Invention Capture
ipScan®: Surface every invention hiding in your organization.
Your best inventions are trapped in the minds of engineers who are too busy building to disclose them. Conducting an ipScan fixes that. Using a technology-agnostic methodology refined over 25 years, our facilitators - themselves prolific inventors - systematically scan your entire organization to surface, inventory, and prioritize every protectable innovation. We dissect your business into a structured framework spanning products, technologies, and value chains, then conduct highly interactive sessions with inventors and stakeholders across every function. Each idea is clearly articulated, categorized by business line, and designated as a potential patent, trade secret, or defensive publication. The output is a comprehensive digital inventory of your organization’s intellectual property: all in one place, ready for action.
Typical Outputs
- Comprehensive invention inventory
- Prioritized filing recommendations
- Trade secret identification register
- IP landscape framework
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Why it matters
Most companies protect only a fraction of their protectable innovations because they rely on inventors to self-identify and self-report disclosures. That ad hoc approach leaves enormous value on the table. ipScan engagements consistently uncover 50–150+ invention concepts that would never surface through internal processes alone. One Fortune 500 medical device client generated nearly 150 invention concepts in a single engagement, leading to 80+ patent applications with a 98% issuance rate.
Core Workstreams
Business framework development mapping products, technologies, and value chains
Facilitated inventor and stakeholder interviews using proprietary creativity and systematic thinking tools
Invention extraction, documentation, and classification (patent, trade secret, or defensive publication)
Priority scoring and strategic recommendations for filing, protection, and investment