Business Intelligence…… ……..on a shoestring Elsie Quaite-Randall FPTT, June 2009

…Business Intelligence?  TTO’s need to access different types of intelligence…..  What widget have we got?  Can we patent our widget?  Who would like to have our widget?  What widgets do they already have?  What would they give for our widget?

What widget have we got?  Scientific Literature search  Medline  Web of Science  University Database  Full documents:  University Library  Publisher

Can we patent our widget?  Patent Searching  USPTO, CIPO  Free Patents Online  Chemical structures  Google Patents

Who would like to have our widget?  Generic Patent intelligence…..  Lot of work using free databases  Specialized Patent intelligence…..  Delphion  USPTO : PublicPAIR  Thompson ThemeScape

What widgets do they already have?  Delphion  Allows analysis of assignees based on patent data: - citation analysis; cluster analysis etc  Company website  Often includes IP that they have licensed from others…..

New Invention reported to milo  Stem cell research group  New method to produce pluripotent stem cells  They think it could revolutionize the way stem cells are manufactured

What is a patent?  Shiny ribbon attached  Expensive  Filing fees  Maintenance fees  Sought after by many  Thomas Edison had 1,093 U.S. patents  He also abandoned applications  He had more than 1,200 non-U.S. patents