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Technological Alternatives Study (TAS) on a Patent – A Unique Service from Crafitti Consulting

In Innovation Craft, Services on November 15, 2008 at 5:37 pm

Crafitti Consulting brings to the world a unique service on finding Technological Alternatives to an invention/patent. This service can be used to grow the invention into multiple directions which even the original inventor might find extremely useful, as the process helps him/her invent faster.

Objectives and Process

The objective of a Technological Alternative Study (TAS) is to analyze a given Patent and explore various ways in which the invention described in the patent can be transformed to next levels in its evolution. Crafitti  uses the methodology of TRIZ and own propriety techniques to help domain experts generate technological alternatives to a patent. There are four main phases of this study and it is always carried out with the domain experts from client organization.

Phase I: Patent study and analysis

Phase II: Preliminary ideation

Phase III: Collective brainstorm in a workshop setting

Phase IV: Solution evaluation and final report submission

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