IP Analysis Platform Scoring and Visualization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Analyzing intellectual-property portfolios to identify valuable insights and make decisions is challenging due to the difficulty in extracting relevant information from large datasets and determining which data types to utilize effectively.

Innovation Solution

An intellectual-property analysis platform is developed to provide a qualitative analysis of IP assets using data from various sources, featuring a scoring component with sub-components for coverage, opportunity, and exposure, along with a user interface for visualizing metrics, enabling users to assess IP portfolios comprehensively.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If comprehensive IP portfolio analysis is performed using multiple data sources and metrics, then the quality and depth of insights improve, but the complexity of the analysis system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanalysis qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The analysis system is divided into multiple independent sub-components including coverage analysis, opportunity analysis, exposure analysis, and visualization components. Each sub-component processes specific aspects of IP portfolio data separately, then results are integrated to provide comprehensive insights. This segmentation reduces system complexity while maintaining analysis quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces intermediary components such as the coverage determination module, opportunity determination module, and exposure determination module that act as mediators between raw IP data and final analysis results. These intermediaries process and structure data from multiple sources before presenting integrated insights, managing complexity through layered processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple types of IP data are collected and analyzed from various sources, then the comprehensiveness of portfolio assessment improves, but the difficulty of data processing and management increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata coverageVSAvoiddata processing difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The analysis platform is designed with universal components that can process multiple types of IP data (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets) from various sources through a unified framework. The system uses standardized data structures and processing pipelines that adapt to different data types, enabling comprehensive data coverage without proportionally increasing processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts analysis parameters and data collection criteria based on the specific IP portfolio being analyzed. Different weightings, time periods, and metric thresholds are applied depending on the analysis objectives, allowing the system to handle diverse data types efficiently by adapting processing parameters rather than requiring separate processing pipelines for each data type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If detailed metrics and visualizations are provided for IP assets, then the usefulness for decision-making improves, but the complexity of the analysis tool increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedecision-making usefulnessVSAvoidtool complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The visualization component provides different levels of detail and different types of visual representations for different aspects of IP portfolio analysis. Coverage metrics are displayed with geographic maps and portfolio composition charts, opportunity metrics use market analysis visualizations, and exposure metrics employ risk assessment graphs. Each visualization is optimized for its specific purpose, providing locally tailored quality without requiring a single complex universal visualization system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20230086930A1Intellectual-property analysis platform
Publication Date: 2023.03.23 MOAT METRICS INC DBA MOAT
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AI summary

Systems and methods for generation and use of intellectual-property (IP) analysis platform architectures are disclosed. A scoring component may be utilized to produce scores for IP assets using user seeded searches in varying areas of interest, such as, for example, target technical fields, targeted publications, targeted products, and/or competitor entity portfolios. The scoring component may be further utilized to produce an interactive graphical element including a spatial representation of the scoring of IP assets. The interactive graphical element may include various functionalities and/or information associated with the of IP assets. The scoring component may utilize data from a coverage component, an opportunity component and/or an exposure component to assess a comprehensive score associated with a group of IP assets of a targeted entity.