Data map of competitive relationships between companies
PatentPia provides a list of "competitor companies from a patent perspective," which is a composition of companies with high patent relevance by company, and an analysis of comparisons between them.
Competitor companies in patent views by company
Composition of Competitor companies in patent view by company
The competitor companies in the patent view are composed of a comprehensive set of i) high technology same-similarity of patents in possession, ii) high company size similarity, and iii) other same-similar attributes.
Technological same-similarity of holding patents portfolio
The technical same-similarity of patent portfolios in possession is measured using the CPC patent classification, which is the patent technology classification assigned to each patent. Between company i and company j, the higher the match of the set of CPC patent classifications corresponding to each company's patents in possession, the more competitor companies company i and company j are from a patent view.
In addition, the higher the similarity of the set of keywords contained in the patents of Company i and Company j, the more Company i and Company j are competitor companies from the patent view.
Similarity in company size
Even if there is a high degree of technology match between Company I and Company J, it is difficult for them to be competitor companies if the gap in their weight class is too large. Therefore, the smaller the gap in their weight class, as measured by the size of patents in possession, the more likely they are to be competitor companies from a patent view.
Other same-similar attributes
Between the patents in possession of Company I and Company J, they can be competitor companies from the patent view if there are i) many mutual citation-copyright relationships between them, or ii) many mutual co-citation-copyright relationships. A mutual citation-citation relationship is one in which Company I's patents heavily cite and forward citations to Company J's patents, and vice versa. A mutual co-citation relationship is a relationship in which there is a high degree of agreement between the patent set of a third party that Company I's patent cites and defends and the patent set of a third party that Company J's patent cites and defends.
On the other hand, companies (other than series companies) that are co-defendants in patent litigations can also be candidates for competitor companies from a patent view. In non-exclusive patent litigations, plaintiffs claim that defendants' products infringe their patent rights; therefore, co-defendants in a particular lawsuit are likely to be manufacturing and selling the same or similar products; therefore, a group of companies with a strong co-defendant relationship can be competitor companies candidates from the viewpoint of manufacturing and selling the same or similar products.
Patent competitor companies based on specific fields
In a particular field, patent competitors can be companies that have a similar No. of patents in possession in that field.
Comparison analysis among competitor companies
Company i vs. comparison companiesij, comparison analysis metrics include: i) portfolio, ii) impact, iii) globalization, iv) quality, v) share/concentration, vi) R&D continuity, vii) patent transactions (purchased), viii) litigation, vx) trials, and x) standards/FDA approvals/government-funded R&D. Note that share and concentration are valid metrics only when the field is specific.
Comparison analysis with companies vs. competitor companies
Comparison with companiesi vs. competitor companiesij with various detailed metrics from the following views: i) portfolio, ii) influence, iii) globalization, iv) quality, v) R&D continuity, vii) patent transactions (purchased patents), vii) litigation, viii) judgments, and vx) standards/FDA approvals/government-funded R&D.
Comparison analysis contents when inputting field items
GoldenCompass provides various comparison analysis contents with a menu click when a field item is entered/selected. comparison analysis contents schemes for field items include i) comparison with companies by characteristics that have patents in possession, ii) comparison with researchers by characteristics that invented patents related to field, iii) comparison with representatives by characteristics that represented patents in field, and iv) comparison with subfields of field in the classification system.
The fields include i) technology fields, ii) patent classifications (CPC/IPC), iii) products-parts fields, iv) products-materials fields, v) concept fields (coming soon), and vi) keywords.
Types of comparison analysis contents include i) index comparisons, and ii) trends (time series) comparisons.
comparison analysis contents topics include: i) portfolio, ii) impact, iii) globalization, iv) quality, v) share, vi) R&D continuity, vii) patent transactions (purchased), viii) litigation, vx) trials, and x) standards/FDA approvals/government-funded R&D.
Field items → Comparison with companies
GoldenCompass provides comparison with companies by characteristics content when field items such as i) technology field, ii) patent classification (CPC/IPC), iii) product-part field, iv) material-material field, v) concept field (coming soon), and vi) keyword are entered/selected. The contents of comparison with companies by characteristics are available by clicking the menu. Input/select field → output "Company" large menu → output Company characteristics submenu → Comparison with companies analysis contents → Topic submenu → Detailed menu.
Comparison analysis with companies competitor companies tip
The list of competitor companies that PatentPia generates from its data view is likely to include companies that do not match the user's intent, especially if they are global companies applying for patents related to different fields, or even the same technology but in different industries/purposes (e.g., military-defense vs. civilian, etc.).
Background of comparison analysis tip
For example, in the list below, Google Technology Holding and Microsoft Technology Holding are not a mobile-specialized company; therefore, the comparison with Apple may be different.
Execute the comparison analysis tip
Since there are 69 competitor companies in terms of patent view with Apple as presented by PatentPia,
Step 1: Select 'Limit the number of outputs' to 100, and enter,
Step 2 : Select/click on interested companies, and,
Step 3: Click 'New Window'.
In the new window, you will see an analysis of just the selected companies. Utilizing the URL of this web page, you can link, share, open, and reproduce this screen. In addition, this web page has a 'Return to original page', so you can return to the original screen at any time and change the companies you want to compare with.
Execute comparison analysis of companies by field tip
Meanwhile, you can also utilize the method of Step 1 : enlarge the 'Limit number of output', Step 2 : select/click only the original companies, and Step 3 : 'View in new window' in comparison with companies by field.
Original ccomparison analysis of companies by field result page
Selecting original company & before clicking 'New Window'
After clicking 'New Window'
Storage & recycling of comparison with companies analysis
On the other hand, you may have a group of companies that you want to compare with companies and need to use them frequently. In this case, you can keep these companies registered in My platform. Of course, downloading the list of companies to Excel is probably the first preceding day.
There are two ways to register: i) bulk registration, and ii) one-by-one registration.
For bulk registration, you can download the form excel file for bulk registration, fill in the companies, and upload it. In case of bulk registration, there is virtually no limit to the number of companies and you can even specify the classification of the companies. So, specify a classification (1 to max 9 depth) for the purpose of tens to thousands of companies and upload it to My platform. My platform will generate folders based on the classification, and place the specified companies in the folders.