INTRODUCTION The United Nations Technology and Innovation Report 2021 examine the likelihood of frontier technologies widening existing inequalities and creating new ones. It also addresses the national and international policies, instruments and institutional reforms that are needed to create a more equal world of opportunity for all, leaving no one behind. …

Patents serve as an early indicator of new technology, and businesses can gain valuable insights from patent searching and analytics from creation to monetization. Every year millions of patents are filed. According to a search conducted in PatSeer, 5.36 million patent applications were filed globally in 2018. Patents enable you…

Digital biomarker technology is used to collect and measure behavioral & physiological data to predict or influence health outcomes using implantables, digestibles or wearables. Devices which use digital biomarkers include Apple Watches, FitBits, and Oura rings. According to recent research reports, the digital biomarker market is projected to be worth…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is present in every field today, from art to music to finance to medicine. However, there is still resistance to AI being officially recognized as an inventor. Let’s take a closer look at the latest developments concerning this topic. Inventions created with the help of AI over…

Quick and accurate patent categorization is important because it enables you to comprehend the IP landscape of an industry. Manual categorization is tedious and takes hours. Occasionally it’s not possible to do because of insufficient subject matter experts. IPC and CPC classes are wide-ranging and might not match your categories…

The saying “Excel or die” is the foundation of product oriented businesses. Companies that don’t spend money on breakthrough research face the risk of becoming obsolete. Many companies start with a set of innovative ideas, on the basis of which they build differentiating products and achieve their initial success. Maintaining…

The innovation lifecycle involves various stages of the innovation process, optimal conditions, and the appropriate time to utilize IP research and intelligence methods. This blog post highlights the process from a patent intelligence perspective and the professionals that are invaluable at every stage. …

If you need to record an enhancement to an invention that was featured in an earlier application, then you can choose to file a divisional patent application, a continuation-in-part (CIP) patent application or a continuation application. Patent of addition applications (present in New Zealand, Australia, and India) and divisional applications…

A perovskite solar cell (PSC) typically includes a tin halide-based material or hybrid organic-inorganic lead that acts as the light-harvesting active layer. PSCs are energy efficient, inexpensive, magnetoresistant and lightweight. PSCs are considered a major breakthrough in clean energy because they offer superior performance as compared to silicon-based solar cells. …