# Patent landscape analysis
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Conduct patent landscape analyses and freedom-to-operate (FTO) assessments covering patent family mapping, claim scope analysis, prior art assessment, white…

Conduct patent landscape analyses and freedom-to-operate (FTO) assessments covering patent family mapping, claim scope analysis, prior art assessment, white space identification, competitive intelligence, prosecution history review, and infringement risk scoring. Use when a company is entering a new technology area, evaluating M&A or licensing targets, planning R&D investment, clearing a product for commercialization, assessing competitor patent portfolios, or building IP filing strategy. Covers USPTO, EPO/UPC, WIPO/PCT, and JPO databases with IPC/CPC classification-based search methodology. Jurisdiction-agnostic framework with US, EU/UPC, UK, Japan, and WIPO-specific markers. Supports strategic landscape mode (broad competitive intelligence, white space identification, filing trend analysis) and FTO mode (product-specific element-by-element claim analysis and infringement risk scoring). Also supports validity / prior art searches and M&A patent due diligence.

This skill conducts patent landscape analyses and freedom-to-operate assessments, providing strategic IP intelligence and product-specific infringement risk analysis across the US, EU, WIPO/PCT, and JPO patent systems. **Covers:** - Patent landscape analysis: filing trends, assignee portfolio mapping, technology cluster analysis, white space identification, citation network analysis - Freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis: element-by-element claim charting of relevant patents against a defined product or process specification - Patent family mapping: DOCDB simple and INPADOC extended family deduplication and geographic coverage mapping - Claim scope analysis: independent vs. dependent claim hierarchy, claim construction (intrinsic evidence hierarchy per Phillips v. AWH Corp.) - Prior art assessment: novelty (35 U.S.C. § 102 / EPC Art. 54) and obviousness (35 U.S.C. § 103 / EPC Art. 56) evaluation - Prosecution history review: file wrapper estoppel analysis (Festo, 2002), doctrine of equivalents scope assessment - Competitive intelligence: assignee analysis, inventor tracking, citation networks, M&A signal detection from portfolio patterns - Infringement risk scoring: GREEN / YELLOW / RED tiered risk classification per patent - UPC exposure analysis (post-June 2023) for European markets - Patent due diligence for M&A and licensing transactions - Validity / invalidity search to support IPR/PGR petitions or opposition proceedings **Does not:** - Draft or ...

## Jurisdictions

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