White Papers

MindMatters has been working with some of the largest, most innovative global companies for two decades. We have created these white papers to share our research and best practices on innovation, product development and intellectual property.

Voice of the Customer – Marketing , Engineering and IP Legal Team Working Together

Restrictions on the Export of US Technology

Intellectual Property: A Mythical Case History About Trade Secrets (Part 2)

Intellectual Property: The Secret About Enterprise Secrets (Part 1)

Six Sigma Quality for Intellectual Asset Management

IP Management: Overcoming Today’s Obstacles

Why You Should Know How to Protect Your “Know How”

Intellectual Property: The Costs of Ad Hoc Management

Managing The Fuzzy Front End — Idea Capture and Management

Six Most Common Problems Fostering Innovation

Dramatically Improve Employee Engagement

Five Ways to Make Your Organization More Innovative

Three Key Ingredients for Every Innovation Recipe

Merging Innovation with Phase-Gate Project Management

Dramatically Improve Efficiency, Visibility and Collaboration Within Your New Product Development Process

Top Ten Best Practices for Patent Review Teams

Click Here for our selection of Case Studies

John Stowell, Director of Innovation, Zep Inc.

"StageTrak is very customizable to your needs. Once it's up and running it's pretty intuitive. It's much simpler to operate than most of its competitors."

"We avoided $750,000 in cost in North American alone last year because we're being more selective and going after better intellectual property."

Read the complete case study

Kelly Teemant

"Flagpole offers novel social marketing techniques to partner and collaborate with the National Poison Control Center community."

VP Science & Technology, PPG Industries

"The MindMatters solution is the catalyst for generating growth opportunities and new sources of revenue."

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Tom Mauss, Chief Executive Officer

"We were impressed with MindMatters’ entire Step by Step Innovation process. They helped us identify areas where we might fail, and successfully navigated around those obstacles."

"Our R&D idea submissions have tripled over the whole of the previous year."

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Gregg Edwards, Chief People Officer

"Allows us to not only capitalize on the brilliance of our employees, but also to collaborate on organizational issues in a much more engaging, satisfying way."

Director of R&D

"The MindMatters software has really worked out for our team. It has enabled us to develop a process that effectively mines the innovative thoughts of R&D. Our invention disclosure count is through the roof compared to pre-MindMatters numbers."

SOLUTIONS

Click here to learn how to Accelerate your Innovation, New Product Development, and Intellectual Property Processes

In 2002, 8,254 civil cases related to intellectual property theft were filed in U.S. courts.

U.S. Department of Justice

The fastest-growing U.S. companies tend to foster innovation.

Harnessing Innovation, PriceWaterhouse Coopers

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Albert Einstein

All told, 69 percent of the executives who participated ranked innovation as one of their company’s top-three strategic priorities.

Boston Consulting Group Survey

Intellect and innovation are the sources of virtually all economic value, growth, and strategic edge today.

James Brian Quinn, Professor of Management, Dartmouth College

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Dr. Alan Kay, Disney Imagineering

MORE INFO

Would you like more information on our proven process? Schedule a discussion online, or call us now at
412-489-5900 x4.

John Stowell, Director of Innovation, Zep Inc.

"StageTrak is very customizable to your needs. Once it's up and running it's pretty intuitive. It's much simpler to operate than most of its competitors."

"We avoided $750,000 in cost in North American alone last year because we're being more selective and going after better intellectual property."

Read the complete case study

Kelly Teemant

"Flagpole offers novel social marketing techniques to partner and collaborate with the National Poison Control Center community."

VP Science & Technology, PPG Industries

"The MindMatters solution is the catalyst for generating growth opportunities and new sources of revenue."

Read the complete case study

Tom Mauss, Chief Executive Officer

"We were impressed with MindMatters’ entire Step by Step Innovation process. They helped us identify areas where we might fail, and successfully navigated around those obstacles."

"Our R&D idea submissions have tripled over the whole of the previous year."

Read the complete case study

Gregg Edwards, Chief People Officer

"Allows us to not only capitalize on the brilliance of our employees, but also to collaborate on organizational issues in a much more engaging, satisfying way."

Director of R&D

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Case Studies

Read about how our clients have improved their innovation, product development, and invention & intellectual property management processes.

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More Information

Would you like more information on our proven process? SCHEDULE A DISCUSSION ONLINE, or call us now at 412-489-5900 x4.

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Demo

The best way to truly understand how our solutions can increase the Return on Investment of your product development and invention efforts is to contact us for a DEMO!

John Stowell, Director of Innovation, Zep Inc.

"StageTrak is very customizable to your needs. Once it's up and running it's pretty intuitive. It's much simpler to operate than most of its competitors."

"We avoided $750,000 in cost in North American alone last year because we're being more selective and going after better intellectual property."

Read the complete case study

Kelly Teemant

"Flagpole offers novel social marketing techniques to partner and collaborate with the National Poison Control Center community."

VP Science & Technology, PPG Industries

"The MindMatters solution is the catalyst for generating growth opportunities and new sources of revenue."

Read the complete case study

Tom Mauss, Chief Executive Officer

"We were impressed with MindMatters’ entire Step by Step Innovation process. They helped us identify areas where we might fail, and successfully navigated around those obstacles."

"Our R&D idea submissions have tripled over the whole of the previous year."

Read the complete case study

Gregg Edwards, Chief People Officer

"Allows us to not only capitalize on the brilliance of our employees, but also to collaborate on organizational issues in a much more engaging, satisfying way."