What is Life Science?
Life science is the study of living things and all the processes that keep them alive. It covers everything from tiny cells to whole ecosystems and helps us understand how life works on our planet.
Life science innovation sits at the intersection of patents, scientific papers, and clinical trials ... exactly the three document types in the Kwintely index. A single search surfaces relevant prior art across all three, without switching databases.
The Kwintely index is unique in covering patents, scientific papers, and clinical trials as a single searchable corpus. For life science teams, that means a freedom-to-operate search that surfaces relevant journal articles and clinical evidence alongside blocking patents ... all in under 90 seconds.
Device, method, and formulation patents often cover the same technology. Kwintely maps the full cluster in a single search.
Track competitor pipeline activity across both patent publications and clinical trial registrations simultaneously.
Life science prior art spans patents and peer-reviewed medical literature. Kwintely searches both in one query.
Align FTO timelines with IND filing and CE mark milestones ... intelligence that moves at the speed of your programme.
Each workflow below runs on the same foundational index. Start with the one that matches your most urgent question.
Freedom to Operate analysis determines whether a technology can be commercialised without infringing valid patent claims. Traditional FTO relies on keyword...
Explore workflow → Case LevelThe same context search runs from inventor disclosure through prosecution to IPR. At the disclosure desk it tells you whether a draft is worth filing in 90...
Explore workflow → Operational LevelA patent landscape maps who is filing what, where, how fast, and in which sub-domains ... across the entire global patent corpus. Traditional landscape...
Explore workflow → Operational LevelCompetitor monitoring watches the players you've named. Technology surveillance watches the field ... including organisations and institutions you haven't...
Explore workflow → Operational LevelWhen a competitor's technology move becomes public news, the patent published months earlier and sat in the public record while no one was watching....
Explore workflow →Articles, analyses, and technology intelligence briefings from our team.
Life science is the study of living things and all the processes that keep them alive. It covers everything from tiny cells to whole ecosystems and helps us understand how life works on our planet.
Clinical trials are research studies that test how well new medical treatments or interventions work in people.
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Key aspects of technology intelligence are the main parts of a process where companies find, study, and use information about new technologies, patents, scientific literature, clinical trials, and competitors to make smart business choices and stay ahead in their field.
Operating in Berlin’s dynamic ecosystem means competing at a global level. Deep tech, life science, green tech, and energy tech companies in the city are not only shaping local markets but also setting benchmarks for innovation worldwide.
Technology intelligence is the top priority for driving the speed of innovation because it helps organizations spot emerging trends early and make smarter decisions, allowing them to move faster than competitors.
295 million patents, papers and clinical trials. Natural language input. Results in under 90 seconds. Full data sovereignty.