Innovation FrontlineTM

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Innovation FrontlineTM is an in-depth research report on the
technology innovations landscape.
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Research for RFID Innovation FrontlineTM is done by an expert
both in intellectual property (IP) and technology subject matter.

IF StatisticsTM shows technology innovations landscape from the

statistical analysis of bibliographical patent information .
IF AnalyticsTM shows the technology innovations landscape from
the in-depth quantitative and qualitative analysis of patent
information.
IF EnterpriseTM shows the technology innovations landscape for
specific companies.

Trend analysis for technology/product/market forecasting.

Planning technology/business strategy.
Competitive Intelligence for a specific industry.
IP strategy for R&D.
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•Number of issued patents/published applications by application and issued year.
•Ranking information by assignee (or inventor), nationality, UPC (or IPC), patent families,
and citations.

RFID Issued Patents

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546 PinPoint ; 1
500 498
478 Mastercard; 1
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Kestrel Wireless; 1 'Nokia ; 5

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254 Patents by Application Year

Caspian Networks; 1
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Inside Contactless; 2
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122116116 Motorola; 3
100 Sony; 3
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•Top assignees’ patent portfolios by customized technology classifications.
•Innovation indexes such as cites per patent and patent family size.
•Technology development snapshot for a focused field of technology.

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IF EnterpriseTM shows the technology innovations landscape for specific companies. In
addition to all the contents in the IF StatisticsTM and IF AnalyticsTM , IF EnterpriseTM can
include analysis for a specially requested research by customers:
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 RFID Innovation FrontlineTM
RFID Innovation FrontlineTM is a research report on the technology innovations landscape
for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
RFID Innovation FrontlineTM utilizes patent information to assess the state of the art for
technology innovations in RFID.
RFID Innovation FrontlineTM analyzes the utility patents issued in the United States (US)
before January 1, 2009. Since the patent information are changed over time, this report
only reflects the technology innovations landscape up to the time the analysis is
conducted.
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