Patent portfolio managers
Our in-house patent portfolio managers work with CoMotion’s Innovation Managers in assessing the patentability and scope of patent protection of an innovation and patent portfolios.
What they do
- Evaluate innovations and manage the patenting process
- Prepare, draft, and file patent applications based on invention disclosures from UW researchers, faculty and staff inventors
- Conduct a search for patents and patent applications in a technical discipline to determine which patents are now in the public domain
- Understand the activities and strengths of known competitors and identify potentially unknown players by finding pending patent applications (publicly available 18 months after filing)
- Determine how rapidly new innovation is taking place in your space
- Identify gaps in research and development
- Be aware of densely versus sparsely patented aspects of your research area
- Consider whether industry patent holders could become sponsors of your research
- Better position your technology to attract funding