Patanalyse Ltd specializes in providing high-quality patent search and analysis services, utilizing a unique combination of proprietary search management systems and artificial intelligence to deliver tailored patent information to clients. Their innovative methodology improves the accuracy and completeness of patent searches, significantly outperforming traditional strategies, and supports various client needs such as competitor intelligence, technology scouting, and litigation support. The firm’s expertise has been recognized by clients across multiple industries, underscoring their ability to transform complex patent data into actionable business insights.

1. Dr. Victor ZhitomirskyPatAnalyse LtdNew frontiersin the strategic useof patent information

2. SummaryPatAnalyse is in the business of deliveringIP intelligence to its clients. We take responsibility for finding the patent information required by our clients and then structure and make sense of itTo deliver a project we use a proprietary, comprehensive search management system to capture expert judgements and combine these with artificial intelligence analysis to produce a pre-analysed universe of data tailored exactly to each client’s needs Our experience in technology consultancy allows us to provide an interpretation of the ‘competitive intelligence landscape’; our analysis is closely aligned to the client’s business strategy Our client, as the user, first influences how the universe of patent data is gathered and structured and then can exploit it using the on-line patent management system provided by PatAnalyse

3. Our core strengthWe transform the patent search process from ‘black magic’ into a logical and fully traceable self-learning iteration processWe provide consultancy services underpinned by patent searches of unprecedented accuracy and completeness using our unique search management tools Our ‘expert judgment’ approach is integrated with artificial intelligence algorithms and is fully controlled by subject area expertsIt is not unusual for us to find up to four times more patents in clients’ areas of interest compared to the results provided by our competitorsOur clients are usually shocked when they learn the limitations of the conventional patent search strategies used by their advisors or internal teams

4. Improved efficiencyPatAnalyse has developed innovative methodsusing modern ‘Software as a Service’ technologiesOur algorithms are unique in providing capabilities beyond iterative assistance with finding and using all relevant patent codes and keywords – albeit critically important. The methodology is based on a pattern recognition algorithm and can find an additional 30% of patents which are misclassified in the European or US patent offices. These extra patents might well contain the documents that prove critical to the patent strategies of our clientsSpecial emphasis is also given to:correcting and enhancing raw bibliographic recordsefficiency of task distribution

5. organising collaboration between experts

6. assisting our clients with mining patent data in the post-project phaseWhat is PatAnalyse?Integrated technology consultancy specialising inhigh quality patent searching and strategic analysisThe PatAnalyse core team has been working together for over a decade in the technology consultancy cluster in Cambridge, UK Over the years the team has delivered a wide variety of patent landscape assignments for Blue Chip health care, medical devices, telecom, industrial, white goods, domestic and consumer goods companiesOur clients have access to an unparalleled skill set: our teams of diverse subject experts and seasoned business consultants work together to provide collective ‘IP Intelligence’

7. “Many of the answers to key questions of technology and business strategy can be found in the patent databases if you know how to find them. PatAnalyse has the powerful tools and expertise to do this and to present the answers using clear, easy to communicate, views of patent landscapes”Alan MacDougall, European Patent Attorneypartner at Mathys & SquireConsulting services

8. SummaryPremium services which are critically dependenton the completeness of the patent searching results 'Patent landscape' studies of international R&D trends, used for:competitor intelligence

9. technology scouting

10. white space analysis

11. licensing-in (e.g. through open innovation)

12. technology forecasting, technology road mapping Litigation support for nullifying claims of asserted patentsFreedom to operate (FTO) analysis Due-diligence studies before in-licensing or acquisition Strategic portfolio alignment

13. Our analysis is provided in combination with the understanding of the business issues facing the client organisationIP ‘intelligence’ services

14. Our flagship offering helps to close the feedback loopbetween Business Strategy and IP ManagementCompetitor intelligence and technology scoutingdetailed analysis of each top company and each technology clusteridentified novel solutions, white spaces and potential partnerssystematic approach to Open Innovation technology scouting there is a chance that competitors are doing it already!Our findings contribute to technology forecasting and management

15. Patent mapping benefitsA Patent Mapping study is a ‘deep dive’ into the Invisibleweb - to the information derived from patent databasesWhat technologies are already deployed and what is emerging?What are the benefits that these emerging technologies bring?Their ownership positionWhether there is any apparent ‘white space’ in the IP landscape?How serious are IP threats?What opportunities there are to in-license patents from third parties?Benchmark the clients’ existing patent portfolio against competitorsInform the strategic decision makers in the client organisationAlign research budgets according to the gained intelligence

16. Case study: Advanced Energy Storage TechnologiesThe de-duplication algorithm aggregated about 12,000simple patent families from about 40,000 national patentsThe iterative search was build up using a combination of110 assignees 1,200 inventors 2,600 patent codes (including IPC, ECLA, ICO, US, and Derwent) 1,250 keywordsAll forward and backward citations were added to the portfolioOnly 3% of patent families were left unassigned in the raw patent records more than 40% of US patents were left unassignedthe latest assignee information was taken from INPADOC legal file; this information is available for 90% of US patents

17. Advanced Energy Storage TechnologiesTop Assignees vs. technical categories for genericLithium batteries Assignment to technology category is done by subject experts; each technology category in the source data appears on one row of the Intensity map.This legend shows the non-linear colourscale used to convert the numbers ineach cell to a specific colourDarker colours indicatehigher levels of activityA bar chart shows the total number of documents in therow or column. In this case, the bar chart shows the totalnumber of documents in each technical categoryUnified assignee informationfor each patent familyappears on each column

18. Strategic Review for UK Government, 2006

19. Litigation SupportWe are frequently carrying out the litigation support projects on a success fee basis – charging only a nominal sum at the start of the project to establish a formal relationship and getting paid depending on the number of prior art documents identified by us that are actually used by our clients in the process of invalidating the asserted patents.The first claim of about 90% of granted patents can be invalidated

20. Case Study: Saving our Client from Disastrous LawsuitClient saved several millions of Euros which would havehad to be spent on a complete product redesignCompany X received a notice of infringement letter

21. Initial attempts to obtain an invalidity or non-infringement opinion failed

22. The launch of new products in the quickly growing market became at threat

23. PatAnalyse approached the search as an iterative self-learning process

24. The export of the final search request (written using Boolean logic) took up 20 pages in the standard text editor program All references to/from the broadly relevant patent documents were added

25. Overall 8,000 patent were screened, and 80 most relevant patents identified