A patent landscape analysis shows where patenting activity in a technology is concentrated, who is filing, how fast the field is growing and where few filings exist. Researchers use it to choose a research direction, to find potential collaborators and licensees, to write the impact and commercialisation sections of a grant, and to decide which of several inventions deserves protection first. This guide explains what…
Knowing how to write an invention disclosure is the difference between a filing your counsel can start on this week and a pile of follow-up questions that costs you a month. An invention disclosure is the first formal record of your invention. Your technology transfer office (TTO) reads it to decide whether to pursue protection, your patent attorney or agent works from it to draft…
A prior art search for researchers answers one question before you publish, present or post a preprint: has anyone already made this public? Prior art is everything available to the public before your filing date, in any form and in any language, and it is not limited to patents. A journal article, a thesis, a poster, a product datasheet and your own earlier talk can…
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