Competitive overview: who are the key players in a space and what are their focus areas.

Technology searching using IPC/CPC/Technology Topics/Application Domain

Using the Field Search and selecting one of the “Classification” fields will allow you to search within a technology field of interest. This will help you locate patents relevant to the inventions within the space you are interested in.

To narrow down your search you can always add additional search requirements such as publication date, keywords and so forth.

Once you are happy with your search you can immediately spot the main top players within this technology area by looking at the list of assignee’s on your filters situated on the left hand side of the screen.

To provide additional visual representation of this information, a “Custom Analysis” can be used.

Within “Custom Analysis” you can then edit and change the charts available to view various information.

Starting from the standard “Top Standardized Current Assignee” which allows you to see the main competitors in this area.

To viewing what the main focus areas are for these competitors within this area.

Alternatively, you can select the “Analysis” view and this will populate charts that might be useful for further competitive overview.

All the charts here are interactive and you can dig deeper into different verticals.

For example, you can utilise the Primary Problems addressed to see what tech area are focussed and then drill down by clicking on “View in Analytics” to view what assignees are within this area.