Our State of the Art search study provides a comprehensive understanding of the current state of a technology or field by analyzing the patents and technical literature. This understanding is critical when entering a new market or focusing your research and development activities.
Competitor Insights & Reporting
A comprehensive search is conducted to encompass all aspects of the state of the art for a given technology of interest. This search can help you obtain a competitive edge over your competitors and lead the industry with your market and research activities. Understanding a technology landscape is a critical step in making your business decisions related to your development and go-to-market strategies.
Trust our State of the Art Study Experts
Our team of experts will work with you to uncover the state of your known competitors’ activities and identify unknown competitors, universities, government research, and other entities operating in the space, which may help uncover further opportunities such as licensing engagements.
Our dedicated subject matter and research experts identify the key aspects impacting your technology and field and focus our search on delivering critical competitive intelligence related to these key aspects.
State of the Art searches are ideal for:
- Entering a new market
- Bringing a new product to market
- Keeping apprised of the research papers and patents of competitors and obtaining critical competitive intelligence
- Ensuring the best use of research and development resources to maintain a competitive edge
- Identifying strategic investment opportunities, such as acquisition or partnership opportunities.
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PATENT SEARCH News & Resources
The Supreme Court Just Let an Abandoned Patent Application Kill Real IP. Here’s What That Means for Patent Holders.
At the center of this case is a gap in U.S. patent law that doesn’t get much attention outside of litigation circles, but that every patent holder should know about: the enablement standard for getting a patent granted is meaningfully different from the enablement standard for prior art used to challenge one.
You Just Entered Your Invention Into a Public Chatbot. Congratulations — You Just Disclosed It!
Imagine spending years developing a proprietary framework. Something genuinely novel. Something you believe in enough to protect. Then imagine a federal judge looking at your trade secret claim and saying, in plain terms: you gave it away yourself. Not to a competitor. Not through careless conversation at a conference. You gave it away to the AI tool you trusted to help you build it.
From the Desk of Customer Success
Instead of relying only on titles and abstracts, teams can use Synopsis AI to get a stronger sense of what is actually in a document before committing to a full read. That makes it easier to validate relevance, prioritize the right materials, and keep projects moving.
