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Focust - Citation Module

   

Focust - Citation Module Visualizing licensing opportunities    As an integral component of Focust, the Citation Module uncovers all references to a selected patent and shows the full-history of patent citation relationships to help you mainly in;  Finding new lines of revenue from holding patents Identifying the way to cope with unexpected patent infringement lawsuit Seeking external business partners to market faster and to avoid risks    Want to know who are involved in your technologies at a glance? The Citation Module delivers information to effectively evaluate and weigh the possible opportunities and risks of engaging in particular technologies.  With just a single click, you will get the list of all companies involved in the entire citation relationships of your technologies.  And it often let you find out unexpected companies that you have never thought before.   This module helps you establish offensive licensing strategy to add on new revenue.  In case you are in unexpected risks, you can take an advantage of strategic position by identifying alternative technologies before sitting down to negotiate with a counter party over license royalties. Enabling companies to market faster without potential risks In case companies do not recognize that internal development efforts alone hardly bring business advantage in their business environments where innovators abound, they might be exposed in risks and trapped in the future.  By establishing effective licensing-in strategy to find external business partner for collaboration, companies can be free from this hazards and reap profits in an era of rampant technology change.   The Citation Module enables companies to establish the strategy by identifying desirable technology for faster time to market without potential risks.  In case you seek an acquisition candidate, this module also answers which company is the best fit.     Mature functionality for your flexible approach The Citation Module has mature functionality so that you can find out the hidden potential of holding patents and determine which technologies to build, license or sell. It does not let you stray into the maze.  In a huge citation tree, it allows you to filter out companies in which you are not interest.  And you can simplify the tree structure to focus on specific companies and technologies that you want to analyze. Users can narrow their analysis scope by using any criteria they choose such as assignee, IPC/ UPC, etc.    Not only backward & forward, but also collateral analysis The Citation Module is designed to fully explore the citation relationships of a subject patent by integrating three different viewpoints of backward, forward and collateral analysis.    Collateral analysis is to identify patents that have 'indirect but meaningful' relationships with a subject patent.  These collateral patents cannot be identified in both backward and forward analysis, as they were in pending period and not yet open to the public when a subject patent was applied.  This analysis gives you invaluable results so that you can establish better strategies.    More information on our solutions? Contact the info@wisdomain.com