SME tailor-designed patent portfolio analysis

Gudrun Littmann-Hilmer and Michael Kuckartz

World Patent Information, 2009, vol. 31, issue 4, 273-277

Abstract: The management of patents is acknowledged to be closely correlated to a company's profits. Thus, evaluation of patent portfolios is an essential task for companies producing or depending on technology-related products. While global players and consultants already have considerable experience in this field, no tool has so far been available that meets SME requirements. The Innovation and Patent-Centre at the Chamber of Commerce in Hamburg, a German think tank for patent management, has now developed a tool specially suited for SMEs. The article describes the methodology of the tool and compares it to other state-of-the-art tools. The tool gives an easy-to-understand overview for personnel with different professional backgrounds and facilitates strategic cross-functional discussions. Field tests carried out with SMEs in different industry sectors and with varying patent portfolio sizes and structures have shown good results.

Keywords: Patent; strategy; Business; strategy; Patent; management; IP; management; Patent; evaluation; Patent; portfolio; analysis; SME; Medium-sized; companies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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