Case Study: City, University of London achieves faster identification and monetisation of university research with PatSnap

City University London - Customer Case Study

City University London’s small Technology Transfer team must identify and monetise promising research through licensing, partnerships and spin-outs, but often struggles to assess the commercial potential of diverse, early‑stage academic ideas and to find the right partners and funding quickly. To support that work they adopted PatSnap as a technology and patent‑intelligence tool to answer commercial questions about an invention’s competitive space, activity and filing trends.

PatSnap’s platform lets the team map technology landscapes, spot active companies, and track patent filing heat faster than manual searches, enabling “one‑step” assessments instead of lengthy Espacenet investigations. As a result, City University London can identify commercial potential much more quickly, reduce manual effort, and has supported many successful business collaborations and spin‑out companies across the UK.

City University London

Carol David Daniel

Senior Managing Consultant, IP & Commercialisation