E1) IP Analytics and Decision Support - Tech Transfer Online Manual

E1) IP Analytics and Decision Support

Last updated on : 19 December 2025

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Lectures from Workshops conducted by Venture Center as part of the FLCTD project supported by UNIDO-BEE-GEF

5 Days in person certificate course on “Technology Transfer in Practice”, Session 7 Lecture on “IP Analytics and Decision Support” by Dr. Premnath V, 17 June 2025 (Video) | (Slides)
5 Days in person certificate course on “Technology Transfer in Practice”, Session 7 Lecture on “Technology assessment and deciding on a strategy” by Dr. Ashley Stevens, 17 June 2025 (Video) | (Slides)

Exercises and case studies

5 Days in person certificate course on “Technology Transfer in Practice”, Session 7 Lecture on “Case Study: IP Analytics and Decision Support” by Dr. Vidula Walimbe & Dr. Premnath V, 17 June 2025 (Case Study Slides) | Slide 17 onwards

Other Relevant Lectures

2 Days introductory workshop on “Setting up and Running an In-house Patent Cell”, Session 7 Lecture on “IP analytics in brief; glimpses of different types of reports and analysis” by Ms. Archana Joshi, 14 March 2015 (Slides)
Talk on “Techniques of Patent Search & Analysis: Insights and Strategy” by Dr. Poorvashree Joshi, 22 November 2022 (Slides)
Only Freedom to Operate! (Part 8 of Only One Theme) by Dr. Sivakami Dhulap, 20 December 2022 (Video) | (Slides)
Talk on “Technique of Patent Search and Analysis for Agri-innovations” by Dr. Poorvashree Joshi, 3 January 2023 (Video) | (Slides)
Talk on “Technique of Patent Search and Analysis for Pharma innovations” by Dr. Poorvashree Joshi, 3 January 2023 (Slides)
Only Patent Analytics! (Part 9 of Only One Theme) by Dr. Vidula Walimbe, 10 January 2023 (Video)

References and additional reading/viewing

WIPO: “Tool 5 Freedom to Operate”. Published 2024
Right Patents: Freedom to Operate FTO Search Report Sample. 2024
Prometheus IP: “Freedom to Operate Search Report”
Eminent Global Research Solutions: “Sample Report- Patentability”
WIPO: “IP Asset Management, IP Audit and Due Diligence” by Prof. A Damodaran, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
The New York Intellectual Property Law Association: “Intellectual Property Due Diligence Checklist”
United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patent Public Search Tutorial Videos
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Playlist NOC July 2019: Patent Search for Engineers and Lawyers. Lecture 1 to 36 & Lecture 40. (Videos)
European Patent Office: Espacenet – How to search for granted patents (Video)

NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 40: Patent Infringement
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 36: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 35: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 34: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 33: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 32: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 31: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 30: Hands on Patent Landscape (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 29: Hands on Patent Landscape (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 28: Hands on Patent Landscape (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 27: Hands on Patent Landscape (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 26: Hands on Patent Landscape
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 25: Introduction to patent landscape (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 24: Introduction to patent landscape (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 23: Introduction to patent landscape
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 22: Types of Patent Search
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 21: Types of Patent Search FTO
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 20: Invalidity Search
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 19: Types of patent Search, Validity Search
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 18: Types of patent Search (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 17: Types of patent Search (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 16: Types of patent Search
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 15: Hands on Patent Search , emerging areas of technology
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 14: Hands on Patent Search - Sequence Search
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 13: Hands on Patent Search
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 12: Hands on Patent Search
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 11: Fundamentals of patent search (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 10: Fundamentals of patent search
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 09: Introduction to patent search (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 08: Introduction to patent search
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 07: How to read a patent document
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 06: How to read a patent document- Patent Anatomy
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 05: Non-Obviousness
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 04: Patentability- Novelty- II
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 03: Patentability- Novelty- I
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 02: IP-Economic Rationale
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 36: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.)
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Patent Search for Engineers and Lawyers
NPTEL IIT Kharagpur: Lecture 01: Introduction to IPR
European Patent Office: Espacenet-How to search for granted patents

Credits

Page Editor: Vidula Walimbe
Expert Lecturers: Ashley Stevens, Premnath Venugopalan
Contributors: Meghana Bhandari, Sivakami Dhulap, Archana Joshi, Poorvashree Joshi, Ashley Stevens, Premnath Venugopalan, Vidula Walimbe
Chief Editor: Premnath Venugopalan

* Names of expert lecturers & contributors arranged in alphabetical order of the first letter of their last name.

About the Tech Transfer Online Manual

This manual is meant as a practical guide for practicing technology transfer professionals in academic and research institutions. The manual focuses on practical insights for practitioners from other practitioners. This manual was created by Venture Center’s Regional Tech Transfer Office (supported by BIRAC/ NBM) called TechEx.in as part of the FLCTD project of the UNIDO supported by UNIDO, BEE and GEF.

Version no: 1 : As of 16 August 2025

About the Contributors

This manual is the collective effort of several tech transfer experts and practitioners (names mentioned in alphabetical order of the first letter of their last name) including International Experts (Richard Cahoon, John Fraser, Ashley Stevens), Indian Experts (Aravind Chinchure, Rajkumar Hirwani, Anuradha Narasimhan, Hiran Vedam, Premnath Venugopalan), TechEx.in team (Pradnya Aradhye, Meghana Bhandari, Shruti Devasthali, Neha Jacob, Archana Joshi, Niruta Killedar, Manasi Lele, Mugdha Lele, Kavita Parekh, Vedang Pawar, Manisha Premnath, Vidula Walimbe) and the UNIDO team (Nitesh Kaushik, Sandeep Tandon). This manual has been created under the FLCTD project of UNIDO led by Gerswynn Mckuur supported by UNIDO, BEE and GEF.

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