What is Team Size (TE)?
Team Size (TE) is an indicator that reflects the number of inventors listed on a patent. It provides insight into how many contributors were involved in the development of an invention. Finally, counts are normalized by year, country of jurisdiction and main IPC/CPC.
How is Team Size interpreted?
/High/ The indicator helps to benchmark research activities e.g. in connection to R&D spending of other market players. | |
| /Low/ A low TE value reflects that the patent portfolio was developed by smaller research groups. |
High Team Size (TE)
A high TE value indicates that a patent was developed by a larger group of inventors.
- Reflects larger research teams
- Can indicate more extensive collaboration in the invention process
Low Team Size (TE)
A low TE value indicates that a patent was developed by a smaller group of inventors.
- Reflects smaller research teams
- May indicate more focused or specialized development efforts
How is Team Size used in the platform?
Team Size is one of the IPlytics patent valuation indicators and is calculated at the patent family level. When aggregated across patent families, it contributes to the overall characterization of how inventions are developed within a portfolio in analytical views such as the Indicators tile.
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