KAnalysis provides complete research-based solutions and due diligence studies to help clients with intellectual property needs. They summarize five live projects where they: 1) Identified technology areas for a payment processing application in Asia/Middle East. 2) Performed a risk analysis of solar technologies for an SME seeking VC funding. 3) Evaluated a mobile/antenna patent portfolio to identify high potential patents. 4) Assessed the Indian IT infrastructure market to help an MNC enter the market. 5) Conducted due diligence on a live event broadcasting patent for a broker to identify commercialization opportunities. In each case, the client was satisfied with KAnalysis' findings and insights.

1. Where Knowledge Meets Business
Few success stories…
The KA advantage

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KAnalysis followed the following process in
Live Project A –
providing a complete research based solution to
this problem –
Client was interested in launching an
application for processing offline and 1. Complete product was broken down into
online payment transactions using a features with possible areas of application
smart card in Asia and Middle East. They 2. Using this list of features a taxonomy was
wanted to identify the potential created on mutually exclusive and completely
technology in the domain which can exhaustive principle
enhance the product capabilities and can
be in-licensed for complete product 3. Various search strategies were adopted to
commercialization. identify patents disclosing these features
4. The identified patents were screened and
relevant ones were mapped on to the product
Final outcome – Client was
features to identify overlaps and synergies
happy with the findings
and realized the open and 5. A quantitative model was designed for providing
protected areas in his rankings to the relevant patents as road blocks
invention and possible targets for in-licensing
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Live Project B - Client is an SME in green technology domain in US. They had come up
with multiple cost effective solar energy technologies and the invention was filed for
patenting in USPTO. The client wanted to commercialize the invention by manufacturing
and selling. They were seeking VC funding for their project.
KAnalysis supported the client in seeking VC funding by performing a risk analysis for the
clients patents. The process followed for this requirement was as follows –
1. Multiple technologies were broken down into features and areas of application
2. Using this list of features a taxonomy was created on mutually exclusive and completely
exhaustive principle
3. Various search strategies were adopted to identify similar technologies
4. The identified patents were screened and relevant ones were mapped on to the client’s
technologies
5. A detailed report was provided describing the potential risks and competing technologies
identified for each of the client’s technology
Final outcome – Client was happy with the findings and used our report as supporting document
for seeking funding
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Live Project C - Client is a leading IP Law firm in US. Their client wanted to invest in a
portfolio of patent dealing with mobile technology and radio antennas. The client
wanted to evaluate the entire portfolio and identify high market potential patents.
KAnalysis supported the client by performing a Due Diligence study to identify the valuable and
risky IP assets in the portfolio. The process followed for this requirement was as follows –
1. All the patents in the portfolio were investigated on individual basis
2. Every patented technology was understood and claimed sections were used to create
technical features
3. Various search strategies were adopted to identify patents disclosing overlapping feature
4. The identified patents were screened and relevant ones were mapped on to each patent
claims
5. Validity risks for each patent was investigated and technical opinion was provided according
to the country’s patent laws
6. The portfolio was finally segregated into low risk to high risk patent assets
Final outcome – Client was happy with the findings and presented the report to his end client.
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Live Project D - Client is an MNC major in IT infrastructure domain in Europe. They
wanted to enter into Indian market and launch their various IT solutions. They had no
idea about the Indian IT market and how to go about with having a legal entity. For this
they wanted to identify potential partners for collaboration.
KAnalysis provided a complete solution to client’s requirement by performing a detailed IT
infrastructure market assessment in India.
The study focused on the following was – IT industry overview, identifying various market
segments, market size and growth rates, major selling products, leading players in each segment,
existing distribution channels and dynamics, various entities across the entire distribution
network, filtering of channel partners according to their revenues, geographical presence,
company size etc.
Final outcome – Client was extremely delighted with the findings and to understand a completely
new market. The project received a very good feedback from the client.
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Live Project E - Client is a patent broker in US. They had a US patent related to an
invention about broadcasting of live event using various technologies. The client wanted
to sell the patent to a prospective buyer. So the client wanted to investigate the
usefulness of the patent and commercial viability.
KAnalysis provided a complete solution to client’s requirement by performing an IP Due
Diligence The process followed for this requirement was as follows –
1. The patent and the technology disclosed was understood
2. Risk assessment was performed from technology and legal perspective
3. Competing technologies and products already in market were identified
4. A commercialization strategy was designed with possible areas of application
5. Market research was conducted for each area of application
6. Various sources of revenues were identified and valuation strategy was proposed
Final outcome – Client was glad with the holistic perspective presented in the entire study.
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7. Intellectual Property Research Requirements…
Predefined Roles and Responsibilities
R & D Department Overlap Business Administration
• Technology Development • Strategic Partnership Strategy • Monetization Strategy
Strategy • IP Licensing Strategy • Valuation Strategy
• Research Path Strategy • Emerging Market and • Product Launch and Life Cycle
• Designing around Road Blocks Technology Complement Strategy
• Acquiring Intellectual Property • Competitive Intelligence • Product Portfolio
• Technological Trends • Overcoming Road Blocks • Branding Strategy
• IP Portfolio Complementarities
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8. Where Knowledge Meets Business
Few success stories…
The KA advantage