Patent creation and strategic portfolio management

This programme focuses on deliberately identifying, developing, and governing inventions as a portfolio aligned with technology and business objectives.

Participants create criteria for moving ideas through a pipeline, allocating resources, and reviewing decisions to file, continue, extend, or stop.

Who this is for

• R&D and innovation leaders

• Invention, technical, and investment committees

• IP, legal, and strategy teams

Core content

• Organizing invention harvesting and disclosure

• Assessing ideas for technical merit, market relevance, strategic fit, and protectability

• Structuring portfolios by product, platform, market, or competitive objective

• Establishing review cadences, measures, and lifecycle decisions

• Build an invention pipeline from idea to decision

• Apply consistent prioritization criteria

• Outline a strategy-led portfolio structure

• Recommend a lifecycle review and governance mechanism