Aranca's clients for intellectual property & patent research in the IT industry include some of the largest or fastest growing software & hardware companies globally along with internet companies, start-ups, Private Equity firms, Universities & individual inventors.

1. Patent Research Services for IT & Computing
Among the leading sectors from an innovation and R&D spend perspective globally, the
Information Technology segment has witnessed over 2.5 million patent filings in the last ten
years. Aranca's clients for patent research in the IT & Computing segment include some of the
largest or fastest growing software & hardware companies, internet companies, Private Equity
firms, IP brokerage firms, Universities and individual inventors.
From prior art searches to support for evaluating commercialization opportunities, Aranca has
delivered several hundred patent research assignments across various technology domains like e-
commerce, web / mobile applications, database design, data security, business method
algorithms, GUI, cryptography, software applications, artificial intelligence, system
programming, payment transactions, networking products and other hardware devices.
Aranca: Patent Research Experience in Information Technology & Computing
Segment
Software & Application
 Web Applications (Stock trading, real estate, social networking, classifieds ...)
 E-commerce portals (Shopping carts, product offerings, product comparisons, SSL ...)
 GUI / Visualization (User interface, display pages, navigation …)
 System application & Software (Games, audio/video players, product based software ...)
 Business method (Betting, general purpose optimization, credit management ...)
 AI intelligence (Games, motion & manipulation, natural language processing ...)
 Database design (Data modeling, ER diagrams, Normalization ...)
 Mobile Applications (Development environment, testingtools, M-commerce ...)
 Program architecture/ Algorithm (Internal structure, application logic, calculation ...)
Network
 Payment transactions (Digital wallets, e-cash, mobile payment, e-checks ...)
 Network Security (Authentication, firewalls, VPN gateways, intrusion detection ...)
 Server /Domain Hosting (Free, cluster, dedicated, shared hosting...)
 Protocol (TCP/IP, Kermit, FTP, HTTP, SMTP ...)
 Data center (Secure environment, availability time, data back-up, dual power ...)
 Cloud computing (Client-server model, peer to peer, IaaS, SaaS, PaaS ...)
Hardware Devices
 Input / Output devices (Mouse, keyboard, image scanner, webcam ...)
 Battery /power source (Single cell, CMOS battery, UPS ...)
 Display devices (Touch screen, LCD, plasma, TFT, OLED ...)
 Data Storage devices (Flash memory, hard drives, optical disc RAM ...)
 Advance Computer (Optical computers, DNA computers, neural computers ...)
 Computers (Desktop. notebook, laptop, tablets ...)

2.  Others (Routers, switch, Wi-fi devices, server racks ...)