Explore Relationship Types

The Relationships tab within the company profile is a set of visual diagrams that shows a variety of relationship types between different entities. This is where you will also find the Corporate Tree and Subsidiary List.

Relationship types

Technology Collaboration Network

This map reveals the strategic partnership of the current company in technology innovation and is useful in finding potential competitors.

The relationship seen here is paper co-research and patent co-assignee. The number on the line represents the total co-research in literature publication or co-assignee in a patent application.

You are also able to click on the labels at the bottom to show only one kind of data. This is applicable to all 5 relationship maps.

Technology Citation Network

This map reveals where the technologies of the current company came from and how they impact the following innovation moving forward.

The relationship seen here is a patent backward citation and forward citation, where the number on the line represents the total citation count from reference to the source.

Technology Operation Network

This map reveals the technology ownership transition of the current company from patent operation activities. 

The relationship here is patent license and patent transfer, where the number on the line represents the total patents transferred/licensed from the source company to the target.

Technology Legal Risk

This map reveals the infringement or invalidity risk of the current company in technology innovation. 

The relationship here is patent Invalidity, patent litigation, and patent pledge, where the number on the line represents the total patent lawsuits or pledges between the current company and the target company.

Capital Market Deals

This map reveals the activities in the capital market of the current company. 

The relationship here is Investment and M&A, where the number on the line represents the total deal count between the current company and the target company.