Competitive intelligence & benchmarking: Stay ahead of the competition and disruptive technologies. Monitor and analyze competitors’ R&D strategies as well as competitive and technological landscapes. Identify emerging competitors and new entrants early. Provide proactive recommendations for strategy to top management.

Disruptive technology scouting: Spot upcoming competitors and disruptive innovations early on. Stay up to date on current technology trends and explore the patent landscape in any way you find insightful.

Sustainable innovation analytics: Get actionable insights into how sustainably focused you and your competitors are using the objective and forward-looking measurement of patents. An unprecedented mapping of the global patent system to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) makes sustainably focused innovation identifiable, searchable, and trackable.

Risk assessment: Successfully mitigate risks that can harm your IP department and business. Keep track of your competitors in your recent and potential technology fields.

R&D and innovation: Improve your innovation performance through a deep knowledge of technologies, competitors, and partners. 

Portfolio management & optimization: Determine your patent portfolio’s competitive strengths and weaknesses to better understand what strategies or actions are necessary to stay ahead of competition.

Licensing: Identify the companies building on your portfolio. Through high-quality subsequent art monitoring, find promising licensing opportunities that help you turn your patent department from a cost center into a profit center.