Would you rather spend time looking through individual patent claims or selling your products?  Our services can gather and display your patent portfolio in an easy to view format.

Neopatents provides Patent Portfolio Analysis services for

• Business leaders seeking to gain control over their patent processes,
  
• IP Managers,
  
• Technology Transfer offices,
  
• Investors and venture capitalists, and
  
• Professionals performing due diligence for merger and acquisition activity. 
  

The Spore® Search software provides a comprehensive inventory of a portfolio, easily showing the key elements of each patent at a glance.  A single click produces a PatentMatrix® Diagram for fast analysis of the claims of a patent.

After grouping patents (by technology or other criteria), a thorough search of the USPTO and other databases can show where a patent or group of patents stands relative to other patents in that field.  We can also supply an Innovation Rating™ -- a ranking from one to five, based on a comprehensive historical analysis of innovation called TRIZ, that shows the level of innovation relative to other patents in the same technology area.

Individual Patent Mapping

Neopatents provides a PatentMatrix® Diagram for each patent in a portfolio. This diagram is a graphical representation of the claims of a patent that can also link back to the text document for more detailed analysis. This is an effective communication tool for visualizing the focus and scope of an individual patent -- and for comparison with competitors' patents.

Portfolio Mapping

Neopatents provides a Spore® Diagram that clusters the patents in a portfolio by select characteristics such as structure, function, and benefit or by technology group, allowing a company to communicate the focus, scope and value of its portfolio.

Competitive Landscape Mapping

The Spore® Diagram can be used to map the competitive landscape and illustrate technology evolution trends for designing around a competitor's patent or targeting new research areas.

Innovation Rating  

Neopatents’ Innovation Rating offering is a vital tool for effectively managing a portfolio of intellectual property.  Taking the output of the Patent Matrix and Spore Searches, the Innovation Rating delivers a quality rating of the innovation on a 1-5 scale.  Using this objective methodology can be used to rank patents and provides a basis for comparison, both of which are invaluable in licensing operations.  In addition to rating patents and disclosures, the tool can provide a history of innovation by inventor.