Post on 27-Jul-2020
Magic of patent information
for commercialization
Mustafa ÇAKIRPatent Attorney at Sabanci University
RTTP, EuKTS Professional
IPR Helpdesk Ambassador in Turkey
General Secretary – LES Turkey
Board Member – The Assosiation of Technology Transfer Professionals in Turkey
SABANCI UNIVERSITY
17th
SABANCI UNIVERSITY
Full time researchers: 275
Research Budget per
researcher: 90.000 EURO
Patent families: 183
Spin-off companies: 22
TTO: 10 experts
PATENT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Resource: EPO
Licensing
Spin-off
New IP law
COMMERCIALIZATION ROUTES FOR THE INVENTIONS
• Patentability
• Invention-market fit
• Selection of
countries for patent
protection
• Discovering customer
segment for
commercialization
INVENTION ASSESSMENT
INVENTION ASSESSMENT
▪ INVALIDITY SEARCH
▪ NOVELTY SEARCH
▪ FREEDOM TO OPERATE SEARCH
▪ DISCOVERING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
▪ DISCOVERING NEWLY BORN TECHNOLOGIES
▪ DISCOVERING TALENTED INVENTORS FOR HEAD HUNTING
▪ DISCOVERING NEWLY BORN COMPANIES
▪ DISCOVERING POTENTIAL PARTNERS
▪ DISCOVERING COUNTRIES FOR VALIDATION
USE CASES FOR PATENT SEARCHING
PATENT INFORMATION
FREELY-AVAILABLE PATENT INFORMATION TOOLS
• Patent databases (free)• Espacenet
• WIPO patentscope
• Google patents
• GPI
• Patent Analytics (free)• Patentsview
• Lens.org
• Patent Analytics (subscription based)• Patsnap
• Patbase
• Ambercite
• Total Patent
• Patenteffect.com
SUBSCRIPTION-BASED MARKET INFORMATION TOOLS
• Market databases• EMIS - Emerging Markets Information Service
• Frost & Sullivan
• ORBIS
• EUROMONITOR
• LEXIS NEXIS
Directory of market search databases: https://www.greenbook.org/
▪ Potential application fields of the invention
▪ Market size
▪ Market value
▪ Market growth ratio
▪ Key players / Target customers
▪ Countries of Key players
MARKET DATA vs PATENT DATA
Secondary Search – Where can we find free market data?
Industry ReportsPatent Landscape Reports
Technology
Databases
Patent databases
Statistics
Annual Report of
companies
Fairs
Free market search
databases
Industry
Assosiations
https://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/
patenteffect.com
http://blog.patenteffect.com
Thank you.
mcakir@sabanciuniv.edu
Photography © Mustafa CAKIR «Cappadocia»