Patent Portfolio Analysis for a Semiconductor Manufacturer

Patent Portfolio Analysis for a Semiconductor Manufacturer

Leading international semiconductor and infrastructure software products company

The Ask

Assessed coverage & potential of client’s patent portfolio and identified patents having high infringement potential. Key questions that the client needed answers to:

  • What is key problem targeted in the patents? What are potential applications of the patented technologies?

  • What are key marketed components or features in the competitors’ products?

  • What are the top patents from the client’s portfolio having high infringement detectability?

Our Solution

01.
Ranked patents based on quantitative parameters as per Iota Analytics' Q-factor (P)
  • Downloaded bibliographic details of the patent portfolio

  • Sanitized bibliographic details (such as forward citations to remove duplicates)

  • Finalized relevance of each parameter based on the client’s objective (such grant has high importance for assertion scenarios)

01.
Ranked patents based on quantitative parameters as per Iota Analytics' Q-factor (P)
  • Downloaded bibliographic details of the patent portfolio

  • Sanitized bibliographic details (such as forward citations to remove duplicates)

  • Finalized relevance of each parameter based on the client’s objective (such grant has high importance for assertion scenarios)

01.
Ranked patents based on quantitative parameters as per Iota Analytics' Q-factor (P)
  • Downloaded bibliographic details of the patent portfolio

  • Sanitized bibliographic details (such as forward citations to remove duplicates)

  • Finalized relevance of each parameter based on the client’s objective (such grant has high importance for assertion scenarios)

02.
Conducted strategic manual analysis of the patents to categorize them under different applications
  • Analyzed top 500 patents in detail to understand Reverse Engineering requirements, targeted product and market

  • Analyzed remaining patents quickly to gauge other subjective factors

  • Performed quick market analysis to understand market potential and competition

02.
Conducted strategic manual analysis of the patents to categorize them under different applications
  • Analyzed top 500 patents in detail to understand Reverse Engineering requirements, targeted product and market

  • Analyzed remaining patents quickly to gauge other subjective factors

  • Performed quick market analysis to understand market potential and competition

02.
Conducted strategic manual analysis of the patents to categorize them under different applications
  • Analyzed top 500 patents in detail to understand Reverse Engineering requirements, targeted product and market

  • Analyzed remaining patents quickly to gauge other subjective factors

  • Performed quick market analysis to understand market potential and competition

03.
Created a visual map of overlaps between potential applications and patent clusters
  • Visual map with patent portfolio, products and markets. Flagged portfolio elements with high potential based on:

    • Market size

    • Comprehensiveness of portfolio

    • Availability of information publicly

    • Competition in the market

    • Type of product

    • Claims

03.
Created a visual map of overlaps between potential applications and patent clusters
  • Visual map with patent portfolio, products and markets. Flagged portfolio elements with high potential based on:

    • Market size

    • Comprehensiveness of portfolio

    • Availability of information publicly

    • Competition in the market

    • Type of product

    • Claims

03.
Created a visual map of overlaps between potential applications and patent clusters
  • Visual map with patent portfolio, products and markets. Flagged portfolio elements with high potential based on:

    • Market size

    • Comprehensiveness of portfolio

    • Availability of information publicly

    • Competition in the market

    • Type of product

    • Claims

04.
Shortlisted top 50 patents as per Iota Analytics' Q-factor (S)
  • Shortlisted high quality patents in the portfolio and flagged them as high potential patents

  • Analyzed shortlisted patents in a staged manner to optimize the budget of the client and prepared claim-charts wherever possible

04.
Shortlisted top 50 patents as per Iota Analytics' Q-factor (S)
  • Shortlisted high quality patents in the portfolio and flagged them as high potential patents

  • Analyzed shortlisted patents in a staged manner to optimize the budget of the client and prepared claim-charts wherever possible

04.
Shortlisted top 50 patents as per Iota Analytics' Q-factor (S)
  • Shortlisted high quality patents in the portfolio and flagged them as high potential patents

  • Analyzed shortlisted patents in a staged manner to optimize the budget of the client and prepared claim-charts wherever possible

Outcomes

Litigation
Enforcement
  • High activity in the market as large number of players are available

  • Patented features are usually marketed and published in detail (or RE required up to input/output testing)

Litigation
Enforcement
  • High activity in the market as large number of players are available

  • Patented features are usually marketed and published in detail (or RE required up to input/output testing)

Litigation
Enforcement
  • High activity in the market as large number of players are available

  • Patented features are usually marketed and published in detail (or RE required up to input/output testing)

Partnership
Bundling
  • The features are just added on to one of the key patents, although cannot be mapped, but pitch-book can be prepared to highlight value proposition

Partnership
Bundling
  • The features are just added on to one of the key patents, although cannot be mapped, but pitch-book can be prepared to highlight value proposition

Partnership
Bundling
  • The features are just added on to one of the key patents, although cannot be mapped, but pitch-book can be prepared to highlight value proposition

SEP – Standard Essential Patents
Licensing
  • Since patents are related to standards, there is high probability of accessing online information

SEP – Standard Essential Patents
Licensing
  • Since patents are related to standards, there is high probability of accessing online information

SEP – Standard Essential Patents
Licensing
  • Since patents are related to standards, there is high probability of accessing online information

Strategic Advice
  • These patents can be discarded as technologies that are outdated/ not preferred in the market

  • It can also be donated to the industry for creating future infringement opportunity

Strategic Advice
  • These patents can be discarded as technologies that are outdated/ not preferred in the market

  • It can also be donated to the industry for creating future infringement opportunity

Strategic Advice
  • These patents can be discarded as technologies that are outdated/ not preferred in the market

  • It can also be donated to the industry for creating future infringement opportunity

Outcomes

Litigation
Enforcement
  • High activity in the market as large number of players are available

  • Patented features are usually marketed and published in detail (or RE required up to input/output testing)

Partnership
Bundling
  • The features are just added on to one of the key patents, although cannot be mapped, but pitch-book can be prepared to highlight value proposition

SEP – Standard Essential Patents
Licensing
  • Since patents are related to standards, there is high probability of accessing online information

Strategic Advice
  • These patents can be discarded as technologies that are outdated/ not preferred in the market

  • It can also be donated to the industry for creating future infringement opportunity

Impact

Budget Optimization
  • 50%: Reduction in annuity payment for non-valuable assets

  • 3: Licensing agreements

  • 20: Patent covering peripheral technologies bundled with high-valued patents

Budget Optimization
  • 50%: Reduction in annuity payment for non-valuable assets

  • 3: Licensing agreements

  • 20: Patent covering peripheral technologies bundled with high-valued patents

Budget Optimization
  • 50%: Reduction in annuity payment for non-valuable assets

  • 3: Licensing agreements

  • 20: Patent covering peripheral technologies bundled with high-valued patents

Impact

Budget Optimization
  • 50%: Reduction in annuity payment for non-valuable assets

  • 3: Licensing agreements

  • 20: Patent covering peripheral technologies bundled with high-valued patents

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United Kingdom

lota Analytics UK Limited

4 King's Bench Walk,

London EC4Y 7DL

United Kingdom

India

lota Analytics Private Limited 1-8 Chandigarh Technology Park, Chandigarh - 160003 India

United States

Iota Analytics Inc.

8800 Roswell Road, Bldg. C,
Suite 230, Atlanta, GA, 30350
United States

© 2024 Iota Analytics. All rights reserved.

United Kingdom

lota Analytics UK Limited

4 King's Bench Walk,

London EC4Y 7DL

United Kingdom

India

lota Analytics Private Limited 1-8 Chandigarh Technology Park, Chandigarh - 160003 India

United States

Iota Analytics Inc.

8800 Roswell Road, Bldg. C,
Suite 230, Atlanta, GA, 30350
United States

© 2024 Iota Analytics. All rights reserved.