How Do I Use The Technology Timeline Report?

The Technology Timeline report allows you to visualize the development of a technology for an individual company or technology field. Use this report to visualize how a technology has evolved over time, identify the most cutting-edge technical solutions in a field, and predict the future R&D direction of your competitors.

To create a Technology timeline based on a query, simply select the "Query" tab, and enter your search string. If you need help with the syntax, or remembering the available search fields, you can click on "Search Helper".

To create a Technology timeline based on a certain company, select the "Company" tab, and enter a company name. You will be presented with suggestions matching your search, click on one of the available suggestions, and then on "Create Playbook".

You can now also create a Technology timeline based on your list in your own or your shared workspace(s). To do this, simple click the "Workspace" tab and selected the folder you would like to have displayed on a timeline. Once you are happy with your selection, simply click "Create Playbook".

It is possible to filter out results from a Company Technology reports using IPCs. The IPC helper is also available. 

Timelines are generated using a calculation that considers the following indicators: Number of Patent Citations, PatSnap family count, Infringement lawsuits, Top assignees, Patent Valuation, and more. Key patents from each year are identified, extracted, and displayed on the timeline based on their application date.

You can also customize the labels of the technology timeline of a particular year in order to add or remove details - as well as select another application picture if one is available in the documentation. To do so, hover with your mouse above the year you would like to edit, and click on the edit button that will appear on the top right:

At the top you can change picture, on the bottom you can edit, customize, add or remove labels.

This report will use "One document per application" as the default setting, and it supports analysis for up to 10,000 patents.