The previous post in this series featured the List of Top Oil and Gas Private Equity Firms discovered as the result of a Google® search. The list focuses on companies pursuing acquisition and development of existing resources. While the list will be useful to many, this series of posts focuses on techniques you can use to identify startups with promising new technologies.
So, on to the next step in the quest to find new technology on the cusp of successful deployment.
The same Google® search that resulted in the List of Top Oil and Gas Private Equity Firms, also listed a number of other links worth pursuing.
Today’s TIP: Browse for Google® gold, and pan for treasure.
For example, the search results for …
Google®: venture capital oil gas
… include the portfolios of the following venture capital firms. I found these portfolios by browsing the results list and following the hyperlinks to a number of websites. It will take some of your time, but you will be rewarded.
- Altira Group Portfolio
- BBL Ventures Portfolio
- Braemar Energy Ventures Portfolio
- Energy Innovation Capital
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Altira Group Portfolio (http://www.altiragroup.com/portfolio/current-investments)
Fund VI Investments
ResFrac
Investment:
2018
ResFrac has built the first 3D, cloud-based, fully-integrated fracture / reservoir simulator sold to oil and gas operators as a SaaS solution. Fracture simulation is used to predict fracture geometry and proppant placement from fluid injection, while reservoir simulation is used to describe multiphase flow and long-term fluid production. Using advanced physics and patent-pending algorithm combinations, ResFrac combines the two, with a primary focus on optimizing fracture and field development in shale plays, dramatically shortening the ‘trial and error’ learning curve of unconventional development. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
resfrac.com
Seeq
Investment:
2017
Seeq offers advanced data analytics software for process industries that enables better decisions across the enterprise. Key features include self-serve, easy-to-use data trending and visualization tools, automated data cleansing, and the ability to quickly create and manipulate time-series data objects, all while capturing and sharing valuable subject-matter-expert knowledge. Customers ranging from oil & gas to pharma use Seeq get more value out of their data and experience faster time to insight, achieving results in minutes that replace days and weeks of wrangling data sets. Business case outcomes comprise of improved yields, margins, quality, and safety. Seeq is based in Seattle, Washington.
seeq.com
ThoughtTrace
Investment:
2017
ThoughtTrace empowers its customers to greater insight and creativity through better access to their most challenging information. Its software platform, ALI™, near-instantly extracts valuable insight from unstructured data buried in large volumes of complex contractual documents. Using a combination of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms trained in-house by domain experts with vast amounts of documents, ALI™ automatically reads and interprets meaning down to the sentence-level at a fraction of the time (minutes, not weeks or months) and with more accuracy than a human. ALI™ is used across many industries and document types, including oil & gas land leases, rights-of-way, and supplier contracts. ThoughtTrace is based in Houston, Texas.
www.thoughttrace.com
FlexGen Power Systems
Investment:
2015
FlexGen is an integrated energy storage technology platform company. Through its proprietary software and high-efficiency power electronics, FlexGen’s Energy Storage Systems (ESS’s) enable the economic integration (hybridization) of energy storage with power generation assets. Its ESS technology is used to hybridize utility-scale solar plants, natural gas peaker plants, industrial microgrids, and drilling rig and production power generators, both off-grid and at the grid-edge. FlexGen’s technology has been deployed around the world and has proven to significantly improve overall power quality, reliability and cost. FlexGen is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
flexgen.com
Infrastructure Networks
Investment:
2013
Infrastructure Networks is a developer of proprietary 4G LTE wireless networks that enable the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) for machine-to-machine communications in critical infrastructure industries such as oil and gas exploration and production. Founded in March 2011, Infrastructure Networks has been rapidly expanding its holdings by acquiring licensed 700 MHz broadband spectrum. To date, those holdings cover more hundreds of thousands of square miles in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, the SCOOP / STACK in Oklahoma, the Bakken Shale in North Dakota, the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas and Eastern Kern County in California.
inetlte.com
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Another example from the results of Google®: venture capital oil gas …
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BBL Ventures Portfolio (https://www.bblventures.com/portfolio )
ceres knowledge engine The CERES Knowledge Engine by UNEE provides a mix of data science, data visualization, and advanced visualizations that gives enterprises the visibility they require to answer some of their most asked questions. Leveraging the power of the data graph, CERES quickly and easily eliminates blindspots within organizations by cost effectively building data relationships from disparate data sources and business applications. http://ceres.uneegroup.com/
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Here is the portfolio of another venture capital firm …
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Braemar Energy Ventures Portfolio (http://www.braemarenergy.com/portfolio/ )
Current portfolio
Braemar partners with exceptional companies and management teams to build industry leaders. We offer much more than just capital. Our deep connection within the energy industry and the commercial experience of our partners significantly contributes to the success of our portfolio companies.
Braemar’s investment horizon is between three and seven years, and we realize returns through either a strategic sale or initial public offering. Our current portfolio of investments spans the energy industry, from oil and gas to renewable and efficiency related companies.
LO3 Energy
Transactive Energy
Blockchain-enabled distributed energy transactive networks
https://lo3energy.com/
Getaround
E-mobility Peer to peer car sharing utilizing in-car technology
https://www.getaround.com/
Renew Financial
Finance Innovative financing solutions for a clean energy economy
http://renewfinancial.com/
CarbonFree Chemicals
Carbon Capture & Utilization Proprietary technology captures harmful CO2 emissions
http://www.carbonfreechem.com/
Voxelo
3D Printing Developer of 3D printing platform for functional devices
https://www.voxel8.com/
Next Step Living
Energy Management Provider of comprehensive home energy efficiency solutions
https://www.nextsteplivinginc.com/
Flywheel
Energy Management Building performance platform
https://www.flywheelbi.com/
Storiant
Information Technology Advanced storage systems for archival and backup data
Apr 26, 2016 - Data backup company Storiant Corp. shut down in November and was liquidated under Massachusetts bankruptcy law, according to investor ...
Aledia
Lighting Advanced 3D architecture for low cost full spectrum LEDs
https://www.aledia.com/
Ecomotors
Engine Efficiency Proprietary high efficiency internal combustion engine technology
EcoMotors was an American company developing and commercializing an opposed-piston opposed-cylinder (OPOC) engine for use in cars, light trucks, commercial vehicles, aerospace, marine, agriculture, auxiliary power units, generators, etc. This engine was promoted to significantly improve fuel efficiency, and substantially reduce production costs when compared to convententional internal combustion engines.
In April 2013 EcoMotors announced a deal to have Chinese auto parts giant Zhongding Power build a $200 million factory in the Anhui Province in eastern China. The factory hoped to produce 150,000 OPOC engines per year, with a further site reserved to take production to 400,000.[2] The engine blocks will be made of CGI (compacted graphite iron) and will be produced at a fully automated Zhongding foundry in Anhui by a license from Sintercast of Sweden[3]. The production was first announced to commence in 2014 but delayed to 2016. [4]
As of February 2017 the EcoMotors web site was defunct. It's intellectual property was put up for sale with closing date in Sept. 2017.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EcoMotors
ChargePoint
Energy Management Networked electric vehicle charging stations
https://www.chargepoint.com/
Sefaira
Energy Management Computational building physics software for energy efficient and sustainable design
https://sefaira.com/
Albeo (acquired by GE)
Lighting High-output, high efficiency LED fixtures for indoor industrial and commercial use
https://products.currentbyge.com/?utm_source=vanity&utm_medium=albeotech.com/
Utilidata
Energy Management Automated solutions for volt/VAR optimization
https://utilidata.com/
NexSteppe
Biofuels Advanced development of hybrid seeds for the biofuels and biopower industries
www.nexsteppe.com
Sirrus (acquired by Nippon Shokubai)
Biochemistry Novel chemistry for energy efficient adhesives, coatings and polymers
https://www.sirruschemistry.com/
mc10
Electronics Conformal electronics enabling products with radically new form factors
https://www.mc10inc.com/
LumEnergy (acquired by Fulham)
Lighting Dimmable electronic ballasts and advanced lighting controls
https://www.fulham.com/
ViridityEnergy
Energy Management Managed services and software for energy capacity and generation markets
https://viridityenergy.com/
Powervation (acquired by ROHM)
Information Technology Integrated circuit solutions for energy control and management in electronic systems
Powervation provides a new class of Auto-control™ digital power IC solutions that optimize power-supply performance and efficiencies for manufacturers of electronic systems used in Computing, NetComms, Storage and other applications.
GeneralFusion
Energy General Fusion is on the precipice of providing commercially viable fusion energy to the world
https://generalfusion.com/
Convey Computer (acquired by Micron)
Information Technology Energy-efficient high-performance computers
Micron Swallows up Convey Computer - insideHPC
https://insidehpc.com › 2015/03 › micron-swallows-convey-computer
Mar 31, 2015 - The Convey Computer site reports that the company has been acquired by Micron. Known for their hybrid-core computing technology, the Convey team will join Micron's Advanced Computing Solutions Group in their Compute and Networking Business Unit.
GridNet
Smart Grid Leading provider of 4G policy-based network management software and smart grid services
https://www.grid-net.com/
Fulham
Lighting Leading supplier of electronic power supplies and lamps to the industrial lighting sector
https://www.fulham.com/
OPX Bio (acquired by Cargill)
Bio-based Products Bio-based chemicals and fuels from renewable feedstocks
Cargill acquires OPX Biotechnologies' fermentation technology
https://www.cargill.com › news › releases
April 28, 2015 – Cargill has acquired Colorado-based OPX Biotechnologies' proprietary fermentation-based processes and systems. These technologies are ...
Solazyme
Renewable Oils Sustainable, high performance renewable oils and ingredients derived from microalgae
http://www.solazyme.com/
Ioxus
Energy Storage High performance high voltage ultracapacitors
https://ioxus.com/english/
Laser Light Engines
Lighting Energy efficient laser light for cinema projectors
http://www.laserlightengines.com/
Enerkem
Biofuels Leading gasification technology for converting low value waste into transportation fuels
https://enerkem.com/
Climos
Carbon Capture Processes for naturally removing CO2 from the atmosphere
http://www.climos.com/
Luminus (acquired by San’an Optoelectronics)
Lighting High performance, solid state lighting solutions
https://www.luminus.com/
Cerion Energy
Oil & Gas Fuel-based additive technology that improves efficiency and reduces emissions
http://cerionenergy.com/
Fractal Systems
Oil & Gas Proprietary heavy oil upgrading technology
http://www.fractalsys.com/
Afina (acquired by Enerkem)
Oil & Gas Low severity gasification technology for conversion of heavy oil waste to syngas
https://enerkem.com/
Verenium
Biofuels Proprietary bioengineering technology for producing cellulosic ethanol
Verenium Corporation was a San Diego, California-based industrial biotechnology company founded in 2007 as the result of a merger between Diversa (San Diego) and Celunol (Cambridge, MA).[2] The company specialized in research and development for the production of high performance enzymes used in industrial applications, including biofuel generation, hydraulic fracturing.[2][3] Verenium was acquired by BASF corporation in 2013.[2] The company's tailored enzymes are environmentally friendly, making products and processes greener and more cost-effective for industries including the global food and fuel markets.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verenium_Corporation
PowerGenix (merged into ZincFive)
Energy Storage Nickel zinc battery technology for high discharge applications
https://www.zincfive.com/
BrightVolt
Energy Storage Next generation flexible thin-film lithium polymer batteries
https://www.brightvolt.com/
Enernoc
Energy Management Managed services for distributed generation and energy efficiency assets
https://www.enelx.com/n-a/en
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And here is another company, another portfolio …
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Energy Innovation Capital (www.energyinnovationcapital.com )
Growth Capital for Oil, Gas and Energy Technology Companies
Founded in 2013, Biota applies DNA sequencing and data science to explore the earth’s subsurface. Biota provides actionable insights to the oil industry for maximizing reservoir production and reducing environmental impact, leveraging over 300 published patent claims worldwide. Biota enhances multimillion-dollar decisions with DNA data services for production profiling, sweet spot identification, and reservoir connectivity.
Website: www.biota.com
ConXtech, a technology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, has developed ConX®, a mass-customizable, modular, prefabricated structural steel building system. ConX, the first Cradle to Cradle Certified steel building system in the world, allows the construction industry to predictably build steel structures faster, safer and more efficiently. With more than 12 million square feet designed and deployed in high density residential, commercial, healthcare and institutional structures, the ConX System is also delivering extraordinary value through systemization into the oil & gas, energy and industrial sector.
Website: www.conxtech.com
Comitt Well Solutions,based in the Houston Metro Area, is a technology company operating in the oilfield services industry. Comitt’s patented EXCITE System is a uniquely engineered, reliable and cost effective solution for well revitalization, which maximizes the remaining value in existing wellbores.
Website: www.comitt.com
Flowcastings delivers computer-aided design and manufacturing process innovation to the development and production of complex, high-value turbine castings with applications in the global power generation, oil & gas and aviation industries. By providing faster product development cycles with greater freedom to design critical advanced cooling and aerodynamics features, Flowcastings enables the gas turbine industry to accelerate and enhance improved fuel efficiency and low emissions offerings to their power and aviation customers.
Website: www.flowcastings.com
Fluence Analytics is a manufacturer of industrial and laboratory monitoring solutions that produce continuous data streams. These measurements, combined with proprietary analytical tools, enable real-time optimization leading to improved process control and faster R&D for polymer and bio-pharmaceutical manufacturers. Fluence Analytics has two product lines, ACOMP and ARGEN. ACOMP is a smart manufacturing system that continuously analyzes polymers during production, and ARGEN is a light scattering based instrument that measures the pharmaceutical stability of therapeutic proteins and quality of natural and synthetic polymers.
Website: www.fluenceanalytics.com
Fracture ID uses patented Drillbit Geomechanics™ technology to generate high-resolution measurements of critical reservoir characteristics, enabling operators to better understand their reservoirs and place frac stages with greater precision. Using commercially available and near-bit data recorders, Fracture ID collects and analyzes downhole measurements at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. By providing more accurate measurements at lower risk and revealing the optimal position for frac stages, Fracture ID helps maximize hydrocarbon recoveries, increase IP rates, reduce costs, and ultimately improve net present value.
Website: www.fractureid.com
Ingu Solutions’ Pipers® technology provides oil and gas companies with immediate and affordable access to pipeline assets even in the most challenging conditions. This revolutionary technology uses miniaturized inline sensors to detect leaks, geometric defects, magnetic anomalies, and deposits that threaten pipeline performance and safety with zero-downtime. Pipers® eliminate the need for human intervention, reducing inspection costs, and strengthening preventive maintenance.
Website: www.ingu.co
Kairos merges the Silicon Valley culture of innovation and business speed with deep knowledge of scientific instruments, aerospace technology and data science. They are changing the way energy data is collected and used. Kairos' LeakSurveyor™ product is a cheaper, faster, and more effective solution for detecting methane emissions. Their QuickSurveyor™ can cover 50 square miles a day to produce geo-referenced optical and infrared maps.
Website: www.kairosaerospace.com
Kelvin Inc. is focused on resourceful production through intelligent control. To ensure a sustainable future, the company’s technology maximizes efficiency, safety and sustainability of industrial operations. Kelvin also solves complex problems — using the collective intelligence of human observation and sensor information to improve critical decisions. The solutions created will enhance operating performance by identifying behavioral patterns, promoting collaboration and automating changes. Kelvin will empower natural resource companies with the next generation of intelligent operational controls.
Website: www.kelvininc.com
Mission Secure (MSi) is a leading provider of control system cybersecurity to some of the world’s largest organizations in the military, oil and gas, and transportation industries. The MSi Platform takes operational technology cybersecurity to all levels of control systems while maintaining the benefits of a networked environment which can be deployed and managed by a non-IT professional. The results bring cyber visibility and end point protection to operational technology (OT) and control systems in an easy to deploy and manage platform.
Website: www.missionsecure.com
Moleaer (Latin for tiny air) is a Los Angeles based company that develops industrial scale nanobubble systems, resulting in a radical change in the economics of indoor farming, separating metals, treating wastewaters and recovering oil. Nanobubbles are unique in that they are neutrally buoyant and carry a strong surface charge. This combination allows them to stay suspended in water, resulting in an extremely high rate of gas transfer. Moleaer’s XTB Nanobubble Generators improve productivity, water quality, and eliminate maintenance expenses across a wide range of applications ranging from crop production (demonstrated 25 to 50% increase in yields) to wastewater treatment (40 to 80% reduction in energy).
Website: www.moleaer.com
Ocean Aero is an award-winning builder of environmentally-powered, autonomous, unmanned, underwater and surface vehicles. It’s signature product is the Submaran®, the first hybrid wind and solar-powered surface and subsurface vessel designed for extended ocean observation and data collection. The Submaran® has applications in the Defense & Intelligence as well as the Oil, Gas & Energy sector and can be customized to fit specific customer requirements, ranging from intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance to data collection and inspections to marine mammal tracking and Met-Ocean data gathering. Based in San Diego, OceanAero gives customers the Freedom to Discover.
Website: www.oceanaero.com
Pellucere Technologies™ develops and manufactures advanced optical coatings for a wide range of energy and industrial needs including MoreSun® AR Shield, the world’s first field-installable, anti-reflective, anti-soiling, solar module coating. The company is based in Houston, Texas, with R&D and production facilities in Corvallis, Oregon, and sales and customer support in Germany and Taiwan.
Website: www.pellucere.com
PhoenixET provides Smart Building IoT analytics solutions to multi-site enterprises. PhoenixET’s industry expertise paired with the capability of connecting to building systems and equipment without additional hardware, brings together actionable data into a standardized web-based platform. The Company’s EnterpriseDX IoT data platform generates ROI for customers by optimizing equipment efficiency that reduces energy costs, decreases repair and maintenance spend, and lowers capex by extending the life of assets.
Website: www.phoenixet.com
RedEye is a Brisbane based tech company, offering digital engineering solutions for companies that own and operate critical infrastructure. RedEye’s cloud and mobile based solutions are purpose built to reduce operating cost while improving safety and productivity. Organisations in the oil & gas, power, water, mining, healthcare, government and transport industries are currently using RedEye to manage over $170 billion in operating assets. RedEye has teams in Brisbane, Melbourne, Denver, Houston, Nevada and Manilla and is widely recognized as one of Australia’s fastest growing and most successful tech startups.
Website: www.redeye.co
Spear designs and manufactures safe, high performance energy storage systems (ESS) for clients with some of the world’s most demanding marine, industrial, and defense applications. Spear takes a chemistry agnostic approach towards integrating its in-house designed, scalable electronics, software, and mechanical systems with the most application-appropriate chemistry in order to maximize the value for its clients.
Website: www.spearpowersystems.com
Streamline provides differentiated H2S treatment solutions for the oil & gas industry. The company’s reusable, biodegradable chemistry and patented gas treatment process provides a step change improvement in H2S treatment, resulting in market share gains from triazine, other redox, and AGI alternatives.
Website: www.streamlineinnovations.com
Founded in Munich in 2011, tado is the leader in intelligent home climate management. With its Smart Thermostats for heating and cooling, tado° works as your Climate Assistant with skills such as Geofencing, Weather Adaptation, Open Window Detection, Air Comfort, and Boiler Repair Services. With 180 employees, tado° reshapes the way energy is consumed at home for more comfort, savings, and wellbeing.
Website: www.tado.com
Titan Advanced Energy Solutions develops advanced battery management systems that measure and monitor the State of Health (SoH) and State of Charge (SoC) of Li-ion batteries with unprecedented speed and precision. Titan AES's patented ultrasound technology uses molecular-level, in-situ measurements to accurately detect the SoH and SoC to enable increased usable capacity, longer cycle life and critical safety improvements through early detection of battery outgassing and other critical failure modes.
Website: www.titanaes.com
Titus is a manufacturer and distributor of pipes, valves, and fittings (PVF) to the energy, fire protection, and industrial sectors. Functioning as both a capital partner and warehouse provider, Titus streamlines a decades-old supply chain and provides inventory as a service to their customers. With an industry leading quality assurance program, Titus delivers unmatched value by providing the highest quality products at competitive prices and is one of the fastest growing manufacturing and distribution businesses in North America.
Website: www.titusindustrial.com
XCHG empowers commodity differentiation.
Xpansiv CBL Holding Group (XCHG) is the world’s first commodity exchange built for a new asset class: data. XCHG ingests data, sourced from each commodity’s lifecycle, and converts it into Intelligent Commodities™—digital assets that enable transactions based on comprehensive information. XCHG brings together Xpansiv, a data refinery and next-gen registry, with CBL Markets, the leading commodity spot exchange. Together, they create a marketplace powered by Digital Feedstock™, a new data format that combines production monitoring, data science, cryptography, standards, and distributed-ledger technologies to convert data into digital assets that can be transacted—without counterparty risk.
Website: www.xpansiv.com
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Starting Down the Startup Path: TOC – Table of Contents
If you enjoyed this post, you might like some of the others in this series. Here is a convenient way to find them.
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 1 of a series)
How do you find emerging technology? One way is to focus on startups.
OK, fine, but how do you discover the startups that offer a technology of interest to you? One way is to focus on venture capital firms that focus on the areas of interest to you.
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https://desulf.blogspot.com/2019/12/starting-down-startup-path-part-1-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 2 of a series)
Anyone involved in venture capital or its variants is interested in identifying potential candidates for investment opportunity. Finding these candidates is not easy. But a place to start on startups is to see what companies other venture capital firms have identified.
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https://desulf.blogspot.com/2019/12/starting-down-startup-path-part-2-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 3 of a series)
Panning for Google® gold: startups with promising new technologies
The previous post in this series featured the List of Top Oil and Gas Private Equity Firms discovered as the result of a Google® search. The list focuses on companies pursuing acquisition and development of existing resources. While the list will be useful to many, this series of posts focuses on techniques you can use to identify startups with promising new technologies.
So, on to the next step in the quest to find new technology on the cusp of successful deployment.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/01/starting-down-startup-path-part-3-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 4 of a series)
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Follow the Lead of the Oil Majors
How do you identify startups that fit your corporate goals? One way is to set up and advertise a venture capital unit, which enables young companies to pitch their technology to your corporation.
And that is just what several oil majors have done.
Studying their portfolios can provide a wealth of helpful information, whether you are a venture capitalist, a startup, or simply interested in identifying emerging technology.
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https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/01/starting-down-startup-path-part-4-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 5 of a series): Searching Patents
Patents: Emerging Tech
Patents are a rich source of cutting-edge research. And much of the research reported in patents never appears in peer reviewed journals. So, to identify emerging technology in your field, consider searching the patent literature on a regular basis.
TIP: Read Tips for reading patents: a concise introduction for scientists for an excellent overview on this topic.
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https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/02/start-up-startdown-path-parti-5-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 6 of a series): Reviewing Patents
Searching for patents is iterative. You type in some keywords. Results reveal more keywords. You type in those keywords. And repeat.
This can be really tedious, irksome even. Sometimes it is hard to figure out whether a given patent is even relevant to your needs.
Fortunately, a number of experts have offered tips to make it easier to read a patent quickly.
TIP: Google® how to read a patent for more tips on efficient ways to review a patent
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https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-6-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 7 of a series): Patents and Run On Sentences
Per USPO rules, the Claims in a patent must be stated in a single sentence. In many cases, the “single sentence” can be, thanks to colons, commas, semicolons, et al., several hundred words long.
But remember that, as difficult as it may be to wrap your head around any given claim, it still is faster than reading the whole patent.
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https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-7-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 8 of a series): Mining Patents for Keywords
Mining patents for useful information can be tedious. One thing you can do is to look for keywords to use in Google® searches. For example, in a previous post I listed a Breakthrough Technologies LLC patent with the following claim …
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 9 of a series): PTQ Catalysis 2020
PTQ Catalysis 2020 is ready to view at www.eptq.com. As always, it is rich in useful information. In the context of our Startdown the Startup Path series of posts, one article in particular caught my eye …
Pilot plant studies of hydrotreating catalysts
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https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-9-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 10 of a series): The Bigness of Machine Learning
Big data is a big deal. We humans generate so much data that our puny brains are unable to process it. So we have created machines to do that for us.
There is a whole discipline called machine learning designed to train these machines to process massive amounts of data in useful ways.
“Machine learning,” as Serdar Yegulalp notes in an InfoWorld article, “is a complex discipline. But implementing machine learning models is far less daunting and difficult than it used to be, thanks to machine learning frameworks—such as Google’s TensorFlow—that ease the process of acquiring data, training models, serving predictions, and refining future results.”
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 11 of a series): Thread the Needle
In a horse race, the goal is to bet on the winning horse. Common sense tells us that if we knew for a certainty which horse would win the race, racing them would be pointless. The same logic applies to new technologies, and the companies that create them.
That’s why it can be useful to look at companies that have been examined by investment funds like the Columbia Seligman Communications and Information Fund.
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https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/04/starting-down-startup-path-part-11-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 12 of a series): Patent Prior Art Search
Prior Art Search: Everything you need to know
If you’re looking to understand everything about prior art search, you’ve landed on the right page. By the time you finish reading this guide, you’ll likely have built a solid understanding of what can be included in the prior art, how you can use this knowledge to conduct a patent search all by yourself and avoid spending valuable resources on the non-patentable subject matter.
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 13 of a series) Dibenzothiophene Patents 2020
What’s the quickest way to determine if a patent is of interest to you? Depends on your purpose. This tip sheet may help you decide which section of a patent to focus on.
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 14 of a series)-Google Patents Find Prior Art Link
Patent research is important in any area of research you are engaged in ... especially if you are a startup, or are considering investing in a startup.
Prior art is an important concept in patent research.
In this regard, Google® Patents Prior Art Link is useful. When you find a patent of interest, in the upper right of the screen you will find a link labeled Prior Art.
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