Technology | IP Research & Intelligence

Technology Scouting and Acquisition

• Identify acquisition target in fuel cell technologies suitable for wastewater treatment
• Patent portfolio due-diligence related to PEMFC for the acquisition by a leading automotive player
• Identify technologies related to hybrid energy systems based on solar and wind

White Space Analysis

• Understand the key challenges leading to heat loss in geothermal systems
• Ascertain the key problems associated with biomass collection and processing
• Identify problems associated with regenerative braking in the fuel cell driven vehicles

Technology Landscape | Innovation Focus

• Technology landscape in the domain of solar concentrators
• Ascertain the development status of the technology related to microbial fuel cell
• Competitive benchmarking related to the design of the wind blades

Monetizing Existing Technical Know-how

• Patent portfolio valuation of advanced lead acid batteries with carbon coated electrodes
• Valuation of patent portfolio related to advanced breaker box to switch automatically between solar and utility power
• Assess and identify go-to-market strategy for a polymer supplier in the fuel cell market

R&D Strategy Roadmaps

• Understand the relation between wind turbine blade size and energy output
• Technology support for development of solar tracking systems
• Understand the development of advanced lead acid batteries

Product Design for Emerging Technologies and Markets

• Development of advanced breaker box for implementation in the solar ready home
• Develop algorithms used for grid frequency matching & control for used in solar farms
• Design support for products that can help in optimizing the output of wind farm using IoT

Prosecution Support

• Novelty search for invention related to drives used in sun tracking photovoltaic system
• Patentability study related to a transformerless inverter with PWM topologies
• Draft patent application and prosecution support for an invention in hydrogen fuel cell

Prior Art Searches

• Invalidation study of a patent related to method of ash removal from biomass
• Clearance search related to excitation system for synchronous generator used in hydro power plant
• FTO study related to a wind turbine blade, in US, Europe, Brazil, and Canada jurisdictions

Portfolio Analysis

• Patent quality assessment for a portfolio related to wind turbine installation vessel
• Patent portfolio analysis of companies manufacturing geothermal exchange systems
• Identify the standard essential patents related to solar energy generation

Technology or Patent Landscape

• Patent landscape study related to techniques for preventing corrosion of turbines
• Competitive landscape study related to hydrogen fuel cell
• Competitive benchmark for a portfolio related to the aerodynamic braking of wind turbine

Licensing Program Support

• In-licensing support for an environmental parameter monitoring systems portfolio
• Target identification for out-licensing of patent portfolio related to decommissioning of an offshore windmill
• Identify patent licensing targets for material used in thin film coating of solar panel on windows

M&A Support

• Enabled strategic alliance for an industrial automation player and a solar farm installer
• Identified company providing system simulation technology for electric power plant
• Identification of SMEs working on biomass waste management