Patent strength & assertion intelligence

Will your portfolio stand up to challenge — and stand out in the market?

We pressure-test your claims the way an IPR or opposition will, gauge your assertion potential and the damages a successful campaign could recover, and align it to real demand across operating companies, consortia, and NPEs — then engineer continuation claims for the white-space that matters.

Proprietary in-house LLMs + workflows · 30 years in patent sales, licensing & research · U.S.-based, ITAR-aware

30yrsPatent sales & licensing
LLM+Proprietary in-house models
100% USAnalysts, U.S. citizens
ICAP P.B.Brokerage partnership
01 · The flagship service

Portfolio Strength, Assertion & Market-Fit Analysis

We're not a valuation shop putting a dollar figure on your patents. We determine whether your portfolio can actually perform: whether its claims survive challenge, how hard it can assert, and whether it lines up with what the market is acquiring and licensing right now.

Our analysis pressure-tests claim validity against the prior art the way a PTAB IPR or an EPO opposition would, then gauges assertion potential — the strength of an infringement read and the damages a successful campaign could realistically recover. We weigh all of it against live demand in the acquisition and licensing market across operating companies, defensive consortia, and non-practicing entities, so you know not just how strong the assets are, but who actually wants them.

For open portfolios with applications still pending, we run deep white-space analysis: we identify continuation claims that can be filed with low prior-art resistance, and we go further — drafting recommended claim language engineered to track the greatest industry demand in your technology domain, so new filings land exactly where the market is moving.

It all runs on proprietary in-house LLMs and workflows encoding 30 years of patent sales, licensing, and advanced search — directed by experienced analysts at every step. When the analysis says it's time to transact, ICAP Patent Brokerage takes the assets to market.

What you receive

  • Validity strength assessment — how your key claims hold up to IPR and opposition over the prior art
  • Assertion analysis — infringement-read strength and the potential damages award a campaign could recover
  • Market-demand alignment — fit with operating companies, consortia, and NPEs actively acquiring or licensing
  • White-space map — continuation opportunities with low prior-art resistance, ranked
  • Recommended claim language — drafted to track the highest industry demand in your domain
  • Action plan and a path to transaction via ICAP brokerage
02 · The decision model

We file only where every signal converges

A continuation isn't worth filing just because the white-space is open. We recommend a filing only when that open space lines up with a true industry need — a domain where competitors will want to compete or practice — so every recommendation points at near-term monetization, not paper coverage. The path below is what's left after all of those signals agree.

Portfolio development path — confluence of signals
Validity strength survives IPR / opposition Assertion potential infringement read + damages Market demand OpCos · consortia · NPEs Open white-space low prior-art resistance Demand-aligned claims drafted to industry need CONVERGENCE all signals must align OUTCOME Optimal portfolio development path Continuations filed only when aligned to near-term monetization.
03 · How it works

From portfolio to an evidence-backed strategy

A defined sequence — human expertise directing the models at every step, never the other way around.

Ingest & normalize

We load your patents, applications, and priority data, then map claims and families for analysis.

Pressure-test validity

We challenge your key claims against the prior art the way a PTAB IPR or an EPO opposition would, exposing strengths and weak points.

Gauge assertion & market fit

We model infringement-read strength and the potential damages award, then weigh demand across operating companies, consortia, and NPEs.

Map white-space & advise

We surface low-resistance continuation opportunities, draft demand-aligned claim language, and route to ICAP brokerage to transact.

04 · Search services

The full Oink IP search practice, continued

Comprehensive manual prior-art search, amplified by AI and performed entirely in the United States by analysts who practiced as engineers before becoming patent searchers.

Patentability Search PROSECUTION

Worldwide patent literature and English-language technical publications searched for novelty and non-obviousness. Winnowed to the most relevant references with pinpoint citations and PDF copies — built to support prosecution at the pre-filing stage.

From $700Delivery ≤ 5 business days
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Invalidity Search LITIGATION

Prior art predating the subject patent's priority date, mapped at the claim-limitation level — the evidentiary backbone of an IPR, opposition, or invalidity defense. We seek a single knock-out reference first, then strong combinations, delivered as a detailed claim chart with references.

Avg $1,800*Delivery 5–7 business days
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Freedom to Operate CLEARANCE

From your product disclosure, we search third-party in-force patents in the jurisdictions where the product will be marketed, winnowing to the claims most relevant to your features. References provided.

$1,400Delivery 5 business days
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Landscape / State of the Art STRATEGY

All active patents and pending applications in your subject area, organized by category — with competitive-intelligence graphs on top filers, filing trends, priority-date trends, and legal status.

$1,200–$5,000*Delivery 1–2 weeks · by scope
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Infringement Search ASSERTION

Identification of products and parties reading on your claims, supported by detailed claim charts that map accused features to claim limitations — for assertion and licensing programs.

From $3,000*Delivery 5–10 business days
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Buy or Sell Patents BROKERAGE

Through our partnership with ICAP Patent Brokerage — a global leader in patent monetization — we help clients acquire strategic portfolios and bring assets to market for sale and licensing.

Engagement-basedVia ICAP Patent Brokerage
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* Pricing varies with scope. All searching is conducted within the United States by analysts with U.S. citizenship — suited to organizations subject to export-control restrictions.

05 · Why this firm

Engineers and brokers, with the models to scale them

Analysts who were engineers

Our searchers practiced as electrical, optical, software, mechanical, and chemical engineers before becoming patent analysts — fluent in the technology, the terminology, and where the killer art hides.

Proprietary LLMs, human-directed

In-house models and workflows accelerate the work and widen the net, but every conclusion is owned by an experienced analyst. AI for reach; judgment for the call.

U.S.-only, export-aware

No work is offshored. All searching is performed in the United States by analysts with full U.S. citizenship — built for universities with federal funding and clients in controlled technologies.

Thirty years of transactions

Our experience in patent sales and licensing is baked into the analysis — so recommendations reflect what buyers and licensees actually pay for, not theory.

A direct path to market

When the analysis says it's time to transact, ICAP Patent Brokerage takes the assets to a global network of buyers and licensees — strategy and execution under one roof.

White-space you can act on

We don't just analyze a portfolio — we surface the open, demand-driven lanes where continuations can be filed with low prior-art resistance, and draft claim language built to track where the market is moving.

06 · About

A new name for a practice you already know

ICAP Patent Analytics & Advisory is the evolution of Oink IP — the same U.S.-based search team and standards, now focused on the questions owners care about most: can these patents survive challenge, how hard can they assert, and does the market actually want them?

We sit alongside ICAP Patent Brokerage, the global leader in patent monetization, so analysis and advisory connect directly to a market where assets are sold and licensed. The result is a single practice that can tell you what to do and then help you do it.

Now
ICAP Patent Analytics & Advisory
Strength, assertion, and market-fit analysis, white-space & claim drafting, and the full search practice.
Formerly
Oink IP / Oink Analytics, LLC
Prior-art search experts — continued without interruption.
Alongside
ICAP Patent Brokerage
Global leader in patent sales, licensing, and monetization.
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Find out how strong your portfolio really is — and how far it can go.

Send us your portfolio or technology area and we'll scope a strength-and-strategy assessment — or a search — for you.

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