Establishes what has already been done or what solutions are available in a technology area. With so many innovative products and processes under research or development it may be useful for any research or funding organisations to know the state of the art.

Discovers what your competitors are patenting, or reveals their registered design or trade mark profiles. Both standard and non-standard terms are searched (i.e. variations arising from misspellings, transliterations, translations and abbreviations), and subsidiary and parent companies are investigated if required. Our report can list all documents in an inventor or assignee name, or can be limited by subject matter.

Identifies corporations or law firms as suitable targets for marketing and assesses their patenting activity.

Reviews the state of technology in a particular field and identifies potential gaps that could be exploited. Exact definition of a patent map or landscape varies from client to client but we believe our high level of intellectual input greatly facilitates the assessment of intellectual property risks, technology trends, competitors' activities and new business opportunities when compared to automated patent mapping systems.