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  • Cross Licensing & the N/D taxonomy of Classifiers
    What is the N/D taxonomy of Classifiers?   The n/d classifiers help with the problem of patent licensing involving companies with large global portfolios in the following scenarios: Cross-licensing, to help calculate an estimate of a cross-license with another company Royalty payments attributable to multiple organisations Monetisation, to compare outcomes of patent sale versus lice...
  • Litigations: Defendant Litigations Export Report
    How to create and interpret the Defensive Litigation report   What is the Defendant Litigation Export Report? The Defendant Litigation export report provides an analysis of the litigations started against your target organisation or cohort. It can offer answers to relevant questions such as: Is there a risk and where? Who is being sued the most? Who is suing them? Are they NPEs or not? ...
  • Litigations: Plaintiff Litigations Export Report
    How to create and interpret the Plaintiff Litigation report   What is the Plaintiff Litigation Export Report? The Cipher Litigation Export Report is an in-depth analysis of the litigation aspect of a Cipher Organisation Report. It can offer answers to relevant questions such as: Is there a risk and where? Who is suing the most? Who are they suing?  Are they NPEs or not? What are the ...
  • PVIX Scores report
    What it is, an overview of the PVIX methodology and how to generate the report   What is the PVIX Scores report? The PVIX (Portfolio Value Index) scores is a metric developed by Unified Patents, and is designed to measure patent portfolio value based on published academic studies. The score is based on three components: Family, Market, and Reputation. The algorithm is described in this post -...
  • Quality Export Report
    What is the quality export report, the methodology, how to create it and how to interpret it   What is the Quality Export report? The Quality export report is ideal if you are dealing with a large portfolio and need a recommendation of which patent families you should focus on first. This report provides you with a suggested ranking which is based on what represents value to you and how you sco...
  • Citations Export Report
    What is the Citations Export report, how to generate it and how to interpret it   What is the Citations export report? The Citation export report provides an analysis based on the forward and backwards citations related to a patent (family). Additional Citation analytics are available in all Cipher reports and they can be accessed from the side menu.   Benefits and example use case scenarios ...
  • Filing Trends Report
    What it is, how to generate the report, and how to interpret it   What is the Filing Trends Report? The filing trends analysis identifies the top technology areas where an organisation has increased or decreased their level of patent filing activity over a six year period (discounting the last 18 months). The analysis will identify the Top 8 Most Growing and Top 8 Most Declining technologies, p...
  • Geographic Waterfall report
    What is the geography waterfall report? The geography waterfall analysis will help to identify an organisation's strategy for filing patents. Create the report by including one, or multiple organisations and the Geography Waterfall report will uncover the following questions: What is the filing prioritisation strategy for each organisation across different territories? What are my competitors’...