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1. KnowMade Patent and Scientific Information www.knowmade.com contact@knowmade.fr KnowMade S.A.R.L., 2405 route des Dolines, CS 10065, 06902 Sophia Antipolis, France

2. 2 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Founded in 2009 Headquartered in Sophia Antipolis FRANCE Partners: + expert network (Industrial & Academics) JEI since 2013 (Jeune Entreprise Innovante) CIR accreditation since 2012 (Crédit Impôt Recherche) Sophia Antipolis KNOWMADE Executive Team: PhD level experts with in-depth knowledge in Intellectual Property and Scientific Information. Founders : Nicolas Baron PhD Physics University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis Soitec / CNRS-CRHEA Master "Intellectual Property Strategy and Innovation” IEEPI - European Institute for Enterprise and Intellectual Property (Strasbourg) Brice Sagot PhD Biology University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

3. OFFER SERVICES Analysis of Patent and Scientific Information Provide accurate and high-added value information for decision-making Support research laboratories, industrial companies and investors in their business development Microelectonics | Nanotechnology | Biotechnology | Life sciences Strengths 3 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Custom Tracking Real-time warning Periodic newsletters Consulting & Training Intelligence process optimisation Setting up a strategic intelligence unit Patents information for R&D, marketing and strategy Reports & Custom studies IP Investigation Competitive IP Analysis IP Due Diligence Freedom-to-Operate Patent Infringement Risk Scientific Literature Landscape Scientific State of the Art Technology Scouting Technology Transfer Highly qualified technology analysts (PhD) In-depth knowledge of scientific & patent databases Knowledge of Intellectual Property Proprietary methodologies and specialist tools for gathering and analyzing information

4. CLIENT BENEFITS Identify the risks and opportunities for your strategy Understand the technological issues Identify new emerging R&D areas Identify new players / partners / prospective customers Identify new upstream markets Determine the strengths and weaknesses of your competitors Compare your position in relation to your competitors Determine the strengths and weaknesses of your R&D Organize your business developments 4 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved.

5. MORE THAN PATENT & SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION Patent landscape Patent ownership Patent ranking Key patents 5 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. IP due diligence Portfolio analysis Competitor portfolio overviews Patent valuation Patents related to marketed products Technologies free of IP Patent infringement analysis Patent Investigation Due Diligences Technology Analysis Patent Infringement Risk Market Research Corporate Finance M&A Reverse Engineering Reverse Costing Academic Research Patent landscape Scientific landscape Available technologies Licensable patents Scientific Investigation Technology Scouting Partners +

7. PATENT INVESTIGATION A clear link between IP situation and market evolutions • More than describing the status of the IP situation, a Patent Investigation provides a missing link between patented technological solutions and market, technological and business trends. • In-depth technological analysis of patents leads to understanding of strategic decisions and positioning of key players within the value chain. 7 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Market and Technology Analysis Technology and Patent Analysis • Patent analysis • Technological segmentations • Identification of key patents • Market implication of IP landscape • Full searchable patent database

8. PATENT INVESTIGATION Key Competitive Advantages 8 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Diving into patent information In-depth Investigation on Technological Segments and Key Players Statistical Analysis Patent Ranking and Key Patent Analysis IP Strategy a deep dive into patent information Mastery of patent databases Proprietary patent rating system Unique understanding of patent information Powerful analytics and visualization tools Unique methodology for identifying key patents Patent Search

9. PATENT INVESTIGATION 9 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Objective Understand who owns what Understand key trends in technology development (filings, countries, assignees …) Identify current legal state of patented technologies Identify key patents by assignees or technology Identify the major players and the relative strength of their patent portfolio Identify IP collaboration networks between key players (industrial and academics) Identify blocking and valuable patents Overview of past and current litigations and licensing agreements Avoid patent infringement

14. KEY PATENT IDENTIFICATION Knowmade has developed unique methodologies to evaluate patents. Based on indicators having significant statistical correlation with the sustainability and the value of the patent, our methodologies enable us to identify the reference patents, the promising patents and the valuable patents. 14 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Parameters (1/3) Legal status of the patent The legal status of the patent (granted, pending, revoked, expired) may serve as indicator of the legal validity and life expectancy of the patent. The more the legal status is valid, the more the patent will be maintained for a long time. Patent age The patent age may serve as indicator of the patent’s life expectancy. The lifetime of the patent is typically limited at 20-years, calculated from the filing date, as long as the maintenance fees are paid. Furthermore, with increasing age, the underlying technology reaches a higher degree of market penetration, but the older the patent, the higher the chance that the underlying technology has become obsolete. The more the patent is old, the less it will be maintained for a long time. Claims (scope and number) The number of claims may serve as indicator of the scope of the invention. It is also correlated with the patent’s legal sustainability. The more independent claims a patent has, the more the patent’s scope is important. The more claims a patent has, the higher the chance that at least one will survive an invalidation procedure (legal robustness ). Patent family size (Geographical coverage) The geographical coverage of the patent’s protection may serve as indicator of the legal robustness and the exploitation potential of the patent. The more the geographical protection is large, the more the potential sales volume will be high. The patent’s family size may be also correlated with the patent’s value. The expansion of patent protection involves additional costs for every jurisdiction. If the applicant chooses to spend additional money, the exclusion right should be worth the extra costs. The number of family members of a patent is positively related to its potential value.

15. KEY PATENT IDENTIFICATION 15 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Parameters (2/3) Search Report and Citation Analysis Examiners’ reports and citation analysis enable to evaluate the technological quality, the legal robustness and the scope of the patent. They also enable to evaluate the patent’s value. Moreover, exchanges between inventors and patent offices allow the understanding of the grant procedure and applicant’s patenting strategy. Patent data include citations to previous patents and to the non-patent literature. An analysis based on citation data from patent search reports open up the possibility of tracing technological trajectories, and identifying reference patents and linkages between them. Our methodology takes into account the number of citations, their categories and their origin. Forward Citations The higher the patent’s technological quality, the more inventions should build upon the underlying invention of the focal patent, thus increasing the value of its exclusion right. A widely accepted patent value indicator that captures patent’s technological quality is the number of forward citations a patent receives in the patent examination process, prior art that would limit the patent’s novelty is identified. The more forward citations a patent receives, the higher is its contribution to the prior art, making it a good proxy for patent’s technological quality. The number of forward citations a patent receives is positively related to its value. Backward citations A patent makes several references to other publications considered to be relevant prior art. If patents are found that are held against the claims of the patent applied for, so-called backward references to prior patents are placed. The number of backward references a patent gives measures the amount of extant technology in a technology field, the scope of the patent and the patent’s technical novelty. The more the search report cites relevant prior art, the more the technology will be low and the legal risk will be high. The number of backward citations a patent have is negatively related to its value. Description of the invention The quality of the description may serve as indicator of the patent’s technological validity. It is also correlated with the patent’s legal sustainability. The more the description is descriptive, the more the technology is valid and the higher the chance that patent will survive an invalidation procedure (legal robustness ). Technology infringement capability The infringement capability of the patented invention may serve as indicator of the technological quality and the life expectancy of the patent. The more the technology is easy to copy, the less the patent will be maintained for a long time.

16. KEY PATENT IDENTIFICATION 16 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Parameters (2/3) Innovation type The type of the patented invention (incremental, differential, radical, breakthrough) may serve as indicator of the patent’s technological quality. It is also correlated with the exploitation potential of the patent. The more the technology is innovative, the more the patent will offer new opportunities. Competitors/Applicant type The size of competitors/applicant (Multinational, SME, startup) may serve as indicator of the patent’s life expectancy. The more the competitors size is important, the more it will be difficult to maintain the patent. The more the assignee size is important, the more the patent will be well defended against any lawsuit. Application field The application field of the patented invention (niche market, limited, large market) may serve as indicator of the scope of the patent and its exploitation potential. The more the number of applications is important, the more the potential sales volume will be high. Innovation intensity in the field of application The number of similar patents published during last years may serve as indicator of the patent’s life expectancy. The more the business sector is competitive (technology renewal), the less the patent will be maintained for a long time. Geographic coverage of applications The geographic coverage of the patented invention‘s applications (world, emerging coountries, national …) may serve as indicator of the patent’s exploitation potential. The more the application coverage concerned by the patent is important, the more the potential sales volume will be high. Market size The market size targeted by the patented invention may serve as indicator of the patent’s exploitation potential. The more the market size concerned by the patent is important, the more the potential sales volume will be large.

17. KEY PATENT IDENTIFICATION 17 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Reference Patents Methodology We perform an in-depth analysis of citations An analysis based on citation data from patents open up the possibility of tracing technological trajectories, and identifying reference patents (“seminal” patents) and linkages between them. Our methodology take into account the number of citations, their categories (X, Y, A …) and their origin (type of citing applicant). Furthermore, blocking patents (potential litigation) may be identify by taking into account the number of different applicants which cite them.

18. KEY PATENT IDENTIFICATION 18 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Promising Patents Methodology We use a proprietary methodology (PatRating System) designed for identify most promising patents. Our PatRating System is based on 14 indicators having a significant statistical correlation with the patent’s sustainability. Each indicator is involved in one or more patent dimensions (technology, legal, market, duration). This methodology enables us to evaluate the exploitation potential of the patents. Indicators Patent Dimension Weighting Technology Legal Market Duration Legal status a a +++ Expected lifetime a a + Independent Claims a a ++ Protection geographic coverage Search Report (citations) Description Infringement capability Innovation type Applicant type Competitors type Application field Innovation intensity in application field Application geographic coverage Market size 5 levels (score 1 to 5) for each indicator Score between 1 to 10 for each patent (global score and score per dimension) Automatic (from patent’s text) Manual (quantitative) Manual (qualitative)

19. KEY PATENT IDENTIFICATION 19 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Promising Patents Results Excel spreadsheet with raw results Score for each dimension Score for individual patents and patent families Patents Patent Family

20. KEY PATENT IDENTIFICATION -0,09 -0,04 0,20 0,15 0,10 0,05 0,00 -0,05 -0,10 -0,15 Promising Patents 20 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. 0,14 0,04 0,08 -0,09 -0,17 0,14 0,16 -0,17 -0,20 PATENT POTENTIAL Deviation from the average of top assignees SEMCO Deviation from the average of top assignees Technology 0,40 0,20 0,00 -0,20 -0,40 -0,60 -0,80 Market Duration Legal LG Innotek Deviation from the average of top assignees Technology 0,40 0,20 0,00 -0,20 -0,40 -0,60 -0,80 Market Duration Legal Results Comparative study from the average of top assignees and/or technology field and/or patent portfolio.

21. KEY PATENT IDENTIFICATION Indicators Number of claims Patent’s family size Forward citations (first five years) Backward references in patent literature Fischer * values + • Most valuable patents. 21 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Valuable Patents Methodology Our methodology combined with Fischer’s scientific findings* enable us to evaluate a financial value of a patent family. It uses indicators having significant statistical correlation with the patent’s value. Our patent valuation can help financial projects such as patent licensing/sales, capital fundraising process, M&A (buy or sell side) and due diligences for institutional and private investors. *Timo Fischer, Jan Leidinger, Testing patent value indicators on directly observed patent value - An empirical analysis of Ocean Tomo patent auctions, Research Policy, ISSN 0048-7333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2013.07.013. • Patent value estimate. Knowmade patent expertise

23. IP DUE DILIGENCE 23 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Introduction Patent due diligence is a particular investigation about a patent portfolio. Due diligence is often done prior to patent acquisition or licensing agreement, and can help capital fundraising process, M&A (buy or sell side) or private equity, so that the potential purchaser/investor knows more about the asset that he is acquiring. The objective of a patent due diligence investigation is to reveal the strength of the patent portfolio (patent validity, patent enforceability, patent prosecution events, patent infringement …). Because every patent is unique, patent due diligence should be handled with an individualized approach on a patent-by-patent or portfolio-by-portfolio basis. Full search on the ownership of patents, the patent history and maintenance fees to ensure that rights are still in force, and confirmation of the validity of the information being presented. Ascertain whether patents are the subject of any litigation or infringement suits. Map the patent portfolio for showing which parts of the patent portfolio protect what lines of business. Identify patent competitors and compare patent portfolios. Evaluate strengths, advantages and risks of each patent. Assess the value (strategic, financial) of the patent portfolio.

24. IP DUE DILIGENCE 24 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Methodology Overview Patent gathering Patent screening Patent classification Pending Granted Lapsed or Expired Technological Segmentation Patent Due Diligence Segmentation improvement duringpatent due diligence Patent Landscape Competitive IP Environment Patent Analysis and Valuation Phase I Phase II Phase III Patent Verification

25. 25 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. FREEDOM TO OPERATE (FTO) A FTO investigation is performed to ensure that a new product or a new process can be manufactured and sold in specific countries without infringing valid IP rights of others.

26. Process for FTO Opinion 26 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Understanding Technology Critical step in the product/process of preparing a FTO opinion. If the technology is not completely understood, significant patents may be missed. Conducting Patent Search The objective is to identify potential blocking patents. • Based on product description we define the best IP search strategy and we perform patent search to identify the most relevant patents which can be a potential risk. Screening Patents The objective is to identify and justify the patents which require a more in depth legal assessment. • Verify IP ownership, legal status, countries of validity and patent maintenance fees. We distinguish granted patents (present risk) and patent applications (potential future risk). • List of the unexpired, valid and enforceable patents. Infringement Analysis The objective is to assess the risk of patent infringement. For this step we work with patent attorneys. • Build a claim chart clearly showing how each element of the patent claims is present or not in the product under consideration. • Business and news records may be analyzed in order to know whether the patent assignees are likely to enforce their IP rights. Input Description of the technical features used to make the product/process. Countries in which the product/process will be manufactured and sold. Every relevant information already identified by the client. The client may review and give a feedback on the search query and selected patents before going to the next step. Output Table summarizing and justifying the choice and ranking of pertinent patents. Full-text of patents in pdf format. For each selected patent, the FTO opinion includes a description of the patent, a review of prosecution history, and an analysis of the claims. Viewpoint on the non-infringing position of the product/process. Strategies to manage FTO risks.

28. PATENT INFRINGEMENT RISK ANALYSIS • Combine technology and manufacturing analysis with patent claims understanding in order to highlight the risks of patent infringement. • In-depth analysis of the links between technology and patents leads to understanding product features and related patents, and to highlight the potential risks of patent infringement. Reverse Engineering and Process Analysis Patent Search and Infringement Risk Analysis 28 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. • Teardown & Reverse engineering • Technology and manufacturing analysis • Patent search • Link between technology and patent • Evidence of use • Risks of patent infringement • Full searchable patent database

29. PATENT INFRINGEMENT RISK ANALYSIS 29 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Objective • Provide an overview of technology data and manufacturing process of the target products. • Identify key patents related to the target product features and manufacturing processes. • Find the link between patented technological solutions and the target products. • Identify the potential infringing parties, and help to find evidence of use. • Provide a discussion on the potential patent infringement risks by comparing relevant patent claim elements to the target product features and manufacturing processes. • Identify potential risks of patent infringement, and identify the patents which require a more in depth legal assessment.

31. SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION 31 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Objective Understand trends (scientific publications, countries, laboratories …) Identify key research findings by laboratory or technology Identify new emerging research areas Understand research challenges and emerging technologies Identify the major scientific players and the relative strength of their research results Identify collaboration networks between key players (academic, industrial) Identify scientific experts and prospective R&D partners Identify new technological solutions and valuable scientific know-how Manage better investments in science Help institutions to understand their position relative to standards of research production

32. SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION 32 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Scientific Landscape Evaluating Research Trend, Structure and Performance Quantitative Analysis Recording and communicating research results through publications has become so much enormous and complex that personal knowledge and experience are no longer sufficient tools for understanding trends or for making decisions. Scientific Landscape and Bibliometrics (also called Scientometrics) are used in research understanding and its performance evaluation, especially by university and government labs, but also by research directors and administrators, researchers themselves, policymakers, corporates and investors. Scientific production (by institution, country, laboratory, research team) Highlight significant or promising areas of research Comprehensive perspective on activity and achievements Main authors and corresponding affiliations Key laboratories and corresponding experts Collaboration networks (academic/academic and academic/industry) Citations analysis and key scientific publications

33. SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION 33 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Scientific Landscape - Variables Indicators (by author, laboratory, institution, country, research area, subject …) • Time evolution • Productivity (paper counts) • Recognition (citation counts) • Influence (h index) • Efficiency (average citations per paper, percent cited/uncited papers, journal impact factor) • Relative impact/benchmarking (percent cited/uncited papers) • Specialization (fields, collaborations, group of highly cited papers) • Trend analysis • Mapping

34. SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION 34 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Scientific State-of-the-art A Comprehensive Report on a Specific Subject Qualitative Analysis In-depth analysis of scientific publications Key scientific findings Interview of scientific experts Synthesis, recommendations and prospective Access to full-text scientific references

36. PERIODIC NEWSLETTER Regular updates or real-time monitoring of information on specific themes or sectors We provide you with a customized periodic newsletter 36 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. Objective Track your competitors / partners / clients (patent filings, R&D, scientific activities …) Track your technological environment Identify new emerging research areas and cutting-edge technology developments Identify new players and prospective partners /clients Early detect opportunities and risks for your business strategy

37. Patent and Scientific Information 37 Knowmade Overview - 2014 Copyrights © Knowmade SARL. All rights reserved. KnowMade SARL 2405 route des Dolines 06902 Sophia Antipolis, France www.knowmade.com contact@knowmade.fr

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