Technology Investment Solution Suite
QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT SOLUTION SUITE help clients understand complex patent landscapes, define emerging technology options, assess competitive portfolios and anticipate industry changes.
Competitive Technology & IP Landscapes
What changes are taking place in the competitive environment today that could reinforce or undermine our IP position tomorrow?
Technology Landscapes and IP Landscapes provide business insights by combining text analytics with experientially guided visualization. Situational expert teams are equipped with cutting edge tools and proven techniques to assess and interpret risk and value indicators discoverable in intellectual property portfolios, technology disclosures, litigations, standards and news.The Perception Partners team has analyzed more than a half-million patented technologies and has developed a cohesive approach to discovering, communicating and improving IP and innovation opportunity value. As a result, Perception Partners can help discover and monitor fertile technology developments, source the best intellectual property and talent in an innovation area, identify technology white spaces, spot patent blocking behavior, and guide in future technology strategy and investments.
Technology Landscape analysis is often requested for early looks, fuzzy front end, and survey-level reviews of technology topics. R&D investment planning, competitive technical intelligence research, technology transfer negotiations and grant proposals tend to drive Technology Landscape requests.
IP Landscape analysis is often requested to determine any freedom to operate risks, plot competitive portfolio strategy and identify IP buyers and sellers. Venture capital investing, patent litigation, mergers & acquisitions and corporate strategy tend to drive IP Landscape requests.
IP & Innovation White Space Analysis
Which emerging opportunities or white spaces are of sufficient value and minimal risk to explore or further discover?
There are many types of white spaces - under-exploited technological opportunities. White space gaps may be sought in a portfolio, company, competitive set or even regulatory regime. Validating critical white spaces can lead to differentiated direction for innovation and a stronger intellectual property position.
Mapping is an effective technique to collaboratively identify white spaces. Perception Partners uses visualization tools to plot for our clients where technological activity is and isn't present. What results is an at-a-glance story often leading to surprising insights. After group discussion, top insights become the basis for deeper brainstorming by our clients and our subject matter expert pool, all of who can ask new questions and suggest ways to stretch client IP to fill white space gaps in line with strategy.
White space analysis is often requested as an output of a landscape project. However, validating high value white spaces and demonstrating new IP opportunities because of them is often a project in itself. We work closely with our clients to quickly pinpoint where efforts need to be focused to conserve resources and build the richest business cases possible.
