Analysis scheme of trends of competitors and interested companies
Using Apple as an example of a competitor company/interested company, and Augmented Reality (AR; AR glass) as a field example, here are the contents of trends of competing or interested companies utilizing PatentPia GoldenCompass. If you click on the chain(link) marks that are attached to each item in the utilization map above, the example page will open in a new window.
Competitors and Interested Companies trends analysis process
Competitors and Interested companies
There are competing companies, both domestic and national, from various views such as clients, products or services, technology, etc. Typical interested companies include i) domestic and overseas nation-specific competitors, ii) important companies in the value chain, iii) companies in the supply chain, iv) capital market related companies such as M&A, investments, IPO, etc., v) technology leaders such as strong companies or specialized research organizations, and vi) companies or NPEs involved in litigation/trials, etc.
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Competitors and Interested Companies Analysis Scheme
The analysis schemes for competing companies and companies of interest include i) analysis unit/scope/category, ii) key assets, iii) special behaviors, iv) related companies, v) comparison with other companies, etc.
The units/scopes/categories of analysis include i) company, ii) company's specific fields(i.e., technology fields, fields specified by patent classification such as CPC/IPC), and iii) the company's specific keywords.
Key assets include i) posessed patent portfolio(patent assets) by domestic and nation, ii) researcher human assets such as researchers, and iii) collaboration (co-applicants) networks such as co-applicants.
Specialized behaviors include i) patent purchases, ii) disputes such as litigations or trials, and iii) M&As or investments.
Related companies include i) patent-related companies, ii) companies related to patent transactions, litigation, trial, M&A, investments, etc., and iii) patent competitors. Patent-related companies include i) companies possessing related patents with forward citation by nation, ii) companies with reference patents in possession by nation.
There are two types of comparative analyses: i) comparisons on a ‘company vs. company’, and ii) comparisons on a ‘company vs. company’ in specific field or keyword scope.
(Note)Selecting a company group for comparison
The analysis methods for selecting a group of companies for comparison include i) inputting/uploading n companies through My platform and then selecting comparison companies, ii) (coming soon) selecting/uploading comparison companies from company comparison analysis at company home, iii) (coming soon) selecting n companies on the company list page and then selecting the 'comparison analysis' button.
For a detailed method of performing comparison with companies using My platform, please refer to [Link].