Table of Contents
PART I: PATENT IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION
- DUE DILLIGENCE ANALYSIS
- EVALUATION OF TARGET COMPANY IP PORTFOLIO
- VALIDITY ASSESSMENT/STRENGHT OF KEY PATENTS
- REVIEW OF KEY PATENT EXPIRATION DATES AND USEFULL LIFE
- PATENTABILITY OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- PATENT SEARCH AND CLASSIFICATION
- FREEDOM TO OPERATE REVIEWS
- PATENTS BY TECHNOLOGY
- KEY INVENTIONS
- COUNTRY DISTRIBUTION [US and European Patent Offices]
- INVENTORS’ NAME ON THE FILINGS
- FREQUENCY
- NAME OF INVENTOR
- OTHER PATENTS PRIOR TO JOINING THE COMPANY
- INFLUENTIAL PATENTS HAVING HIGH IMPACT
- LEADING EDGE TECHNOLOGY
- CROSS LICENSING
- CITATION DIAGRAMS AND LINKAGES
- CONCLUSIONS
- MAJOR SCIENTIFIC DISIPLINES
- DIRECTIONALITY OF PATENTS
PART II: PATENT CLUSTER ANALYSIS AND FORECAST
- TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE PATENTS POSSIBILITIES
- CURRENT EMPHASIS
- EMERGING FOCUS
- FADING INTEREST
- PATENT FOCUS [PRESENT,AND FUTURE]
- NEW PRODUCTS
- PRODUCT LINE EXTENSIONS
- TOTAL NEW PRODUCTS
- INVENTORY OF SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS
- KEY STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
- FUTURE DIRECTION FORECAST
OVERALL CONCLUSIONS