With these resources, companies are evaluated according to a range of criteria, including the volume of patent applications for new and unique inventions, as opposed to variations on existing patents; success rate at winning patent protection; the extent of securing protection in major world markets; and the influence of their patents as documented by subsequent citation by other companies.
We show that a patent's success is predictable using its novelty profile.
In patent law, success is measured by your ability to huddle with inventors, attorneys, and CEOs and come up with ways to defensively and offensively protect their intellectual property.
Our methodology is based on four principle criteria: patent approval success rate, global reach of a patent portfolio, influence as measured by patent citations (removing self cites) and overall patent volume.
As they have all season, the Tigers relied Saturday on a formula the Crimson Tide patented for success years ago: a dominant defense and efficient, error-free offense.
The list, put together by Thomson Reuters, takes into account the volume of patents filed, the success of the patents, globalisation and impact.
She termed the limited scope of the final patent largely a success.
Celera of Rockville, Md., has also applied for patents or plans to apply for them on genes, but Dr. Venter said the company was depending mainly on sales of information, not gene patents, for its success.
Additionally, I suspect Harry's has to work carefully to avoid infringing on patents, but their success of late has certainly given the big guys a bit of a market-share haircut while earning sharp valuations.
To rank high on the Thomson Reuters innovation-weighted scale, patents must meet other criteria: success (ratio of patents filed to those granted in the last three years), global (filed in the four main patent offices, United States, Europe, Japan and China) and influence (how often patents are cited by others).
The four are patent volume, patent grant success rate, global reach of the patent portfolio and citations of patents.
