Case Study: Wilbur‑Ellis achieves accelerated R&D breakthroughs and competitive intelligence with PatSnap

Wilbur Ellis - Customer Case Study

Wilbur Ellis, a global agricultural distributor with more than $3 billion in sales, faced the challenge of staying ahead of competitors and rapidly capitalizing on new opportunities while working in a field where manipulating biological systems is time-consuming and uncertain. To accelerate insight and reduce R&D risk, Wilbur Ellis turned to PatSnap and its patent reports/patent intelligence to monitor supplier activity, competitor moves, and emerging chemistries early in the innovation cycle.

Using PatSnap’s patent reports, Wilbur Ellis gained timely visibility into new chemistries and competitor and supplier strategies, enabling its lab to test promising leads and prioritize development. As a result, the company is on the verge of commercializing its first product discovered through this approach, has improved its innovation success rate, saved significant development time, and expects future breakthroughs to be identified via PatSnap’s patent insights.

Wilbur Ellis

John Frieden

National R&D Director