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Evalueserve Intellectual Property Overview Patrick Madden Engagement Manager Evalueserve Tel: + 1 614 829 3580 [email protected] www.Evalueserve.com 2008 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Presentation Plan Evalueserve Overview Evalueserve IP Experience © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Evalueserve – Your Global Knowledge Partner Evalueserve is a Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) company, which provides custom research services to leading-edge companies worldwide. Evalueserve has seven synergistic competencies – Investment Research, Circle of Experts, Business Research, Data and Financial Analytics, Market Research, Intellectual Property and Legal Process Services, and Knowledge Technology. Our team comprises highly skilled professionals including MBAs, Engineers, MDs, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, Scientists, Architects, etc. Evalueserve Value Proposition Quality Global Coverage Custom/Cost-effective → Attention to detail in every element of client interaction → Disciplined project management and communication → Accurate and insightful analysis → Extensive research infrastructure → Operation centers in India, China, and Chile → European research center soon to be operational → Multi-lingual capabilities (50+) → Research conducted in the Americas, Asia Pacific and EMEA → Local ‘in-country’ support → 24x5 coverage → → → → Fraction of traditional cost 100% customized projects Access to experts in your field Multi-industry experience (10,000+ completed projects) → Highly scalable/rapid response → Flexible working relationship Slide 3 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Seven Distinct Synergistic Competencies Circle of Experts Market Research Fast access to frontline industry experts with unique opinions on markets, companies, products; 360° view of market due diligence on long-term investments ‘Executive confidante’ for one-on-one discussions on strategic issues Elicitation training on most effective and compliant methods to interview experts End-to-end market research services B2B and B2C surveys (design, execution and analysis) Data processing Survey analytics Market research solutions: employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction, brand perception, new product development, advertisement effectiveness Data and Financial Analytics Intellectual Property and Legal Process Data cleansing, validation, and treatment Dashboard solutions and reporting Statistical modeling and forecasting Data-driven strategies including profitability analysis, channel assessment, product affinity analysis/cross selling Segmentation and cluster analysis IP Litigation Support IP Licensing Support Prior Art Searches Competitive Landscape Analysis Litigation/Paralegal Support Contract Review/Management Drafting & Technical writing Investment Research Business Research Validation of investment ideas Corporate finance Equity research support Industry landscape and company profiles Fixed income research Target identification Quantitative Analysis Financial modeling and valuation Knowledge Technology Website Development Customized training management solutions Application Development Business intelligence portals Project management Market sizing and estimation Industry and company profiling Benchmarking Value chain analysis Newsletters Custom list generation Marketing and sales operations support Slide 4 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Evalueserve Executive Leadership Alok Aggarwal → → → → Marc Vollenweider → CEO → MBA, INSEAD → Masters in Telecommunications Engineering, ETH Zurich → Ex-partner at McKinsey Chairman PhD, Johns Hopkins in EECS BTech (Electrical), IIT Delhi Ex-Director of IBM Research Division (16 Years, US/India) Robert Daigle → VP Marketing and Sales → IBM Marketing and Sales Executive → Managed Worldwide B2B Sales Group → Managed Worldwide Supply Chain Sales Group Ashish Gupta Nand Gangwani → → → → CFO MBA, Bentley College in Boston BTech, IIT Delhi Ex-CFO of Napster and Roxio; Ex-VP Corporate and Business Development at Evolve Inc. → → → → COO and Country Head, India MBA, Carnegie Mellon BTech (Mechanical), IIT Delhi Ex-Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Co. Slide 5 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Key Milestones Highlights Dec ’00 Founded Jan ’01 Commenced India Operations Jul ’01 First Major Client Signed Up Mar ’02 Achieved Profitability Sep ’05 Commenced China Operations Nov ’06 Commenced Chile Operations Feb ’07 Acquired Circle of Experts Jul ’08 Commenced Romania Operations Slide 6 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Truly Global Research Centers and Sales Offices: Gurgaon and Noida (India); Shanghai (China); Valparaiso (Chile) Sales Offices and Client Executive Locations: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angles, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Tampa, Washington DC (US); Melbourne (Australia); Vienna (Austria); Brussels (Belgium); Sao Paulo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Hong Kong (China); Helsinki (Finland); Berlin (Germany); Kfar Saba (Israel); Luxembourg; Singapore; Stockholm (Sweden); Zurich (Switzerland); Amsterdam (The Netherlands), London (UK) Recently Opened European Research Center and Sales Office: Cluj (Romania) Slide 7 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Evalueserve Language Capabilities Asia Pacific Europe Bulgarian Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish Flemish French German Greek Hungarian Italian Latvian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Turkish Turkmen Ukrainian Americas English Portuguese Spanish Bangla Burmese Cantonese Chinese Hindi Indonesian Japanese Korean Malay Mandarin Mongolian Punjabi Sinhalese Tamil Telegu Thai Taiwanese Urdu Vietnamese Middle East Arabic Hebrew Persian Slide 8 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Evalueserve in the News Awards and Recognitions Innovation for India Awards Articles Featuring Evalueserve “EU may cut cost of texting, mobile data” – Business Week, Jan 17, 2008 Asia/Emerging Market Specialist Expert Network “Outsourcing is getting personal” – The Times, Dec 26, 2007 CIO 100 Award “India Stocks: When Will the Party End?” – Business Week, Nov 08, 2007 NASSCOM IT Innovation Awards “Less Is More: Cutting Out the Middleman” – Wall Street Journal, Nov 07, 2007 Red Herring Top 100 Asia Awards ISO 27001 Certification “Indian rupee at 9 ½-year high vs. dollar as foreign funds pour into markets” – International Herald Tribune, Oct 10, 2007 “An In-Depth Analysis of the Indian Vendor Space along with Profiles of All Major Industry Players” Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India – Forbes, July 10, 2007 Slide 9 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Presentation Plan Evalueserve Overview Evalueserve IP Experience © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Evalueserve's Intellectual Property Group Over 273 professionals → More than 101 Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals/ Chemicals professionals → 9 PhDs, 110 Masters, 3 MDs, 151 Bachelors → Biotechnologists, Micro-Biologists, Biochemists, Immunologists, Pharmacists, Chemical Technologists Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology (37%) Electronics & Telecommunication (30%) Others (33%) Chemistry Chemical Engineering Pharmaceuticals Medicine Biotechnology PhDs Masters Bachelors Medical Doctors 101 Electronics Telecommunication Computers Masters Bachelors 83 Masters Bachelors 89 Mechanical Civil Industrial Material Science Food Technology Slide 11 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Summary of IP Projects Conducted to Date Over 2000 projects Nature of Work Hours Projects Completed 100-150 1200 10-50 200 Invalidation Searches 100-300 200 Freedom to Operate Studies 100-300 90 IP Landscape Analysis 100-500 300 IP Portfolio Analysis 100-300 100 Overlap Analysis/Claims Mapping 100-800 30 Licensing Support 50-200 50 Patent Valuation 200-500 10 Commercialisation Studies 100-500 75 Patent Drafting & Filing Patentability Assessment Slide 12 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential IP Solutions Across the Invention Cycle Services Objective Early-stage Valuation R&D IP Protection Value Extraction Landscape/ White Space Analysis Overlap Analysis Add-on Freedom to Operate Studies Patent Drafting Portfolio Analysis Freedom to Operate Studies Competitive Analysis/ Licensing Need Analysis Patentability Assessment Patent Filing and Prosecution Patent out-licensing and in-licensing / Patent Valuation State-of-theart Studies Technology Valuation Analysis Patent Prosecution (Office Action) Technology commercialization Services Invalidation Searches Clients Researchers Researchers Business Managers Patent Attorneys Researchers Patent Attorneys Patent Attorneys Business Managers Slide 13 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Intellectual Property and Legal Process Services Services Spectrum Competitive Intelligence Prior Art Search Patentability assessment Freedom to operate State-of-the-art searches Patent landscape analysis Portfolio analysis Patent watch Patent Litigation Support Patent Drafting and Filing Patent drafting, filing and prosecution in the US, EP, PCT, Indian Patent Offices, etc. Office action responses Patent proof reading Foreign filing permits Translation services Overlap analysis Claims charts Invalidity search Legal Process Services Paralegal and litigation support services Legal research Contract reviewing Patent Licensing Support Patent out-licensing analysis Patent in-licensing analysis Patent valuation Technology valuation analysis Technical Writing Courseware drafting User manual preparation Brochure preparation Slide 14 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Search Capabilities Search in Patent Databases Search in USPTO, JPO, DEPATIS, CIPO, Espacenet, INPADOC, SIPO, KIPO through following sources: Search in non-Patent Databases Pharma / Biotech/ Chemistry: Pubmed /Medline, Science Direct, PubChem, QueryChem, Microbial Biocatalytic Reactions and Biodegradation Pathways → Micropatent (PatentWeb) Electronics and communication: IEEE, ACM → SurfIP Mechanical and Automobiles: SAE → PatentCafe Others: IP.com, Scirus, Google scholar, California & Stanford Digital Library, IIT Delhi Library, Citeseer, Findarticles, SPIE, → Delphion → DGene → Registry through STN → Questel Orbit Structure based searches Sequence based searches Exact structure search Exact match search Substructure search Subsequence search Markush structure search BLAST homology search Role defined reaction search Coming soon: Merged Markush Search Slide 15 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Technological Domains Covered Software (1/2) Telecom Electronics Image Processing Network Protocols Microprocessors Database Management Network Security Supply Chain Management Network Services Management Embedded Electronic Products Network Management Neural Networks Neural Networks Business Method Mobile Communication Networks Signal Processing Artificial Intelligence and Neural Network Semiconductors Semiconductors Fiber Optics Fiber Optics Search Mechanism Quantum Level Devices Digital Front End & Production Server Microprocessors Electronic Design Automation Virtualization MOS Integrated Circuits Digital Filters Security Systems Embedded Electronic Products Quantum Level Devices Digital rights management Computer Peripherals Analog Circuits / Digital Circuits Secure content transfer Signal Processing Integrated Circuits Multiprocessing and Scheduling Analog Circuits / Digital Circuits Memory Allocation Graphic Processing Integrated Circuits Power Systems Content recognition Digital Filters Smart Antennas ERP software Data Compression Storage Software Memory Allocation Data Compression Slide 16 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Technological Domains Covered (2/2) Biotech, Pharma and Biomedical Devices Mechanical Biotechnology Stents Biomedical Vascular implants Construction and Structures Oncology Medical imaging Mechanical Testing Monoclonal antibodies Enzyme Technology DNA based therapeutics Fermentation Technology Materials and Compositions siRNA therapeutics Pharmaceutical Domains Vaccines Structure Searches Diagnostic methods and systems Reaction Searches Degenerative disorders Radiotherapy Pharmaceutical Compositions Surgical Instruments and Implants Drug Delivery Food Technology Toxicology Agricultural Biotechnology Pharmacognosy PCR High Throughput Analysis QSAR/Drug Designing Production Strategies Nanotechnology Equipment Handling Injection molding Engines Pneumatic and Hydraulic equipments AC/Refrigeration Gears Shock absorbers Power generators Fluid pumps Chemicals Inorganic chemicals Polymers Organic chemicals Petrochemicals Paints Fuel cells Welding Suction pumps Fuel cells Slide 17 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Over one million applications have been filed in China in the last two years… Foreign Companies Account for ~20% of the Patent Filings in China as of 2005 Breakdown of Foreign Applications Filed in 2005 The most active foreign companies have a strong IT/Telecom presence: 29% 39% 10% 22% Japan USA Korea Samsung Electronics Philips Matsushita Sony IBM Others Given its huge size, the patent database of China cannot be ignored. Evalueserve is able to cover Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean IP research from its China office Language Skills Evalueserve IP China team includes Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese and English speakers. Currently 15 people 30 (Dec 2007) Access to Databases and Information Technology Knowledge Evalueserve IP China team can access Chinese, Japanese and Korean patent databases. Being located in Shanghai, Evalueserve has access to Chinese market information and local experts. Evalueserve IP China team members hold technology degrees from top Universities like Shanghai Jiatong, Tongji etc. Source: State Intellectual Property Office of PRC Slide 18 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential IP Services provided from China Office Prior Art Search IPAMs Three key search services: Support for IP due diligence: → Patentability Assessment → Landscape Analysis → Invalidity/Validity → Portfolio Assessment Unique Work Product Non-English prior art search results Analysis of non-English patents to identify the freedom-to-operate in the Chinese market or analysis of Chinese patent landscape in English Translation of key patent information into English Communication with the client in English High quality Slide 19 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Forty percent increase in total patent filings in India in 2006 Number of Patent Applications Have Grown At A Rapid Rate 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 19951996 19961997 19971998 19981999 No. Patents Filed 19992000 20002001 20012002 20022003 20032004 20042005 20052006 • ~50% of the patents filed in 2005-06 is in pharmaceuticals and chemicals domain. No. of Patents Examined Evalueserve with 20 registered patent agents in India office is able to offer variety of IP solutions Drafting and Filing Services Drafting, filing and prosecution services: Foreign Filing Permit Obtaining a Foreign Filing Permit (FFP) Drafting of Indian patent applications First filing in India* National Phase Filing (corresponding to a PCT application) India Filing based on a Priority application (without taking PCT route) Patent Search Services Manual search in the Indian Patent Office (IPO) for granted patents, published patent applications, and designs Prosecution support – response to office actions * The patent application may or may not have been drafted by Evalueserve Source: Indian Patent Office, Evalueserve Analysis Slide 20 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Evalueserve Confidentiality Management System Legal Measures Dedicated Teams Chinese walls Staffing rules Independent expert opinions Non-disclosure agreement Client-favourable jurisdiction IP of projects belongs to Client In-house legal counsel ensures contractual compliance Internal/External advisors ensure statutory compliance Confidentiality Clean desk, clear screen Legal Privilege Principle – ‘Need-to-know’ IS0 27001 certification Confidentiality as element of quality Pre- and post-involvement confirmation of expert’s role Strict ‘ethical research’/business conduct guidelines Process Measures Secure transmission Secure storage Data access for team members only Technology Slide 21 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Evalueserve has a Robust Process to Prevent Conflicts Conflict of Interest Management Systems Conflict Check Database IP Conflict Check Team Information on all IP clients Type of projects already carried out Details of team members who worked on the projects Keywords Independent members in the team Analysis of all client matter Management of potential conflict to safeguard the interests of the clients Confidentiality Knowledge on each client confined to a particular unit Strict confidentiality of client information maintained Different IT infrastructure for each IP unit Slide 22 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Sample Charts © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Sample IP Dashboard . http://www.evalueserve.com/mockdashboard/ipdashboard/home.htm Slide 24 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Evalueserve Deliverable – Landscape Analysis . Slide 25 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Claim Chart – US7071922 Product Independent Claim at least one light emitter disposed on an upper wall of a casing for emitting a light beam; Summarized Step Relevant Sections Specifications Relevant Sections Drawings The patent provides a light emitter such as Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for emitting a light beam. The product uses a (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) VCSEL as the light source. The diverging beam from the laser source is collimated using a focusing lens. Column 2, Lines 52-53 Interpretation of the claims in light of the patent specifications Kanitech FreePen Figures 2, 3 and 4 Relevant sections Relevant drawings of the of the specifications used patent used for interpreting the claim for interpreting the claim A brief description of the overlapping features of the identified product Slide 26 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Search interface for customized search Evalueserve Deliverable – Sample Excel Sheet Slide 27 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Search Interface The search interface allows relevant patent families to be searched according to criteria such as the categories/sub-categories in the taxonomy, assignee and inventors. The search interface also facilitates keyword-based search in the title, abstract, and claims of the patent families. Search interface can be customized according to the needs of the client and more functionalities can be provided SAMPLE SEARCH INTERFACE Keyword based searching Assignee or inventor based searching Date restricted searching Category based searching: For example, ‘Applications’ is selected from Level 1 and ‘Therapeutics’ is selected from Level 2 Search button to start the search Slide 28 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Technology Watch – Breast Cancer Diagnostics Breast Cancer Diagnostics Molecular Diagnostics Nucleic Acid Markers Immunodiagnostics Others Protein Markers Protein Markers & Nucleic Acid Markers Protein Markers Nucleic Acid Markers & Protein Markers Differential Expression Mutation Others Medical Imaging Others Differential Expression Differential Expression Mutation Mutation Others MRI CT X-ray Ultrasound Tomography Spectroscopy Optical Methods Others Others Slide 29 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Application-based Taxonomy Chart Insulin Uses Medical Applications Non-medical Applications Therapeutics Diagnostics Cure Diabetes Diagnose Diabetes Experimental Uses Functional Genomics • This chart provides sub-classification of a technology domain based on the application areas of the technology Slide 30 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Patent Family Chart 5510992 Parent publication filed on Jan 3, 1994 5682318 Continuation filed on April 19, 1996 5774886 Continuation filed on Feb 7, 1997 6233568 CIP filed on Jun 29, 1998 5606507 CIP filed on Jun 22, 1994 5666284 CIP filed on Jun 7, 1995 5778076 CIP filed on Aug 16, 1995 5825893 Divisional filed on Feb 10, 1997 5801364 CIP filed on Aug 16, 1995 5796834 Continuation filed on March 6, 1997 5812991 CIP filed on Oct 2, 1996 • This chart provides insights about the patent filing strategy adopted by a company to protect an innovation Slide 31 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Key Features Analysis • This map provides the key features of the patent publication that is easy-to-understand and provides a crisp compact at-a-glance summary information. In addition, it exposes hidden relationships between the key features that are not visible in textual form Slide 32 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Technology Evolution Map • This chart indicates the evolution of a technology domain such as incremental inventions or alternative application areas for a technology domain Slide 33 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Time-wise Patent Distribution Among Various Assignees Qualcomm has been filing religiously since 1995 Assignees This was a year of record losses, probably why they didn’t file patents here What caused this surge of patent activity? CPS quietly acquired a Chinese technology company in 2001 Pioneer in the technology domain Graphs are based on the set of patent publications reduced to one member per family • This chart provides a three-dimensional time-wise distribution of patent publications according to different assignees for a particular technology domain. In addition, this chart provides filling trends for each assignee and compares their trends with each other Slide 34 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Company’s Products Technology-wise Patent Distribution Among Various Products for a Company Company has storage device products but does not have patents corresponding to it. Technology Domain Graphs are based on the set of patent publications reduced to one member per family • This chart provides a three-dimensional technology-wise distribution of patent publications according to different products. In addition, the white spaces in the chart indicates in-licensing needs and out-licensing opportunities Slide 35 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Technology-wise Patent Distribution Among Various Assignees Assignees Smaller circles indicate fewer patents in this technology domain Technology Domain Larger circles show greater numbers of patents Graphs are based on the set of patent publications reduced to one member per family • This chart provides a three-dimensional technology-wise distribution of patent publications according to different assignees. This chart indicates R&D focus and IP strategy of each assignee and a comparison with each other. This chart indicates potential markets or technology domain that may be easily ventured by a new company Slide 36 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential White Space Analysis: Problems vs. Solutions (Semiconductor Lasers) Slide 37 © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential Thank you… Patrick Madden Engagement Manager Evalueserve Tel: + 1 614 829 3580 [email protected] www.Evalueserve.com © Evalueserve, 2008. All Rights Reserved - Privileged and Confidential