Results Analysis 101

This article covers:

• Importance of Results Analysis
• Different ways to Analyze Results
  1. Analysis View 
  2. Insights
  3. Landscape
  4. Custom Analysis
• Summary

Importance of Results Analysis

Being able to effectively analyze results is a critical skill for any business. The quality of analysis performed on the result set is a key factor when it comes to being able to make the correct decisions for your business which will then enable you to not only survive but also be successful within your particular technology field. This analysis can also be considered critical for the results you get when you perform a patent search, since having knowledge of both your own and your competitors' IP capabilities should be a key consideration when it comes to making many important business decisions.

Since Patsnap has a considerably large patent database, it's important to make sure you effectively analyze any results you pick up from the performed searches.

Using Patsnap, you could use different types of data sets and analyze them through various techniques.

Different ways to Analyze Results

Here are some ways to analyze your results in PatSnap:

1. Analysis View 

Analysis View allows you to do a quick analysis on your results. After you've entered your search query and are happy with the results, you can analyze the results by clicking on the "Analysis View" option.

You can find more information about Analysis View here: Analysis View

2. Insights

Insights platform allows you to do a more in-depth analysis of your results whether that be regarding a particular company or an overall technology field.

You can access the Insights area via https://insights-patsnap-com.sutd.idm.oclc.org/

You can find more information about getting started with Insights here: Getting started with Patsnap Insights

3. Landscape

Using Landscape you can asses a large volume of data related to the information in patents by turning the data into a topography that can be visually explored, annotated, and interrogated.

Once you've entered your query, you can create a landscape by clicking the "Landscape" button.

Alternatively, you can access Landscape through the sidebar along the left-hand side of the screen.

Patent landscape can help to answer questions on whether your proposed invention – or similar inventions - have already been patented, on the level of patent activity around specific technologies and the key actors in those spaces, as well as to identify new opportunities for innovation.

You can find more information about using Landscapes here How can Landscape be used for different tasks?

4. Custom Analysis

Custom Analysis can be used to analyze various different metrics with each other. This includes metrics with any custom fields that you may have set up.

To access Custom Analysis, click on the option of "Custom Analysis".

 You can find more information about Custom Analysis here: How Do I Use The Custom Analysis?

Summary 

There are three key points to consider when it comes to analyzing your results:

1. Make sure you know exactly what pieces of data you want to get out of the analysis
2. Locate the charts that best exhibit this data
3. Collaborate with others to further explore the data

Whatever industry you are in, it is always important to effectively analyze your results since it will support you when you make key business decisions. This is certainly true regarding patents since they can be the difference between being able to operate in a specific area or to be able to block one of your competitors who has violated one of your patents.