SciTech Patent Art (SPA)

SciTech Patent Art (SPA) is an  IP services organization supporting R&D scientists as well as patent attorneys, in business for over 8 years now and serving many Fortune 500 companies, law firms, VC firms and research institutions. SPA has advanced science/engineering graduates who conduct in-depth patent/publication analyses on various topics of interest to clients. They help  identify technology white spaces, conduct freedom-to-operate analyses, assess novelty, map technology/claim trends, draft patent specifications, analyze foreign language patents, and much more.  Current strengths cover chemistry, chemical engineering, electronics, electrical engineering, polymer science, material science, life sciences, biotech, food science, biomedical engineering and so on. 

SciTech’s exemplary Patent Trackers demonstrate how patent analytics can be used to source information related to technology and market. See the illustrations.

Offshoring Patent Service to India

Patent services outsourcing to India is still in its infancy with a history of only about 3 to 4 years behind it. There are about 50 vendors in the industry with an estimated 1,550 professionals employed as of end 2007. While a few vendors have been in this business longer, this industry has gained momentum only in the last few years.Revenues from the Indian patent services offshoring industry are estimated at $46 m for the calendar year 2007 and are expected to reach $206 m by end 2012.
Report available from Research and Markets.