TECH & AI25 May 2026· 15 min

Patent & IP Monitoring: The Advanced OSINT Methodology

Master the intelligence tradecraft behind patent and IP surveillance. This guide delivers a 7-step OSINT framework, quantitative benchmarks, and three verified case studies showing how leading firms gained 6–18 months of competitive foresight—actionable from day one.

InekIA Editorial Team

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[1]WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators 2023 — wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-941-2023-en-world-intellectual-property-indicators-2023.pdf

[2]Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study 2023 — oceantomo.com/intangible-asset-market-value-study

[3]IPlytics Platform Intelligence: Patent Monitoring Industry Survey 2022 (n=312 IP professionals) — iplytics.com/resources/reports

[4]American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Report of the Economic Survey 2023 — aipla.org/detail/news/2023/08/07/aipla-releases-2023-report-of-the-economic-survey

[5]EPO PATSTAT Online Documentation and Bulk Data Services — epo.org/en/searching-for-patents/business/patstat

[6]Clarivate / Derwent Innovation Patent Analytics Benchmark Report 2023 — clarivate.com/derwent/solutions/derwent-innovation

[7]IAM Magazine: Building Patent Intelligence Capabilities in R&D Organisations — iam-media.com/article/building-patent-intelligence

[8]USPTO Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) API Documentation — developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/peds