STRATEGY
Patent Landscapes & Intelligence
from$6,000
Delivered in 15 business days
- One defined technology field
- Documented patent dataset
- Technical taxonomy and assignee analysis
- Notable patents and supporting spreadsheet
Patent landscapes & intelligence
Turn patent information into a clearer view of the technology landscape.
Structured studies of patent activity within a defined technology field: who is filing, on what, and how the technical themes break down — grounded in a documented dataset you can inspect.
FROM $6,000 · 15 BUSINESS DAYS · FIXED FEE · DETAILS
Raw patent counts don’t answer strategic questions.
Patent databases make it easy to produce charts. They make it hard to know whether the underlying set is the right one, whether the categories mean anything technically, and which individual documents actually matter.
A useful landscape starts with a carefully defined field, a dataset whose boundaries are documented, and technical categorisation done by someone who understands the subject matter.
What the research covers
01
Field definition
We agree the technical boundaries of the study and the questions it should answer.
02
Dataset construction
Patent sets built from documented queries and classifications, refined for relevance.
03
Technical categorisation
Documents grouped into technical themes defined for the field, not generic classification codes.
04
Assignee analysis
The organisations active in the field and where their filings concentrate.
05
Trends
Filing and publication activity over time, where the data supports it.
06
Notable documents
Individual patents and families that stand out technically or strategically.
Workflow
How an engagement runs.
- 01
Define the question
Agree the field, the decisions the study should inform and the output format.
- 02
Build the dataset
Construct and refine the patent set with documented queries.
- 03
Categorise
Develop a technical taxonomy and classify documents against it.
- 04
Analyse
Examine assignees, themes, trends and notable documents.
- 05
Report
Deliver findings, visualisations and the supporting dataset where agreed.
Deliverables
What you receive.
The exact deliverables are agreed in the quotation. A typical report includes:
- Landscape report
- Findings on the field’s structure, activity and notable developments.
- Technical taxonomy
- The categories used, with definitions and representative documents.
- Assignee overview
- Active organisations and their technical focus areas.
- Notable patents
- Selected documents with summaries and reasons for inclusion.
- Supporting dataset
- The underlying document list with categories, where agreed.
- Method and limitations
- How the dataset was built and where its boundaries lie.
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Grounded in a known dataset
Every figure traces back to a document set whose construction is written down.
Technically meaningful categories
Themes reflect how the technology actually divides, which makes the results usable.
Specific, not just statistical
Alongside trends, you get the individual documents worth reading.
Landscapes describe patent activity. They are not freedom-to-operate or infringement assessments, which require legal analysis.
Price & delivery
From $6,000, delivered in 15 business days.
A fixed fee for an agreed scope, confirmed in writing before any work starts. No hourly billing. Larger scopes are quoted as a fixed add-on, and the quote is free with no obligation.
What can change the fee
- Breadth of the technology field
- Size of the resulting dataset
- Granularity of technical categorisation
- Jurisdictions and date range
- Visualisation and dataset deliverables
- Deadline
Rush delivery in half the standard time: +50%. 50% on acceptance of the quote, 50% on delivery. Invoiced via Stripe (card or bank transfer). All pricing
Questions
About this service.
Which patent data do you use?
Publicly available patent data sources. The sources and queries used are documented in the report so the dataset can be reproduced or extended.
Can you include non-patent publications?
Where it helps answer the question and the material is publicly accessible, yes. We agree this during scoping.
Will we receive the underlying data?
If agreed as a deliverable, yes — typically as a spreadsheet of documents with their categories and key bibliographic fields.
Is a landscape a freedom-to-operate analysis?
No. It can help identify documents for counsel to review, but FTO is a legal assessment.
Tell us what you’re investigating.
Describe your research objective and we’ll come back with a proposed scope, deliverables and a fixed-fee quotation.
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