Portfolio Analysis
Knowledge is the key to a healthy IP portfolio. SLW’s portfolio analysis attorneys help companies identify the opportunities and vulnerabilities in their portfolio. And when you have that knowledge, we are ready to help you develop a strategy to keep your IP portfolio healthy and make it stronger.
These short videos highlight SLW's unique approach to portfolio analysis and managment:
What's in Your Patent Portfolio? (1:30) The first step in monetizing a patent portfolio is to understand what's in it. Edward Sandor explains how SLW provides clients with a claim-level view of their portfolios.
Increasing the Efficiency of a Patent Portfolio (1:54) Edward Sandor explains how efficiency in patent portfolio management is derived from both maximizing the value of existing assets and eliminating "dead weight" patents.
A Better Way to Organize a Patent Portfolio (3:50) Using an exclusive software and process developed at the firm, this is how Schwegman Lundberg organizes a patent portfolio.
Traditional Portfolio Management |
SLW’s Advanced Portfolio Management |
|---|---|
Each patent reviewed individually |
Patents mapped by claims to show a complete picture of coverage |
Tracks current patents for existing products and designs |
Uses claim tracking for future reference with related products, revealing the best investment of time and effort |
Identifies current competing patents |
Uses scope concepts to show areas of opportunity not covered by competing patents |
Builds the landscape manually; cost can increase considerably with complexity |
Arranges thousands of claims automatically without extra cost, making it easy to visualize strategies in a complex landscape |
Your patents represent a major factor in your company’s economic future. One of the top benefits of holding many patents is the advantage gained when competitors are blocked from making, using or selling your inventions. You may also be considering leveraging your patents through licensing. And you want to make sure your patents are forming an effective shield against litigation.
We understand your business goals and help you build patent assets that are going to give you the best return for your investment.
How is Our Portfolio Management Different?
Our unique ClaimBot® software tracks your patents by their claims, as well as by overarching “scope concepts,” for quick searching and accurate analysis. This gives us an extraordinarily clear view of your portfolio and the competitive landscape. We can, at any point, search for potentially relevant issued patents and pending published patent applications – including searching by technology, competitors, inventors’ names, with forward and backward searches of any interesting references.
Using this view, we can help you determine the strategies you want to pursue and answer questions including:
- Which jurisdictions, U.S. and foreign, do you need to be in?
- How aggressively should you be about filing?
- What does the competitive landscape look like?
- How can you improve your use of patents?
- Does the legal protection afforded by your patents support your company’s current position?
- Are your patent activities supporting your ability to compete?
- Where are unseen opportunities for your company’s innovation?
We also generate reports that show the return your company is getting for the investment you’ve made in intellectual property.
