technology scouting in questel orbit

Today’s session:Technology development projects

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Welcome to Questel’s Webinar The presentation will start in a few minutes.

Gilles CRUANESgcruanes@questel.com

Eugénie MERIGEAULTemerigeault@questel.com

QuestelLeading you all along the IP lifecycle

IP Business Intelligence

Technology development projects

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• Introduction– Questel– IPBI packaging

• How to elaborate technology scouting projects? A 3-step process1- Identify technologies in the defined domain (Analysis module)2- Evaluate technologies (Technology scouting module)3- Take decision (Licensing In module)

• Q/A• Conclusion

– Benefits / ROI– Next step– Stay tuned

Agenda

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LEGAL RISKASSESSMENT

SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS ALL ALONGTHE INNOVATION LIFECYCLE

TECHNOLOGYDEVELOPMENT

PRODUCTDEVELOPMENT

MARKET DEVELOPMENT

ASSETMONETIZATION

BusinessNeeds

IP AssetManagement

TECHNOLOGYSCOUTING

ORBIT FOR…

ProductivityTools

INNOVATIONCAPTURE

INVENTORPORTAL DOCKETING MONETIZATION

LICENSING-IN

BUSINESS RISKASSESSMENT

ABILITY TO EXCLUDE

PORTFOLIO PRUNING

LICENSABLEART

LICENSING-OUT

Find technology Mitigate risks Sustain advantage Maximize profit

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Use case: Technology and skill scouting in Lithium-Air Batteries

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Technology and skill scouting in Lithium-Air batteries -Graphene patents for Lithium Air cathode

Scenario:The company Robert Bosch that already owns a portfolioin Lithium Air batteries, wants to improve its portfolio byadding patents using graphene.

Use case

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• Creating a database focusing on Lithium Air batteries

1. Identify technologies in the defined domain

Keywordsx

Similarity

Highlighting, KWIC,

conceptsManualreview

50% 50% 100% 100%

Lithium Air database (632

patents)

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Computerized assisted reading

Investment Trend

• Increasing investment over the last decade Great technological interest

• Strong academic activity the past few years Potential licensing opportunities

• Some small players and startupsTrend

70%

30%

Incompletedata

(publication delay)

Incompletedata

(publication delay)

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Identification of graphene containing patents

90%10%

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Main players

90%10%

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50%50%

Potential inventors to hire

Selection of graphene patents to analyse

Potential technologies to acquire / partnership opportunities

Final clean up : to remove 4 patents co-filed between one academic and one industrial player and one patent already dead 47 patents

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Selection of graphene patents to analyse

Lithium Air database (632

patents)

Graphene basedLithium Air patent to study (47 alive

patents)

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2. Evaluate technology (Technology scouting module)

100%

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Technology Scouting

Metrics adjustable according to the user’s own practice

50%

50%

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Technology Scouting50%50%

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Selection of high potential patents

Lithium Air database (632

patents)

Graphene basedLithium Air patent to study (47 patents)

Graphene basedLithium Air patents

with highestpotential (3 patents)

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To perform such an analysis, it is necessary to define three sets of patents:

• Your own portfolio (Here we choose Robert Bosch– 23 patent families which are related to Lithium Air batteries)

• The set of patents that seem to be promising. (Based on the Technology Scouting – 3 patent families)

• The environment (set used in the first part – 632 patent families)

3. Take decision (Licensing In module)

70%30%

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Legal Evaluation

Robert Bosch

Except for the metric concerning the number of patents with over 5 years left, technology scouting portfolio improves the Robert Bosch’s portfolio in almost all the legal metrics.

Set from technology scouting

The technology scouting set helps Robert Bosch portfolio get better and stronger.

Metric low for the technology scouting portfolio because of its low volume (2 five patent families but 100% of them have over 5 years left)

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Technical Evaluation

Tech Scouting patents are highly cited, thus indicating interest from other parties

The tech scouting portfolio improves the Robert Bosch portfolio even if it was already well positioned in terms of originality

From a technical stand point, the situation can be compared to the legal evaluation graph.

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Geographical evaluationIn terms of geographical metrics, the two portfolios seem to complement one another. The

low values for the Tech scouting portfolio are linked to its very small size (only 3 patent families)

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Interested parties

- Here is a list of companies citing the most the patents from the Technology Scouting portfolio

- In theory those companies might also be interested in buying or licensing in these patents.

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Take a decision

Lithium Air database(632 patents)

Graphene basedLithium Air patent to study (47 patents)

Graphene basedLithium Air patents

with highestpotential (3 patents)

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Intangible assets

Copyrights

Cooperativeagreements

Manufacturingcapacity

Know‐how

Business location

Trademarks

Q&A

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Gilles Cruanesgcruanes@questel.com

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