Nerac Inc., based in Tolland, CT, is a research and advisory firm for companies developing innovative products and technologies. Our analysts deliver custom assessments of product and technology development opportunities, competitive intelligence, intellectual property strategies, and compliance requirements. What we do directly impacts a company’s ability to succeed in a continually shifting landscape.
People that want to have an immediate impact work with Nerac.
This document discusses a case study of a successful semiconductor startup that built a valuable patent portfolio. The startup focused on developing patents related to network search engines, an area with growing market demand. By the time it was 5 years old, the startup had been granted 25 patents and had more pending, which helped it attract over $50 million in investor funding despite the declining stock market. The document argues that building a strong patent portfolio focused on valuable innovations can help high-tech startups attract investment and achieve high valuations.
The document discusses emerging IP trends and opportunities in Asia, with a focus on China. It provides background on the speaker and their experience in IP licensing. Global trends show a shift towards knowledge-based economies where IP and intangible assets are increasingly valuable. Drivers for commercializing IP include shortened product lifecycles, global competition, and the growing IP services ecosystem. The market for patent trading and licensing has expanded significantly. China represents both challenges and opportunities for IP businesses due to its large market and developing IP system.
Don’t hire a service provider, hire a partner..!!
IPexcel is an intellectual property research and analytics services provider that aims to build standards in the IP outsourcing market through technical legal skills and commitment to progress. They provide one-stop IP services globally from patent drafting to prosecution. Their focus is on quality, trust, confidentiality, and quick turnaround times.
Presentation directed to spin-off promoters in the University. It has a brief explanation on how it works the public IPR assesment and the network of tecnology centers in the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Kevin McFarthing of Innovation Fixer Ltd presented at the EMEA meeting of IACCM on 11th May 2011 on Open Innovation, Contracting and Relationship Management.
The document describes research on developing a framework to assess organizational innovation capability. It involved analyzing literature to identify innovation capabilities, developing a model (ICMM) to assess capabilities, and refining the model using topic modeling and case studies. The topic modeling provided insights into capability themes and interrelationships. Case studies applied the model and identified strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for different organizations. Participants found the approach useful for discussion, prioritizing improvement efforts, and gaining commitment to those efforts.
The document provides tips for creating compelling social media content and building an audience. It suggests focusing on adding value to others rather than self-promotion. Some key tips include being human, engaging with others, experimenting, and staying true to your authentic self. The overarching message is that building a reputation as a creator of valuable, interesting content will attract a loyal following over time.
This document discusses a case study of a successful semiconductor startup that built a valuable patent portfolio. The startup focused on developing patents related to network search engines, an area with growing market demand. By the time it was 5 years old, the startup had been granted 25 patents and had more pending, which helped it attract over $50 million in investor funding despite the declining stock market. The document argues that building a strong patent portfolio focused on valuable innovations can help high-tech startups attract investment and achieve high valuations.
The document discusses emerging IP trends and opportunities in Asia, with a focus on China. It provides background on the speaker and their experience in IP licensing. Global trends show a shift towards knowledge-based economies where IP and intangible assets are increasingly valuable. Drivers for commercializing IP include shortened product lifecycles, global competition, and the growing IP services ecosystem. The market for patent trading and licensing has expanded significantly. China represents both challenges and opportunities for IP businesses due to its large market and developing IP system.
Don’t hire a service provider, hire a partner..!!
IPexcel is an intellectual property research and analytics services provider that aims to build standards in the IP outsourcing market through technical legal skills and commitment to progress. They provide one-stop IP services globally from patent drafting to prosecution. Their focus is on quality, trust, confidentiality, and quick turnaround times.
Presentation directed to spin-off promoters in the University. It has a brief explanation on how it works the public IPR assesment and the network of tecnology centers in the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Kevin McFarthing of Innovation Fixer Ltd presented at the EMEA meeting of IACCM on 11th May 2011 on Open Innovation, Contracting and Relationship Management.
The document describes research on developing a framework to assess organizational innovation capability. It involved analyzing literature to identify innovation capabilities, developing a model (ICMM) to assess capabilities, and refining the model using topic modeling and case studies. The topic modeling provided insights into capability themes and interrelationships. Case studies applied the model and identified strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for different organizations. Participants found the approach useful for discussion, prioritizing improvement efforts, and gaining commitment to those efforts.
The document provides tips for creating compelling social media content and building an audience. It suggests focusing on adding value to others rather than self-promotion. Some key tips include being human, engaging with others, experimenting, and staying true to your authentic self. The overarching message is that building a reputation as a creator of valuable, interesting content will attract a loyal following over time.
Social media blurring the lines between the private and the publicToni Cowan-Brown
This document discusses how social media is blurring the lines between professional and personal life. It notes that with 7 billion citizens and 5 billion mobile devices, social media use has risen rapidly as a dominant method of interaction. However, this interconnectedness poses challenges for integrity, risks, advertising, recruitment, and monitoring as employers now have access to personal employee information on social networks. The document advocates standing out on social media but warns that it requires navigating these ethical issues.
Plan, prepare and measure your social media campaign
CIPR event 23 july 2014 presentation - Burson-Marsteller
Would have, should have, could have
We have all been here muttering these words and wishing we would have done things differently. It is safe to say that the majority of small and large companies today have learnt how to be agile and lean towards the ever-changing digital landscape, but how do you prevent it all getting out of control? The answer is simple enough, although experience has proven that this is clearly not the case: Preparedness, planning and anticipating.
El documento describe el mito del nacimiento de la diosa Afrodita en la mitología griega. Según el mito, Afrodita nació de la espuma del mar después de que los genitales de Urano, el dios del cielo, fueran arrojados al mar por Cronos. El documento también proporciona antecedentes sobre el artista renacentista Sandro Botticelli, incluyendo detalles sobre su vida y obras maestras como El nacimiento de Venus.
Four Key lessons marketers and executives such as yourselves can learn from the political space, and specifically from political campaigns. Lessons that you can apply immediately to your businesses.
Because lessons learnt from one sector are absolutely valid in another. Even when it’s from one of the most archaic and traditional sectors - politics.
This document contains the course calendar for January to October 2015 for the Miri Training Centre. It lists various offshore safety and emergency response training courses conducted at the centre each month, including dates and weekly schedules. The calendar shows national public holidays in Malaysia that may impact the course schedule. Courses are approved by either OPITO or SMEP and some are eligible for HRDF Prolus funding.
El documento describe la zampoña, un instrumento musical andino formado por una serie de tubos de diferentes tamaños que producen las notas de la escala musical. Consta de dos partes llamadas amarros, el ira con seis cañas y el arca con siete cañas, que juntos logran la escala completa. Existen diferentes tipos de zampoñas que varían en el número y longitud de los tubos, como la antara, malta, sanka y zanca. La zampoña se puede tocar de forma individual o en grupo.
Michael Porter identified three generic competitive strategies for achieving competitive advantage: cost leadership, differentiation, and focus. Cost leadership involves having the lowest costs in the industry. Differentiation creates a product or service that is perceived as unique. Focus involves targeting a narrow market segment and achieving either cost leadership or differentiation within that segment.
This presentation discusses the cytology of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF is normally clear, colorless, and transparent. It is produced in the cerebral ventricles and circulates in the spinal canal. A lumbar puncture or spinal tap is performed to examine the physical appearance and microscopic evaluation of CSF slides. The cytology technique involves centrifuging CSF samples onto slides, staining with Papanicolaou stain, and examining under a microscope. Normal CSF is acellular, while abnormal CSF may contain lymphocytes, monocytes, malignant or leukemia cells, indicating conditions such as meningitis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or CNS malignancy. Cytology of CSF aids in the diagnosis of various
This document provides an introduction and overview of the ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) technique. It explains that ELISA uses an enzyme to detect the binding of antigens and antibodies, with the enzyme converting a colorless substrate to a colored product. The document outlines the basic principles and steps of ELISA, including coating a plate with antigens, adding primary and secondary antibodies, adding an enzyme substrate, and measuring the color change produced. It also discusses the different types of ELISA (e.g. indirect sandwich, competitive), materials needed, and applications for detecting various targets like hormones, proteins, infectious agents, and more.
This document provides an overview of atomic absorption spectroscopy. It describes the basic principles, instrumentation, and applications of AAS. The key components of an AAS include a light source, atomizer, monochromator, and detector. Samples are atomized in a flame or graphite furnace and analyzed by measuring the absorption of light from a hollow cathode lamp at specific wavelengths corresponding to the element of interest. Calibration curves are used to determine unknown concentrations in samples. AAS is commonly used to analyze metals in environmental, food, and pharmaceutical applications.
Microbiological culture media can be classified in several ways including consistency, nutritional components, and functional use. The key types are liquid media used for broth cultures, solid media using agar plates for isolated colonies, and semi-solid media for examining motility. Media are also classified based on their nutritional components as simple, complex, synthetic or enriched. Classification by functional use includes basal media for general growth, selective media using inhibitors, enrichment media to recover pathogens, differential media using indicators, and transport media to maintain viability during shipment. Proper culture media are vital for microbiology studies and different media types are used for isolating, identifying and examining the growth of microorganisms.
Culture media are used to grow microorganisms under controlled conditions for identification and study. Different types of media exist depending on consistency (solid, liquid, semi-solid), ingredients (simple, complex, synthetic), and purpose (enrichment, selective, indicator). Important solid media include nutrient agar and blood agar. Key liquid media are nutrient broth and peptone water. Bacteria grown in media go through lag, exponential, stationary, and death phases. Media allow observation of microbial properties and isolation of pathogens.
Nerac is a global research and advisory firm that provides expert research and consulting services to companies developing innovative products and technologies. It offers services to support key processes in research and development, business development, marketing, regulatory affairs, intellectual property, and reimbursement. Nerac employs over 95 analysts with advanced degrees and specialized expertise. It works with over 1,500 clients worldwide each year to help accelerate critical decisions, identify opportunities, navigate regulatory requirements, and strengthen intellectual property strategies.
NeoKinetics, Inc. is a consulting firm that provides strategic and operational services focused on new product introduction, product management, business development, and standards representation. They have over 100 years of experience in senior management roles and offer expertise in areas like NPI, quality management, and lean manufacturing. Their services include product marketing, engineering support, partnership development, and interim management.
The document discusses lessons learned from being an entrepreneur over 30 years in the diagnostics and life science industry. It covers the challenges of startups, including that 60% of companies fail within 6 months, 82% fail by 10 years, and 90% of new products fail. Key lessons are to use a consistent process to assess progress, understand exit plans, have clear roles, be honest with expectations, and hire only the best people. It also discusses the technology development cycle and importance of cash, partnerships, communication, embracing change, and good management.
Speaker: Raphael Ronen, Commercialization Manager, The Innovations Group (TIG)
Within universities and research institutions there are no shortage of good ideas; but not all of those ideas make commercial sense. In this lecture, we explore what makes a technology worthwhile commercializing. We also touch on some of the lessons we can take from the university setting and apply to any start-up technology.
Part of the CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 lecture series: http://www.marsdd.com/ent101
The document discusses the benefits of using a stage-gate process for new product development. It outlines that a well-defined stage-gate process provides structure, ensures cost objectives and timelines are established, and allows for cross-functional collaboration and oversight of projects. The stage-gate process divides new product development into stages with gate reviews between each stage to assess project scope, risks, and plans before committing further resources. This approach aims to speed development of high-quality, profitable products that meet customer needs.
Outside Chevron External Technology Development Presentation August 2009bchalonergill
The document summarizes Chevron's External Technology Development (ETD) group, which identifies and develops technologies from external sources to support Chevron's downstream manufacturing needs. ETD works closely with Global Manufacturing to address challenges in areas like reliability, process improvements, measurement, and environmental protection. Current projects include coatings for corrosion prevention, crude pretreatment, and emissions reductions. The goal is to rapidly assess, develop, and demonstrate promising external technologies through partnerships.
Accenture: Analytics journey to roi Feb 2013Brian Crotty
The document outlines a four stage journey to analytical maturity:
1) Data - how to explore and utilize multi-channel data from various sources
2) Analytics - identifying the right analytics and tools to drive outcomes and build capabilities
3) Insights - providing analytically-informed, issue-based insights at scale through services and expertise
4) Actions - embedding insights into key decisions and processes and scaling capabilities across organizations
This document discusses using directed innovation to generate creative solutions to difficult problems. It outlines a workflow for directed innovation that includes obtaining senior management sponsorship, selecting an experienced facilitator, identifying a high-value problem of the future, generating thought-provoking questions, selecting a diverse team of participants, using the questions to generate ideas in pairs, combining and evaluating the ideas, and tracking ideas to completion. The goal is to treat the innovation session like a project and manage it systematically to produce novel, high-quality solutions.
Social media blurring the lines between the private and the publicToni Cowan-Brown
This document discusses how social media is blurring the lines between professional and personal life. It notes that with 7 billion citizens and 5 billion mobile devices, social media use has risen rapidly as a dominant method of interaction. However, this interconnectedness poses challenges for integrity, risks, advertising, recruitment, and monitoring as employers now have access to personal employee information on social networks. The document advocates standing out on social media but warns that it requires navigating these ethical issues.
Plan, prepare and measure your social media campaign
CIPR event 23 july 2014 presentation - Burson-Marsteller
Would have, should have, could have
We have all been here muttering these words and wishing we would have done things differently. It is safe to say that the majority of small and large companies today have learnt how to be agile and lean towards the ever-changing digital landscape, but how do you prevent it all getting out of control? The answer is simple enough, although experience has proven that this is clearly not the case: Preparedness, planning and anticipating.
El documento describe el mito del nacimiento de la diosa Afrodita en la mitología griega. Según el mito, Afrodita nació de la espuma del mar después de que los genitales de Urano, el dios del cielo, fueran arrojados al mar por Cronos. El documento también proporciona antecedentes sobre el artista renacentista Sandro Botticelli, incluyendo detalles sobre su vida y obras maestras como El nacimiento de Venus.
Four Key lessons marketers and executives such as yourselves can learn from the political space, and specifically from political campaigns. Lessons that you can apply immediately to your businesses.
Because lessons learnt from one sector are absolutely valid in another. Even when it’s from one of the most archaic and traditional sectors - politics.
This document contains the course calendar for January to October 2015 for the Miri Training Centre. It lists various offshore safety and emergency response training courses conducted at the centre each month, including dates and weekly schedules. The calendar shows national public holidays in Malaysia that may impact the course schedule. Courses are approved by either OPITO or SMEP and some are eligible for HRDF Prolus funding.
El documento describe la zampoña, un instrumento musical andino formado por una serie de tubos de diferentes tamaños que producen las notas de la escala musical. Consta de dos partes llamadas amarros, el ira con seis cañas y el arca con siete cañas, que juntos logran la escala completa. Existen diferentes tipos de zampoñas que varían en el número y longitud de los tubos, como la antara, malta, sanka y zanca. La zampoña se puede tocar de forma individual o en grupo.
Michael Porter identified three generic competitive strategies for achieving competitive advantage: cost leadership, differentiation, and focus. Cost leadership involves having the lowest costs in the industry. Differentiation creates a product or service that is perceived as unique. Focus involves targeting a narrow market segment and achieving either cost leadership or differentiation within that segment.
This presentation discusses the cytology of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF is normally clear, colorless, and transparent. It is produced in the cerebral ventricles and circulates in the spinal canal. A lumbar puncture or spinal tap is performed to examine the physical appearance and microscopic evaluation of CSF slides. The cytology technique involves centrifuging CSF samples onto slides, staining with Papanicolaou stain, and examining under a microscope. Normal CSF is acellular, while abnormal CSF may contain lymphocytes, monocytes, malignant or leukemia cells, indicating conditions such as meningitis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or CNS malignancy. Cytology of CSF aids in the diagnosis of various
This document provides an introduction and overview of the ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) technique. It explains that ELISA uses an enzyme to detect the binding of antigens and antibodies, with the enzyme converting a colorless substrate to a colored product. The document outlines the basic principles and steps of ELISA, including coating a plate with antigens, adding primary and secondary antibodies, adding an enzyme substrate, and measuring the color change produced. It also discusses the different types of ELISA (e.g. indirect sandwich, competitive), materials needed, and applications for detecting various targets like hormones, proteins, infectious agents, and more.
This document provides an overview of atomic absorption spectroscopy. It describes the basic principles, instrumentation, and applications of AAS. The key components of an AAS include a light source, atomizer, monochromator, and detector. Samples are atomized in a flame or graphite furnace and analyzed by measuring the absorption of light from a hollow cathode lamp at specific wavelengths corresponding to the element of interest. Calibration curves are used to determine unknown concentrations in samples. AAS is commonly used to analyze metals in environmental, food, and pharmaceutical applications.
Microbiological culture media can be classified in several ways including consistency, nutritional components, and functional use. The key types are liquid media used for broth cultures, solid media using agar plates for isolated colonies, and semi-solid media for examining motility. Media are also classified based on their nutritional components as simple, complex, synthetic or enriched. Classification by functional use includes basal media for general growth, selective media using inhibitors, enrichment media to recover pathogens, differential media using indicators, and transport media to maintain viability during shipment. Proper culture media are vital for microbiology studies and different media types are used for isolating, identifying and examining the growth of microorganisms.
Culture media are used to grow microorganisms under controlled conditions for identification and study. Different types of media exist depending on consistency (solid, liquid, semi-solid), ingredients (simple, complex, synthetic), and purpose (enrichment, selective, indicator). Important solid media include nutrient agar and blood agar. Key liquid media are nutrient broth and peptone water. Bacteria grown in media go through lag, exponential, stationary, and death phases. Media allow observation of microbial properties and isolation of pathogens.
Nerac is a global research and advisory firm that provides expert research and consulting services to companies developing innovative products and technologies. It offers services to support key processes in research and development, business development, marketing, regulatory affairs, intellectual property, and reimbursement. Nerac employs over 95 analysts with advanced degrees and specialized expertise. It works with over 1,500 clients worldwide each year to help accelerate critical decisions, identify opportunities, navigate regulatory requirements, and strengthen intellectual property strategies.
NeoKinetics, Inc. is a consulting firm that provides strategic and operational services focused on new product introduction, product management, business development, and standards representation. They have over 100 years of experience in senior management roles and offer expertise in areas like NPI, quality management, and lean manufacturing. Their services include product marketing, engineering support, partnership development, and interim management.
The document discusses lessons learned from being an entrepreneur over 30 years in the diagnostics and life science industry. It covers the challenges of startups, including that 60% of companies fail within 6 months, 82% fail by 10 years, and 90% of new products fail. Key lessons are to use a consistent process to assess progress, understand exit plans, have clear roles, be honest with expectations, and hire only the best people. It also discusses the technology development cycle and importance of cash, partnerships, communication, embracing change, and good management.
Speaker: Raphael Ronen, Commercialization Manager, The Innovations Group (TIG)
Within universities and research institutions there are no shortage of good ideas; but not all of those ideas make commercial sense. In this lecture, we explore what makes a technology worthwhile commercializing. We also touch on some of the lessons we can take from the university setting and apply to any start-up technology.
Part of the CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 lecture series: http://www.marsdd.com/ent101
The document discusses the benefits of using a stage-gate process for new product development. It outlines that a well-defined stage-gate process provides structure, ensures cost objectives and timelines are established, and allows for cross-functional collaboration and oversight of projects. The stage-gate process divides new product development into stages with gate reviews between each stage to assess project scope, risks, and plans before committing further resources. This approach aims to speed development of high-quality, profitable products that meet customer needs.
Outside Chevron External Technology Development Presentation August 2009bchalonergill
The document summarizes Chevron's External Technology Development (ETD) group, which identifies and develops technologies from external sources to support Chevron's downstream manufacturing needs. ETD works closely with Global Manufacturing to address challenges in areas like reliability, process improvements, measurement, and environmental protection. Current projects include coatings for corrosion prevention, crude pretreatment, and emissions reductions. The goal is to rapidly assess, develop, and demonstrate promising external technologies through partnerships.
Accenture: Analytics journey to roi Feb 2013Brian Crotty
The document outlines a four stage journey to analytical maturity:
1) Data - how to explore and utilize multi-channel data from various sources
2) Analytics - identifying the right analytics and tools to drive outcomes and build capabilities
3) Insights - providing analytically-informed, issue-based insights at scale through services and expertise
4) Actions - embedding insights into key decisions and processes and scaling capabilities across organizations
This document discusses using directed innovation to generate creative solutions to difficult problems. It outlines a workflow for directed innovation that includes obtaining senior management sponsorship, selecting an experienced facilitator, identifying a high-value problem of the future, generating thought-provoking questions, selecting a diverse team of participants, using the questions to generate ideas in pairs, combining and evaluating the ideas, and tracking ideas to completion. The goal is to treat the innovation session like a project and manage it systematically to produce novel, high-quality solutions.
This document provides an overview of business analytics solutions for the airline maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) industry. It introduces Hexaware Technologies' business intelligence and analytics practice and capabilities. The presentation discusses trends in the MRO industry, key business questions analytics can address in areas like inventory, maintenance, and procurement. It demonstrates Hexaware's MRO analytics package and implementation approach. The goal is to illustrate how analytics can provide insights to help MRO organizations improve efficiency, reduce costs, and optimize operations.
The document discusses new product development strategies and processes. It covers identifying opportunities, generating ideas, developing concepts, screening concepts, developing marketing plans, testing products, and commercializing products. Key aspects include establishing cross-functional teams, conducting market research like focus groups, and using stage gates to evaluate concepts and progress new products through the development cycle. The overall process moves from the fuzzy front end of identifying opportunities through developing and launching new products.
The document discusses new product development strategies and processes. It begins by outlining reasons for new product failures, such as overestimating market size. It then describes various NPD strategies including developing original products, acquisitions, and product improvements. The core of the document focuses on the multi-stage NPD process, from opportunity identification and concept development to testing, marketing planning, and commercialization. Cross-functional teams and market research methods like focus groups are also emphasized.
The document discusses strategies for new product development. It outlines the NPD process, including identifying opportunities, generating and screening concepts, developing products, testing concepts and products, and commercializing successful new products. It emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and describes various NPD types, strategies for reducing time to market, and levers for improving the NPD process.
The document discusses new product development strategies and processes. It begins by outlining reasons for new product failures, such as overestimating market size. It then describes various NPD strategies including developing original products, acquisitions, and product improvements. The core of the document focuses on the multi-stage NPD process, from opportunity identification and concept development to testing, marketing planning, and commercialization. Cross-functional teams and market research methods like focus groups are also emphasized.
This document provides guidance on developing an effective copyright strategy using a holistic approach to intellectual property portfolios. It recommends analyzing competitive patent data and the technology stage of patent applications to assess strategy and identify areas for focus. The document also outlines general and invention-specific criteria for building a tailored patent filing strategy, and stresses the importance of aligning intellectual property strategies with corporate mission, vision, and business objectives. Key roles in organizational models for intellectual asset management are also discussed.
January 2012 - Business Law & Order - James DeaneAnnArborSPARK
This is the sequel to SPARK’s popular IP–1 session in October 2011. In this installment, we will provide the keys to technology licensing and university technology transfer. Mark Malven of Dykema Gossett PLLC will start by explaining the essentials entrepreneurs need to understand about technology licensing. Jim Deane from the UofM Tech Transfer Office will then talk about the many opportunities that exist for entrepreneurs to acquire cutting edge technology from universities, and how to work with university tech transfer offices.
Paris texas presentation richard selineAccelerateH2O
This document proposes strategies for sustainable manufacturing and innovation-oriented growth leveraging water resources and location. It discusses how water can provide competitive advantages and how a focus on location remains important in innovation strategies. The document advocates developing manufacturing, food production, and delivery models that are more sustainable and make better use of water resources and logistics networks.
Paris Texas Presentation Richard SelineAccelerateH2O
This document proposes strategies for sustainable manufacturing and innovation-oriented growth leveraging water resources and location. It discusses how water can provide competitive advantages and how a focus on location remains important in innovation strategies. The document advocates developing manufacturing, food production, and delivery models that are more sustainable and make better use of water resources and logistics networks.