Patenting Accelerator Program (PAP) The Patenting Accelerator Program (PAP) will enable your Research & Development team to systematically identify concepts that can be patented successfully.As part of the engagement, Innomantra assists the team in using the Functional Innovation (FI) approach to identify insights and to generate new product ideas. At various phases of the engagement Innomantra also provides the team with relevant patent and market research to help identify patenting opportunities and white spaces.

1. T R A N S F O R M I N G I M A G I N A T I O N
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Patenting Accelerator Program
The Patenting Accelerator Program (PAP) will enable your Research & Development team
to systematically identify concepts that can be patented successfully.
As part of the engagement, Innomantra assists the team in using the Functional Innovation
(FI) approach to identify insights and to generate new product ideas. At various phases of
the engagement Innomantra also provides the team with relevant patent and market
research to help identify patenting opportunities and white spaces. The project duration
ranges from 2 to 5 months depending on the scope and complexity of the engagement.
Background
Study
Decomposition
& Exploration
Ideation
Sessions Evaluation
Invention
Disclosure
Prior Art
Research
Technology
Landscape
Patent Filing
Patenting Accelerator Program: Engagement Model
Phase 0 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4

2. Functional Innovation = Design Thinking + Systems Thinking
The Functional Innovation Methodology (FI) is an integrated approach to creative ideation
which brings together Design Thinking and Systems Thinking. The FI process involves the
following four steps: Decomposition, Exploration, Ideation and Implementation.
FI developed out of an Innomantra research study that involved analyzing more than 30,000
innovations. The FI approach has been used by several leading companies to innovate
systematically on their products and processes.
Functional Innovation Methodology: Process
Decomposition
Step
ImplementationExploration Ideation
1 Step Step
3 Step
4
User
System
Functional
Innovation
How to? How about?
Design Thinking
Unidentified Needs
Empathy Confrontation
Systems Thinking
Unidentified Problems
Functional Innovation Methodology
Identified Needs
Identified Problems
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