Case Studies

Problem & Context: The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been a great hurdle for brain drug delivery. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) represents a major obstacle to the delivery of drugs to the central nervous system (CNS). The presence of BBB delivery technology allows for engineering the therapeutic to enable entry into the brain across the BBB [...]

Problem & Context: Non-viral RNA drug delivery technologies such as mRNA drug delivery technologies are associated with biosafety, low immunogenic response, high loading capacity and versatility. These cover a wide range of possibilities from the most advanced LNPs to polymeric, protein-based systems, hybrid, and even endogenous EVs. SciTech Patent Art conducted a technology landscape study [...]

Problem & Context: Targeted delivery technologies such as Tumor targeting technologies will solve the tumor specificity issues associated with conventional cancer chemotherapy. SciTech Patent Art conducted a technology landscape study to identify various drug delivery and device technologies with specific focus on companies engaged in early development, clinical evaluation, or commercialization of tumor targeting technologies. [...]

Problem & Context: Non-viral RNA drug delivery technologies such as mRNA drug delivery technologies are associated with biosafety, low immunogenic response, high loading capacity and versatility. These cover a wide range of possibilities from the most advanced LNPs to polymeric, protein-based systems, hybrid, and even endogenous EVs. SciTech Patent Art conducted a technology landscape study [...]

Business Relevance: At SciTech Patent Art, search was conducted for non carbohydrate prebiotics resulted in few references and disclose peptides, lipids and hydrolyzed proteins (whey proteins, alpha lactalbumin) as non carbohydrate prebiotics.  A comprehensive search was conducted for both patent and non-patent literature and the articles that are related to query have been identified. The [...]

Business Relevance: At SciTech Patent Art, search for an anti-allergy prescription drug containing specific ingredient in Indonesia was conducted using sources such as Current index of medical specialties (CIMS) and found 42 such products. The specific ingredient used in the anti-allergy drug is indicated for the symptomatic relief of allergy such as hay fever (allergic [...]

Business Relevance: SciTech Patent Art had conducted comprehensive searches in open sources and patent databases for scientific and patent literature related to the relationship of keratinocytes cell division and the hair fiber production. The following key concepts were used in conducting the search: Cell division for keratinocytes Fiber production or Hair growth Several references found [...]

Business Relevance: A medical device manufacturer was interested in conducting a study to identify start-ups and research institutes working on next generation technologies related to viral manufacture with a focus to address the various issues/ problems encountered at different stages of manufacture.  SciTech Patent Art provides patent and technology intelligence research services that support the [...]

Business Relevance: A pet food company engaged SciTech Patent Art to identify a) co-manufacturing locations / contract manufacturers having confectionery production experience with packaging capabilities b) technology/equipment vendor for manufacturing specific types of treats. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: SciTech Patent Art conducted searches for the necessary information through various open sources such as [...]

Business Relevance: A Biopharmaceutical company was interested in understanding the technologies related to mRNA delivery through an industry focused technology landscape assessment study. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: SciTech Patent Art first reviewed the various drug delivery technologies. The team conducted various searches to extract relevant technologies/players from articles, publications, market research, conference meetings, [...]

Business Relevance: A processed food company was interested to identify a technical solution for the existing delamination problem in packaging due to harsh environment of temperature, water, and pressure.  SciTech Patent Art conducted a  comprehensive researched based on “problem and solution” analysis to uncover solutions beyond the food packaging industry by studying materials and technologies [...]

Business Relevance: A petroleum company was interested in understanding the innovation space in the field of technologies related to increasing propylene production from lower carbon olefins, as well as identifying companies in emerging countries that have recently developed processes and had proven track records in the industry. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: For this [...]

Business Relevance: SciTech Patent Art developed an online platform - Early stage technology developers tool for technology scouting purpose in the medical devices domain . The platform is a database of start-ups/incubators/accelerators/tech transfer offices  across North America, Asia and Europe that are actively work on technologies of interest to the client. The platform offers access [...]

Problem & Context: A multinational cosmetic company was interested in investigating technologies related to “Hair Color Protection/Retention” that would effectively protect the color of dyed/colored hair. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: Analysts at SciTech Patent Art conducted a preliminary study and found that anti-fading compounds that protect the color of artificially colored hair are [...]

Problem & Context: A Japanese chemicals company is expanding its sustainable product portfolio as part of its sustainability goals. The company is interested in designing products derived from plant based / renewable raw materials. The company wanted to understand competitors’ IP strategies for the synthesis of specific polymers starting from renewable sources. SciTech Patent Art [...]

Problem & Context: An American consumer products company, with a foresight on providing advance healthy oral care habits to transform people’s health while reducing impact on the planet, wanted to develop a technology map on sustainable personal hygiene devices and sustainable packaging for the personal hygiene devices. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: As the [...]

Problem & Context: A Japanese automobile parts manufacturer was interested in investigating technologies related to reducing life cycle emissions at the component level in automobiles, with a focus on the following: Component technologies for low carbonization of vehicles Measurement models of life cycle carbon footprint of vehicles Method of recording a carbon footprint on a [...]

Problem & Context: One of the largest pet food manufacturers who has been striving to achieve zero environmental impact and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions wanted to investigate environmental impact of pet food manufacturing and explore carbon market relevant to the pet food industry. SciTech Patent Art conducted an IP landscape study to identify patents and [...]

Problem & Context: The client, a Japanese chemical company was interested in understanding the strength of each of the patents in their patent portfolio to make a decision on their renewal. The client also wanted to compare / contrast the methodology used by SPA against other techniques. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: Based on [...]

Problem & Context: A comprehensive patent search was conducted for presenting patent trend analysis of a specific company of interest and its subsidiaries in the technology area of Sleep apnea for a Japanese medical devices manufacturer SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: The team at SciTech Patent Art conducted a patent search in patent database [...]

Problem & Context: SciTech Patent Art conducted a state of the art search for a US based healthcare company to identify patents disclosing wearable devices that detect electrophysiological (EP) parameters of heart SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A team comprising of Biomedical and Electronics engineers conducted patent searches in patent databases Screening and analysis of patent records was conducted [...]

Problem & Context: For an American multinational Biopharmaceutical company SciTech Patent Art conducted a competitive landscape study to understand the initiatives of pharmaceutical companies in adopting digital enabling technologies. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A team of analysts with backgrounds in Pharma and Electronics conducted search for products/technologies in “Digital Therapeutics” for various competitors Extracted the following information for the [...]

Problem & Context: SciTech Patent Art conducted a patent landscape for a Japanese manufacturer of medical devices and supplies. The objective of the study was to understand the trends in “Digital Health” technologies related to prediction of heart failure. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: SciTech Patent Art staffed a team of Biomedical and Electronics engineers on this project. The team [...]

Problem & Context: An American Agri-biotech company, engaged SciTech Patent Art to track multiple start-ups in the agri-biotech area. The study was aimed at understanding the basis for high investments in the companies and their potential readiness for commercialization. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A 2-member team of Biotechnologists at SciTech Patent Art was [...]

Problem & Context: The client, an American technology company engaged SciTech Patent Art to conduct a due diligence of its patent portfolio in the area of Industrial Valves. The study was aimed at comparing the company’s patents with those of its competitors and possibility of commercialization in unrelated applications. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: [...]

Problem & Context: The client, an oil & gas consulting company partnered with SciTech Patent Art to understand the state-of-the-art of geothermal energy technology through the lens of patent analytics. The specific requirement was to understand the patenting trends in geothermal energy, draw the geothermal patent landscape across the industry value chain, and use patent [...]

Problem & Context: A petroleum & gas company engaged SciTech Patent Art to study the patent portfolio of the client company and compare its patented technologies with those of its competitors. SciTech Patent Art created the technology portfolio of the client company along with the competitor’s portfolio. SPA benchmarked the company’s technologies using several parameters. [...]

Problem & Context: A global  oil & gas company partnered with SciTech Patent Art to understand the state-of-the-art in shale gas technology. The client wanted to understand the emerging technologies, emerging players and the patenting trends in the area of study. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A chemical engineer with significant patent search and [...]

Problem & Context: For a US based catalyst company, SciTech Patent Art conducted prior art search for a patent claiming a process of decreasing selectivity loss of catalyst used in a reactor for a petrochemical process by controlling the presence of water in the reactor. There were many references describing the use of the catalyst [...]

Problem & Context: A specialty chemical company was looking for a very comprehensive dataset related to a Phenol derivative. The requirement was to cover all patents related to the compound, its derivatives and polymers and then categorize them. Search conducted using chemical names or structure was not giving precise dataset and just using CAS RN [...]

Problem & Context: A Japanese functional materials company wanted to identify potential new functionalities that could be added to Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSA) to make them more valuable to their customers. Contrast improvement, for example, in small-to-medium sized displays in mobile devices is conventionally delivered through a combination of PSA and optical films. The client [...]

Problem & Context: An Industrial gases company partnered with SciTech Patent Art to help identify potential external collaboration partners, such as Universities, Research Institutes etc. in the areas of Hydrogen production and Carbon Capture & Sequestration. The client wanted SciTech Patent Art to build an Energy Research Database containing information pertaining to the above. SciTech [...]

Problem & Context: A Petrochemicals and plastics company, commissioned SciTech Patent Art for a patentability search related to the incorporation of certain modified polymers in the preparation of organic optical devices. A significant portion of prior art was expected to be in JP/CN language which was a challenge due to searching of machine translated text. [...]

Problem & Context: The client, an European manufacturer of caps and closures was interested in monitoring the monthly Indian patent filing activity of their competitors in specific areas of interest. The SPA team understood the client needs and worked closely with the client to design a suitable methodology and approach. SPA also designed a user-friendly [...]

Problem & Context: The client engaged SciTech Patent Art to conduct technology alerts in an area where the volume of patent data was growing rapidly. Manual screening and selection of appropriate patent records was very time consuming. In an effort to improve the productivity, SPA team engaged the AI/ML Data analytics team to develop a [...]

Problem & Context: A global consumer products company was interested to learn about materials that are used in valves , especially aerosol valves, that are made of plastics. The client wanted SciTech Patent Art to explore and prepare a report on type of valve materials that were being studied globally. SciTech Patent Art Approach & [...]

Problem & Context: The objective of the study was to identify white spaces in the technology of fiber incorporation in paper manufacturing. The client, a global consumer product company engaged SciTech Patent Art to identify research opportunities in the said area. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A team of polymer chemists were staffed on [...]

Problem & Context: The client partnered with SPA to identify the problems/needs of patients/ medical fraternity through study of non-patent literature. The end objective was to identify emerging technologies to meet these needs and also determine technology trends in the area of diagnosis and treatment of a certain medical condition. SciTech Patent Art Approach & [...]

Problem & Context: A US Medical devices company partnered with SciTech Patent Art to identify potential patents that could block the right to use of their multi-functional surgical device. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A 3-member team of Biomedical engineers from SciTech Patent Art was assigned to the project. The multi-functional surgical device comprised [...]

Problem & Context: The client partnered with SPA to identify business opportunities in the area of power surgical tools that reduce patient trauma and improve the surgeon’s experience in the OR. The objective of the study was to create a landscape on powered surgical tools and identify white spaces. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: Initially, Team [...]

Problem & Context: A medical devices company contacted SciTech Patent Art (SPA) to seek technical support for responding to Office actions received from the Patent Office for medical devices related patent application. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A 2-member team from SPA was assigned to the project. The Office action received from the Patent [...]

Problem & Context: A Japanese medical devices manufacturer, engaged SciTech Patent Art to create a database containing details of start-ups/ incubators/ accelerators/ tech transfer offices with technology tags in select areas of interest. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: In the absence of any commercially available database containing comprehensive information about start-ups, SPA was required [...]

Problem & Context: The client, a Japanese innovation company engaged SciTech Patent Art to create Evidence of Use (EoU) in the area of imaging technology. The study was aimed at identifying patent infringement/ evidence for infringement through commercial products. SciTech Patent Art assisted the client by providing 10-20 interesting patents and mapped the same with [...]

Problem & Context: An Italian wire and cable company engaged SciTech Patent Art to create an overview of materials used for electrically connecting semiconductor devices. The study was aimed at identifying the most interesting applications for materials, their consumption by geography, material suppliers/ manufacturers for applications related to “automotive and energy storage”. SciTech Patent Art [...]

Problem & Context: A Japanese consulting company engaged SciTech Patent Art to create various secondary market reports for promising future technologies. SciTech Patent Art created 50+ such reports by conducting searches using deep web techniques. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: The project was executed by two electronics engineers. SPA studied the technical literature, news, [...]

Problem & Context: A Japanese information technology & electronics company was interested in conducting evidence of use research for patents / applications of their interest. They were interested in obtaining a list of products and identify standards being used. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: The team at SPA specializing in Electronics and Telecommunication were assigned the task. The team [...]

Problem & Context: An American precision engineering company was interested in extending the term of a critical patent which was to expire shortly. The patent was in the area of static and dynamic sealing devices. The client engaged an SPA team to recommend ways to extend patent protection. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A [...]

Problem & Context: The IP team of a Japanese automotive component manufacturer needed help in the development of an AI/ML tool to auto-screen and categorize patents in a rapidly emerging technology in autonomous vehicles. The volume of patent data was growing rapidly and a productivity enhancing tool was critical to ensure timely assessment of competitor [...]

Problem & Context: A tooling and industrial materials company was looking for potential partners in Open Innovation in tooling materials, particularly in USA and Canada. The client’s initial searches were unsuccessful in identifying the most relevant groups in their specific area of interest. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A 2-member team was formed to [...]

Problem & Context: The client, a Japanese micro-mechatronics company was interested in identifying all the technologies associated with turbocharges / superchargers. The client wanted to understand what technologies were available globally and how they could strategically plan their research. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: SciTech Patent Art team considered the following approach: Search and [...]

Problem & Context: The client, a fasteners and specialty products company, partnered with SciTech Patent Art team to identify new markets for an innovative vapor trap developed for metal fusion area. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: At SciTech Patent Art, a 2-member team of a mechanical engineer and a material scientist was formed to [...]

Problem & Context: A team of innovation experts at an European Innovation company, engaged SciTech Patent Art to identify innovative solutions for retrofit insulation of houses that are not only cost-effective, but also aesthetically pleasing with other user-friendly features. The study included search for new materials and new technologies. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: [...]

Problem & Context: An American corporate R&D center  engaged in advanced materials research and development were interested in understanding technology and Intellectual Property (IP) trends related to Graphene through creation of a detailed technology taxonomy and routinely updates. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: SciTech Patent Art engaged a team that had extensive research experience [...]

Problem & Context: An American Food and Beverage company was in need of a global Competitive Technology Intelligence platform for informing its R&D scientists and also aligning management on emerging opportunities. Information on consumer trends, technology advancement, regulatory changes, packaging trends, health and nutrition was needed to develop innovation and growth strategies. The client team [...]

Problem & Context: An American food company, partnered with SciTech Patent Art to monitor and identify emerging technologies, products and business divestitures/ strategies of select companies. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A 2-member team of food technologists from SciTech Patent Art was assigned on a full-time basis to support the client team. A Competitive [...]

Problem & Context: An European food ingredients company partnered with SciTech Patent Art to set up a real time news feed alert to monitor specific companies and technologies on a daily basis. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A 2-member team of food technologists at SPA was formed to identify the list of news feed [...]

Problem & Context: An European Food & Beverage company was interested in understanding current technologies and innovation space for packaging techniques for baked food products. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: A team of Food technologists and packaging engineers at SciTech Patent Art were assigned the job. The team conducted a landscape search pertaining to [...]

Problem & Context: An European company that develops and commercializes protein based beverages was interested in understanding the patent activity in plant-protein food and beverages. They wanted to know what are the technologies and applications along with companies filing for patents SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: SciTech Patent Art assigned this project to a [...]

Problem & Context: The client commissioned SPA to find prior art for a patent on the use of a particular organic acid for treating a skin condition. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: An organic chemist with pharma background and a vast search experience was assigned the job. The searcher carefully reviewed the prosecution of the subject patent and its family [...]

Problem & Context: The client, a global pharmaceutical client engaged SciTech Patent Art to prepare a technology landscape on drug delivery systems through comprehensive secondary research. The specific requirement was to identify the technology features in various drug delivery systems such as injectors, wearables and patch pumps and the challenges addressed by them. SciTech Patent [...]

Problem & Context: An Indian medical devices company approached SciTech Patent Art with an objective to conduct a patentability search. The invention was related to a smart wearable device that would monitor and track recovery of patients undergoing specific therapies. SciTech Patent Art Approach & Deliverables: SciTech Patent Art team reviewed the technology of interest [...]

Problem & Context: A Japanese Telecom Company engaged SciTech Patent Art to map the claims of some of their patents with mobile broadband standards. The client also requested SciTech Patent Art to identify specific products from base station vendors/cell phone vendors which could be implementing the features of client’s patented technologies. SciTech Patent Art Approach [...]

A Fortune 50 company in the consumer products space worked closely with the team at SciTech Patent Art during the product development of an insect repellent device. The team at SciTech Patent Art provided secondary research support during the entire product development lifecycle, i.e. from conceptualization to product launch. The secondary research included both IP [...]