My client:
Mid-sized specialist machine construction company
My Part:
Innovation and patent strategy; positioning, development of technology roadmap
Industry:
Mechanical engineering
Turnover:
€ 100 million
Employees:
450
Situation:
Safeguarding of knowledge and expertise
Task:
- Development of patent strategies
- Promotion of innovation
- Development of unique selling points
Measures:
- Patent searches and patent applications
- Creation of roadmaps for specific technologies
Successes:
- Successful patent appeals
- Successful patent applications
- Expansion of technology leadership
- Cooperation with research institutes introduced into the company
Special challenge:
- Competition research on an international basis did not exist
- Systematic organisation of existing knowledge in the company
