Bob Stembridge Patent analysis and graphene 2020 programme Bob Stembridge graduated from University of Sussex, UK with an Honours degree in Chemistry. He joined Derwent (one of the founding components of the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters) in 1980 and has held various roles in editorial, marketing, sales and product development over the years. Leaving in 1988 for interludes working as Senior Information Analyst specialising in patent analytics at British Petroleum and European Sales Liaison with Dialog, he returned to Thomson Reuters in 1996 and most recently became Customer Relations Manager with responsibility for liaison with customer user groups for the organisation.
PATENT ANALYSIS AND GRAPHENE 2020 PROGRAM ANALYSING THE APPLICATIONS OF GRAPHENE ED WHITE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSULTANT COPYRIGHT THOMSON REUTERS 2011, DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE
SUMMARY Introduction to Patent Information Searching and understanding the prior art Analysing Patent Information Visualising large patent environments Identifying opportunities for commercialisation and industry collaboration 2
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PATENT INFORMATION What is a patent? Government-granted right to exclude others from practising your invention, for a specific time period In return, the patent applicant must fully disclose their invention It must be novel, useful and not obvious Therefore, aggregating patent applications and granted patents provides unique information: The body of work performed in a field to date The investment decisions of organisations Provides empirical information to inform your decisions 4
GRAPHENE Plane of graphite a single atom thick New methods of extracting and new electronic properties discovered at University of Manchester, England and Institute for Microelectronics Technology, Russia in 2004 Researchers Andrew Geim and Konstantin Novoselov awarded 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discoveries Graphene is highly conductive Has a number of potential uses, particularly in semiconductor electronics 5
SEARCH FOR GRAPHENE PATENTS
RESULT SET FOR GRAPHENE PATENTS
STORY SO FAR We have a collection of over 1000 patent families It is a large amount of paperwork to review So where do we go from here? What do we want to understand? What is the size of market? How can we evaluate the potential of the field? What are the current applications of the technology? 8
SUMMARY Introduction to Patent Information Searching and understanding the prior art Analysing Patent Information Visualising large patent environments Identifying opportunities for commercialisation and industry collaboration 9
INTRODUCTION TO PATENT ANALYSIS Analysis of patent information can provide powerful intelligence on technical investment Patents cost money Lots of patents cost more money Combining analysis of the level of this investment with the technical content of the patent provides a method of analysing the commercialisation intent of others Identify perceived, potential or actual commercialisation opportunities
WHAT IS GOING ON IN GRAPHENE PATENTING? We want to analyse what Graphene is being used for in the patent art We could spend time reading and classifying patents and reviewing them for applications OR, we could use a data source that has already done this for us 11
WHAT IS GOING ON IN GRAPHENE PATENTING? We want to analyse what Graphene is being used for in the patent art We could spend time reading and classifying patents and reviewing them for applications OR, we could use a data source that has already done this for us Visualise the technology landscape 12
13 Applications of Graphene
New Topic 14 Recent Patents regarding Graphene
15 Analysis of Pre and Post Nobel Discovery
MAJOR USES OF GRAPHENE Lithium Ion Batteries Field Effect Transistors Fuel Cells Memories A few different forms of display technology: PDP LCD Field Emission Displays Older (obsolete?) And recently Composite Materials? 16
GRAPHENE AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS Major questions are: What is it? Who is doing it? 17
GRAPHENE AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS Major questions are: What is it? Who is doing it? 18
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Polymers of other substituted monoolefins; including PVC, PTFE. Other condensation polymers including silicone polymers and polymides Electrical applications of polymers Miscellaneous goods not specified elsewhere (e.g. papermaking, detergents, food, oil well applications) Natural products and polymers. General compositions Fermentation industry including fermentation equipment, brewing, production of pharmaceuticals and other chemicals by fermentation,etc Non-metallic elements, semi-metals (Se, Te, B, Si) and their compounds Refractories, ceramics, cement Electro-(in)organic - chemical features of conductors, resistors, magnets, capacitors and switches, electric discharge lamps, semiconductor and other materials etc Power Distribution/Components/Converters 22
IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR IP COMMERCIALISATION Who are the potential users of the technology? How widespread is this use? Does the technology have a high likelihood of returning a good licensing revenue stream? Are there opportunities for a spin-out? 23
ANALYSING PATENT CITATIONS Patent citation is similar in concept to academic citations Source of the citation differs: Can be made by the applicant Primarily is made by the patent examiner Links new patent application to the relevant prior art Individual patents that gather many citations are more technically fundamental than others Identifying highly cited IP, and who is doing the citing, can reveal the extent of commercialisation possibilities 24
CITATION TREES VISUALISE THE ENVIRONMENT Who is Nanotek Instruments? What is this? 25
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WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THOSE NAMES BEFORE? 29
SOME FURTHER CONCLUSIONS Electron emission uses of graphene appear to pre-date the work of Geim and Novoselov There is a lot of fundamental work patented by Universities This work is becoming interesting to corporate entities It is of interest in many different fields biotech, oil & gas, electronics, aerospace/defence and industrial scale chemical Licensing activity has started Universities are being successful in the field Citation is a leading indicator 30
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