Nerac Insights and Publications

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Innovation Insights & Consulting Practice

Nerac’s Innovation Insights & Consulting Practice Lead, Tim Maurer, talks about Nerac’s history as a JV with NASA to commercialize the Apollo Program IP and IT for business innovation and growth. We’ve continued to support global innovators with insights to help rapidly realize innovations, revenue growth and sustainable development. Have a question for Tim? Let […]

NERAC TALKS INNOVATION IN CONNECTICUT

MetroHartford Alliance talks with Nerac about their role as an innovator in Connecticut and how the state can monetize its innovative talents. Read more here.

Industry 4.0 Panel Discussion: Is Connecticut Prepared?

Watch this informative video of a recent panel discussion on Industry 4.0 and its many implications here.

The Clinical Evaluation Plan: Creating a Storyboard for a Medical Device

By Minh Han, MD, FAAFP, Nerac Analyst
Originally published June 24, 2019
Avengers: Endgame is the highest grossing movie in an opening weekend and it all started with a plan and a storyboard. Marvel Cinematic Universes’ strategy can also be powerful for the Medical Device Universe as well. Read the article here.

Nerac Announces New Innovation Practice Group

Originally published March 5, 2019
Nerac Announces New Innovation Practice Group, Taps globally recognized innovation leader, Tim Maurer as Practice Lead. Read the press release here.

Identifying Potentially Disruptive Inventions: Using metrics to identify key inventions in a large set of patents

By Nerac IP Analysts
Originally published November 13, 2018
It is important for companies working in areas of high technology to constantly be aware of new advances which may be disruptive to their operations. A number of metrics have been developed which can be used to evaluate individual patent families to identify those which represent potentially disruptive inventions. This paper will review some of those metrics and give a real world example of their use. Read the article here.

Industry 4.0 | Are You Prepared?

By Dr. Ripi Singh, Chief Innovation Officer, Inspiring Next, Nerac Partner
Originally published February 15, 2019
This article demonstrates a unique approach to the Industry 4.0 revolution. Learn more here.

Disruptive Technology Assessment: Ready for the Quantum Dot Revolution?

By Rosemarie Szostak, Ph.D., Nerac Analyst
Originally published February 15, 2019
Quantum dots are already displacing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology and have the potential to disrupt the status quo across virtually all industrial sectors. Learn more about this market disruption here.

The New Post-Market Surveillance Regulations for Europe – Part 3: Trending, Analysis and Documentation

By Robert Zott, Director of Advisory Services Development, Nerac Analyst
Originally published February 15, 2019
This article (part 3 of a 3 part series) examines trend reporting (Article 88 of the MDR), the analysis of serious incidents and field safety corrective actions (Article 89), and the technical documentation requirements for PMS (Annex III).
Read the article here.