SERVICES
Pick the depth you need. Combine formats as projects change.
Most teams start with the monthly bulletin, then order analyses on the patents it flags. Everything is delivered in English, in Excel or slides your team already uses. Each engagement is quoted on your scope.
A · WATCH
Know what was filed.
Regular, exhaustive formats. You stop spending engineering hours on patent screening.
Monthly patent bulletin
STARTING POINTEvery footwear patent application of the month with potential relevance to road and trail running.
EACH ENTRY
- Number, filing date, claim 1 and link
- One figure and a plain-language summary
- Three theme keywords, adjustable to your vocabulary
- A rating against your watch priorities
- Related products or comments when relevant
DELIVERABLE
Excel file, other formats on requestTIMING
First 10 days of each monthOPTION
Adjacent domains such as materialsAttractive monitoring
Weekly searches on the themes you choose. Each relevant patent becomes a single slide your team reads in two minutes. Around 40 briefs a year.
Semi-annual trends report
Six months of filings in numbers: by applicant, by theme, with the key patents of rising themes and a forecast. Presented in a half-day session.
B · ANALYSE
Understand what it means.
What problem the patent solves and by what technical means. No legal interpretation.
Single patent analysis
A detailed report on one patent: what problem it solves, how, and what it suggests about the applicant’s direction. Useful to assess a competitor move or to find a workaround.
Option: a 90-minute review meeting to walk through the analysis and explore workarounds together.
Research by theme, product or brand
A state of the art on a theme (plates in soles), a product (a specific racing shoe) or a competitor’s strategy, built on several hundred patents. Scoping meeting, patent search, analysis of the relevant patents, presentation of the synthesis.
C · IDEATE
Turn it into ideas.
On site, with the people who will build the next product.
Workshop co-facilitation
Built on a brand’s patents, with your innovation, product and IP teams plus the relevant experts (materials, manufacturing, biomechanics).
FORMAT 1
Project the range or product a competitor could release.FORMAT 2
Generate concepts from a means tree on the problems you want to solve.Before you ask
Is my watch confidential?
Yes. Your themes and the deliverables stay between us. Public articles on this site are never based on client work without the client’s approval.
Is this a legal opinion?
No. The analysis is technical. Scope of protection and freedom to operate remain with your IP counsel.
Which sports?
Footwear is the core: road, trail, track and tennis. The same watch applies to other sports products (cycling, outdoor, apparel, wearables) on request.
Not sure which format fits?
Describe your themes in a few lines. I come back with a proposal.