Invent Around
ipNavigation℠: Navigate around blocking IP or make yours unnavigable.
A competitor's patent doesn't have to be a dead end. The ipNavigation process uses our proven 18-point framework to guide your technical experts through a disciplined process of designing around key patents, whether you need to clear a path past blocking IP or build a deeper, wider moat around your own portfolio. We analyze the claims, identify the design constraints, and systematically generate alternative approaches that aim to achieve the same functional goals without infringing. The same methodology works in reverse: by anticipating how competitors might invent around your patents, we help you identify and craft additional potential patent claims that close those gaps before they're exploited.
Typical Outputs
- Design-around invention disclosures
- Competitor circumvention risk map
- Portfolio gap analysis
- Strengthened IP moat
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Why it matters
Companies that only file patents on their primary implementation leave the door open for competitors to design around them with minor variations. ipNavigation closes that door. By systematically mapping the space around key patents — yours and your competitors' — you transform individual patents into comprehensive IP positions that are far more difficult and expensive to circumvent. The difference between a patent and a patent wall is the work you do after the first filing.
Core Workstreams
Claim-level analysis of target patents to identify design constraints and circumvention vectors
Facilitated invention sessions using our proven 18-point design-around framework with your technical experts
Defensive gap analysis identifying how competitors could invent around your existing portfolio
Filing-ready invention disclosures for design-around concepts with strategic positioning recommendations