Our client needed a freedom to operate analysis prior to submitting a PCT patent application. The deadline was in 10 days. An alternative patent search solution would take 5-10 days to complete: with limited information on the search methodology and no opportunity for feedback. CambridgeIP was able to provide a 72 hours turnaround, providing not only the information required for the client’s freedom-to-operate analysis, but the wealth of strategically important analytics that come standard in our IP Landscape report.
IP Landscape Production Process
Using our TechBoundary methodology we delineated the client’s technology space, whilst he was on a plane from the UK to East Asia. After a feedback loop requested by the client, we delivered the results of our IP Landscape report. Using our Patent Ranking tool the client undertook a freedom to operate analysis.
The analytics from the IP Landscape Report helped the client’s lawyer draft a more focused patent application. For instance:
The report was delivered on time, at a low cost, enabling the client to meet a tight deadline. In addition, the client identified little known areas of application of his technology, and improved his understanding of who the key inventors and assignees in the space.
The figure below shows our standard production process for an IP Landscape Report, which usually takes as little 5-7 days. However in urgent cases we can do a 72 hour turnaround.
