Our expertise
Deep technical understanding, years of IP experience.
Having an analyst who can provide genuine insight into the field of search is essential. Technical backgrounds are matched to each specific project so the person reading the art understands the technology behind it.
Transparency and direct communication between the team working on the project and the client is what builds trust — and what ensures every opportunity for a favorable outcome is captured.
Technology domains
Software & E-commerce
Analysts with computing backgrounds pair classification-based patent review with technical literature to cover fast-moving software art.
- Artificial intelligence
- Data mining & analytics
- Databases
- Internet architecture
- Security & encryption
- Speech recognition
- User interfaces
- Payments & smartcards
Electronics & Semiconductors
Electrical engineering specialists searching device, circuit, and system art across patents and foreign-language sources.
- Circuit design
- Computer architecture
- Display technology
- Memory (DRAM/flash)
- Image sensors
- Microprocessors
- Navigation & GPS
- Semiconductor devices
Mechanical & Industrial
Mechanical engineers covering machinery, manufacturing processes, and consumer product art where drawings matter as much as text.
- Automotive systems
- HVAC
- Manufacturing processes
- Robotics & automation
- Packaging
- Medical devices
- Aerospace
- Energy systems
Chemistry & Materials
Chemists and materials scientists using structure, substance, and reaction searching alongside classification review.
- Polymers
- Catalysts
- Coatings & adhesives
- Batteries & clean tech
- Specialty chemicals
- Nanomaterials
- Petrochemicals
- Formulations
Life Sciences & Biotech
Advanced-degree analysts covering sequence, therapeutic, and diagnostic art across patents and the scientific literature.
- Pharmaceuticals
- Biologics & antibodies
- Genomics & sequences
- Diagnostics
- Drug delivery
- Bioinformatics
- Agricultural biotech
- Clinical methods
Telecom & Standards
Standards-aware searching for essentiality, infringement, and landscape work across wireless and networking technologies.
- 5G / LTE
- Wi-Fi & short range
- Video & audio codecs
- Network protocols
- Optical networking
- IoT
- Standards contributions
- SEP analysis
How we search
Coverage
US and foreign patents and applications, plus non-patent literature — conference proceedings, journals, monographs, theses, product manuals, and standards contributions.
Languages
Foreign-language art reviewed in the original language of publication, including German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, and Russian sources.
Method
Classification-based manual review combined with keyword, citation, and semantic strategies — documented so results are reproducible and defensible.
Delivery
Interim findings during the search, annotated reference lists, claim charts, and visual landscape maps tailored to how the client will use them.
Have a technology outside these areas?
Our analyst network extends well beyond this list. Tell us the subject matter and we'll confirm the right specialist before the search begins.
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