whether you want to be the first-to-market or if you want to gain key insights on your competitors, their IP strategies and collaborations, and any whitespace, you need...
Patent Landscapes help corporations, universities, start-ups, and research organizations to understand the trends in a particular technology. It also helps to explore rewarding business product development opportunities. They use various data mining techniques to identify various patent trends. The trends...