Today's tip is short and sweet ... Visit the ipHandbook site (source: http://www.iphandbook.org).
Even if all you do is go there and bookmark the site for future reference, it will be well worth the effort.
Here is a table from the chapter on IP Portfolio Management
TABLE 1: IP PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TASK DEFINITIONS
IP TASK
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DEFINITION, SCOPE, AND COMPLEXITY
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Technology Scan
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High-level scan of
the patent and nonpatent literature to gauge current technology status. Used
prior to invention conception or may facilitate technology brainstorming
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Current Awareness/IP
Surveillance
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Monitoring of newly
published patent applications or issue patents; supports “patent
intelligence”/“competitive intelligence” initiatives
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Licensing/Business
Development IP Support
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Patent portfolio
maintenance, patent-prosecution support, updating patent status information,
generating reports on IP status
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Patent Development/
Patentability
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Targeted IP search
and analysis to determine similar, overlapping, or identical technology. A
search is conducted within the full specification of U.S. and foreign patent
applications and issued patents
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Patent Landscape
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Analysis of IP in
one or more specific areas of technology; integration of detailed IP analysis
information into defined format such as a “landscape” enabling both
high-level overviews or detailed analysis (may support patentability or
claims analysis activities)
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Infringement
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Targeted IP claims
analysis to determine if one or more patents may be infringed by a new
product release to market
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Validity
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A search for a
prior-art reference that may render a target patent or patents invalid
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Source: http://www.iphandbook.org/handbook/ch12/p04/
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