IC Microanalysis LLC provides customized consulting to support the following areas:

Patent Research

- Determine technical strength of patents through detailed review of technical strengths and weaknesses

- Portfolio classification by product type, market, target products, technical support

- Identify potential users by market, product, manufacturer

- Assess licensing potential based on technology and market issues

Litigation and Licensing

- Locate evidence of invention use through detailed technical search and personal knowledge

- Provide analytical assistance by recommending techniques to uncover or document use, coordinate and manage analysis with selected laboratory, review analytical data and results. Assist with understanding technical aspects of invention

- Develop claim charts to highlight inventive features on analytical results.

- Collect evidence of infringement, noninfringement, or prior art by personally traveling to any location

- Locate prior art through technical searches of web-based document databases, web sites, search result references, internal library

- Evaluate technical evidence to assist with building strong case, or to assess strength or weaknesses of opposition evidence

- Provide expert assistance at hearings, depositions, trials

Arbitration

- Assist with case development by providing technical consulting support

- Provide expert review of physical evidence

- Serve as technical arbitrator on arbitration panel

Competitive Intelligence

Process Analysis

Technical Proofreading/Editing