Who uses us?

INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS, INDUSTRY OR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

What are the key patents in your technology space?
Who are your competitors?
Who could you approach in a collaborative capacity?
How could you limit potential infringement?
Do you have IP assets that could be exploited more fully?
Do you know where all the opportunities lie in your technology space?

If you can’t answer some of these questions, then patent mapping will enhance your or your company’s IP strategy.

BUSINESS SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS, PATENT ATTORNEYS AND IP SOLICITORS

Does your client know who owns the patents in their technology space?
Does your client know who their major competitors are?
Do they know who they could target for licensing deals?
How could they limit potential infringement?

Patent mapping is an invaluable additional service that you could offer to your clients and can be used to objectively advise your client where their patents “fit” in the patent landscape for their technology.

INVESTORS IN TECHNOLOGY BASED COMPANIES

Would you like additional information to help you decide whether or not to invest?
Do you wish you could objectively evaluate the IP assets of a company?

If so, patent mapping will help you make an informed decision. A visual patent map will help you to appreciate the strength of the IP of the company in which you are considering investing and can be used as one of the criteria for decisions in allocating funding. Patent maps highlight the importance and relevance of patents in a company’s portfolio and emphasise crowded regions in a technology field, as well as marking up potential future infringement risks.