1. Patent Landscaping
Patent landscaping reports offered by Nextlex provide detailed technical and patent sections over a particular technology. The report landscapes the Patent filing and technology advancements across years. The Patent section covers segments over a period of time to outline the graph of the said technology. This includes :
- Patent filing across years
- Patent publication and grants across years and geographical origin
- Patent filing and grant activities via PCT, US, EP, JP etc
- IPC filings across years.
- Assignees and new entrants into the technology including the year of entrant, the technology of entrant and the growth curve of leading assignees
- Co-inventor and inventor shift analysis
- Technology evolution across years including the entrant of new sub-technology and the branching of the main technology.
- Market research and potential marketing predictions
Further more, the landscaping reports also help identify the potential licencees in a particular segment and assignees interested in licensing of patents.
2.Patent Tracking
Nextlex’s patent tracking services provide a unique tracking of patent publications and grants in the listed geographies, over a regular period of time. The tracking is a customised service conducted for clients as per requested time intervals such as weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis. The reports identifies patent activity including the relevant bibilographic details pertaining to a particular technology or assignees. Patent tracking services also include Patent Portfolio Management for periodical review of the patent and followup of renewal fees and infringement search to identify potential infringements.
3.Patent Drafting
From Drafting provisional patent applications to complete patent application across the said technologies, Nextlex offers support in technical drafting of patents and drawings. The patent draft report for provisional applications would comprise the title, background of the invention with prior art references, general description, technical description, advantages over the existing art and market benefits.
Additionally, a conceptual art of the invention is also provided based on the project requirements.
Patent Illustration
Nextlex’s patent illustration service covers design patents and utility patents.
We have the best artists, graphic designers, and engineers in the patent illustration team. Our patent drawing accurately depicts the nature and form of the invention. We use different types of illustration techniques to best capture the idea. We use line drawing for certain illustration to accurately capture and maintain consistency from all of the figure’s view points and clearly and concisely represent the idea. We also use Bitmap- in order to enhance the quality of the illustrations. We also use Stipple for capturing a design in its basics.