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Smartvue Corp.’s vision captured by Spore’s PatentMatrix Diagrams
RALEIGH, N.C. (January 13, 2005) — Smartvue Corporation, a leader in surveillance technology, received a 2005 International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award last week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for its S2 digital IP video surveillance solution. This wireless surveillance system offers rapid installation and includes the most advanced technologies in imaging, video, security and wireless communications.
Smartvue adopted a progressive approach to patent portfolio development, similar to its products –effective and technologically advanced – by selecting Spore, Inc. to map the technology space and strategically generate its patents. When the S2 solution hit the CES Show, more than 12 patent applications had been filed covering the S2 technology. While many product launches are associated with their own patent portfolio, Smartvue and Spore worked together to strategically create this portfolio in less than 90 days.
Spore offers expert consulting services and software for the various areas of intellectual property intelligence, including: individual patent mapping, portfolio mapping, competitive landscape mapping, evolutionary trends mapping and invention capture. “Spore’s invention capture, using PatentMatrix Diagrams, gave me strategic perspective on the scope of existing patent coverage. We were able to prioritize the filings to make the most of our competitive technology advantages, while balancing costs and timing,” said Martin Renkis, founder and CEO of Smartvue.
“We not only met our due date for the filings, but we built a strong patent portfolio in a cost effective manner that covers the unique features and capabilities of our S2 solution,” continued Renkis. With the use of PatentMatrix Diagrams, inventors can easily review, understand and communicate the scope of a patent application. The PatentMatrix software is the only tool available for automatically visualizing and evaluating a new invention prior to drafting and filing a new patent application – giving businesses the choice of pursuing patents that show commercial value.
“Many patent law firms may take three to six months to draft and file a new application – traditional methods often do not permit C-level executives to weigh in on patent decisions as portfolios are created,” explained JiNan Glasgow, CEO of Spore, Inc. and patent attorney. “This traditional approach can lead to potential gaps in patent coverage – between commercial products released and patent claims that are filed – with the company assuming the new products are well protected.”
It took Spore less than two weeks to outline the core of the inventions and generate PatentMatrix Diagrams for each application; Smartvue’s outside patent counsel then used these diagrams to draft and file the 12 applications in time for the new product release, providing clear, concise communication between the company and its attorneys. The PatentMatrix software provides diagrams with outputs in .html format, ensuring inventors, business decision-makers, and their attorneys are literally on the same page before starting patent drafts. This streamlines the invention disclosure and patent drafting process for everyone involved – providing fewer edits in revisions and better business certainty in the outputs.