PRACTICAL GUIDE / 8 STEPS
Make the first
conversation count.
Use this checklist to prepare a non-confidential enquiry. You do not need to know every answer.
- State the decision you need to make: initial screening, detailed mapping, portfolio priority or an evidence question.
- Identify the public patent publication number and the particular claims of interest.
- List any related public family members or jurisdictions relevant to your question.
- Describe the technology and possible 3GPP release, or say that you are unsure.
- Note known configuration, optional-feature or implementation questions without disclosing confidential material.
- Give an approximate number of families and preferred timeline.
- State whether you require an NDA before detailed sharing.
- Keep unpublished inventions, internal analysis, credentials and confidential files out of the initial form.
An NDA preference is a request, not a signed agreement. Wait for agreed confidentiality terms and a separate sharing process before sending sensitive material.
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