By Helga Weires, Nerac Analyst
Originally published March 15, 2021
This sample report demonstrates how an examination of both patent and technical literature can identify technologies creating disruption within the next 5-10 years, and help focus product development activities. Read more 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.
Patent Landscaping and Mount Everest: How to navigate a successful trip
By Tom Perkins, Nerac Analyst
Originally published October 13, 2016
This article compares some similarities to preparing and creating a successful patent portfolio using patent landscaping with reaching the summit of the world’s tallest peak.
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3D Printing: Legal Landscape and Future Challenges
Originally published January, 2014
Although the future promise of 3D printing, also referred to as additive manufacturing (AM), has been recently promoted for its promise of reduced costs and production times, as well as an increased complexity of integral components, the legal framework is far from clear. Read more
Patent Research – Petroleum Company
Issue: A large petroleum company needed to understand the Intellectual Property relating to the use of supercritical fluids (SCFs) in chemical processing. Read more