Patent Booster Workshop

Q: What is the Patent Booster Workshop?

The Patent Boooster Workshop is a co-creation workshop in which diverse experts create inventions together. In doing so, you exceed the limits of what is currently considered feasible. This is where world firsts and technological innovations are created.

Q: Why should I do a Patent Booster Workshop?

A Patent Booster Workshop helps to bring about inventions and technological progress instead of waiting years for creative ideas. This innovation format is better suited to technology innovation than any other known approach.

Q: How long does a Patent Booster Workshop take?

The Patent Booster Workshop takes 3 days . Including preparations and detailed follow-up searches for selected invention disclosures, the format can be completed within 2 months. With participants from different organizational structures, it may take a little longer to gather the relevant participants in the company.

Q: What is the result of the Patent Booster Workshop?

The results of the Patent Booster Workshop are written invention disclosures. These invention disclosures are already initially examined for novelty and freedom-to-operate. Further results are numerous solution concepts that can be used directly in development as well as an action plan for the next steps.

Complex challenges and tricky problems? 10 patent ideas you should have? Develop invention disclosures for your core business now in the 3-day workshop.

What is

Revolutionary inventions for your core business

Technology innovation is not rocket science. Your technical expertise enables you to take the leap into the future and outpace the competition.
Experts are often difficult to tame: Results remain elusive for a long time. The Patent Booster Workshop allows all experts to pull together. For groundbreaking ideas and invention disclosures with live patent searches.

The patent booster in action for the global market leader

The SMS group is the world market leader in metallurgical plant engineering. Jochen Schmitz, Head of Product Management Long Products, reports on the motivation and successes achieved by participating in the Patent Booster workshop: to the case study.

Service details:

Patent Booster Workshop

is ideal for:

If patents are milestones to your success
In case of high complexity and multi-layered challenges
To coordinate a large number of specialists
When even experts don’t know how to progress

Advantages at a glance

5	Business-relevant invention disclosures and solution concepts for technical challenges
7	New methodical approaches for technology innovation and unique selling propositions

3	Days of intensive work with your technical expertise, inspiration from outside and live patent database queries
0	Uncertainty on development focus or where third-party patents block your freedom to operate (FTO)

Procedure

How are inventions created?

2 days compact:

Icebreaker & jumping in at the deep end
Ideality, customer orientation and vision
Experts’ level of knowledge
Failed solutions
Which nuts to crack?
What patents is the world working on?
Hardcore solution development
TRIZ, laws of evolution, creativity boost
Iteration & prototypes
Invention disclosures on paper
Action list and next steps

How we work

How do you work in the innovation workshop?

At any time:

Tight schedule
Crisp job description
Group work and discussion
Decisions
… back to 1

There is plenty of time to discuss contentious issues. But there will be no endless blah-blah: WORKshop, not TALKshop.

In the end, they have

At the end of the workshop you will have:

Understood your bottlenecks for innovation.

Clarity about which technology secures your future.

5+ invention disclosures captured on paper.

experienced great things and broadened your horizons.

Voices of satisfied customers

Better than all previous creative workshops.

Senior Developer
Sensors

Amazing! Otherwise we would need a whole year for this!

W. Luxem
Manager IP, Pepperl & Fuchs

Great, even for absolute experts

Managing Director
Technology service provider

Don't leave invention disclosures to chance any longer!

Structured invention saves time and delivers higher degrees of novelty.
The inventions actually fit your core business and suit the respective patent situation. An effective approach to technological innovation.