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Why most patent claims read on less than people think they do The first time an IP leader runs a claim mapping exercise on an inherited portfolio, the result is usually uncomfortable. Roughly 60-70% of the claims map cleanly to something — a product feature, a competitor product, a defensive position. The other 30-40% read […]

Why most IP improvement projects do not produce the promised improvements The standard IP improvement project at a growth-stage company runs about a quarter. The IP leader engages a consultant or runs an internal exercise. A strategy document gets produced. A few new processes get launched. The next quarter the function returns to roughly the […]

Why the category looks different than it did three years ago Patent intelligence software has been a category for thirty years. The fundamentals — search and retrieval, landscape analysis, competitive monitoring — have not changed. What has changed materially in the last two to three years is the operating context the software has to fit […]

Why “more patents” is not a portfolio strategy The instinct, at most growing IP-intensive companies, is to measure the IP function by output volume. Filings per quarter. Patents granted this year. Portfolio size relative to the cohort. The metric is easy to track, easy to report, and easy to defend in a budget conversation. It […]