Inspired by 30 years
of MIT research.
We turn patent data into a single measurable signal — the Technology Improvement Rate — that predicts which technologies will win, years before the market sees it.
Trusted by global innovators.
Every technology improves exponentially — at a rate you can measure.
In 2018, we worked with MIT to build the world's first objective Technology Strategy Radar. MIT had spent years empirically measuring progress across 28 technology domains — from hard drives to solar PV to genome sequencing — and found something that changed how we should think about technology bets.
Every technology improves exponentially, at a measurable rate, like compound interest. Hard drives have improved 32% per year for forty years. Solar PV at 8.6%. Genome sequencing at 148%. Each technology has its own rate — and that rate is the single best predictor of which one wins.
Two patent signals predict every Technology Improvement Rate.
Buried in patent citation networks are two measurable patterns that, combined, predict how fast a technology is about to get better — long before that improvement shows up in markets.
Cycle time
How fast is this technology evolving? We measure the number of years between successive generations of a technology, based on the citation chain inside patent filings.
Shorter Cycle Time = technology is advancing faster. A sign of innovation momentum and competitive pressure.
Knowledge flow
How impactful are the inventions in this space?
We measure how much subsequent inventions build on a given patent — a proxy for how big each technical step is.
Higher Knowledge Flow = inventions are making bigger leaps. A sign of breakthrough potential and growing influence.
The only dataset that catches technology improvement before the market does.
It's in patents first
Before a technology hits the market, it lives in patent literature — often for years. The signal is there long before any analyst report can pick it up.
Globally standardised
Patent filings are one of the only things the world actually agrees on. Same structure, same metadata, same citation network — across every country, every industry, every decade.
Comprehensive coverage
The vast majority of meaningful technical progress finds its way into patents. If a technology is improving fast enough to matter, we can see it before anyone announces it.
From strategic intent to a board-ready decision
in five steps.
You define the question. We do everything from data through to interpretation, and keep the answer alive as the landscape moves.
Define your scope
Which technology area are you exploring?
Provide a technology area and scout all emerging technologies in your domain. Remove blind spots and set the foundation.
Map the patent landscape
Find all relevant inventions for each emerging technology. Get the complete picture.
AI assisted patent landscaping to find every single invention, from first filing to current state-of-the-art. Use AI-Powered natural language filtering to get rid of Boolean once and for all.
Compare technologies and spot the winners
The fastest improving technology always wins.
GetFocus measures two key signals in global patent data: Cycle Time and Knowledge Flow. How fast technologies take steps forward and how big those steps are. Technologies that take quick, big steps improve fast.
It's that simple.
Deep dive for actionable insights
Chat with 1000s of inventions.
Chat with entire datasets for high level trends.
Chat with individual patents for detailed insights.
Competitors benchmarking, explore white space.
Freedom To Operate and answer any additional question you might have.
One board-ready view.
Four clear calls.
Every technology gets placed on a single chart: improvement rate on the vertical axis, technology readiness on the horizontal. Where it lands is where you act.
The model's empirical finding is simple, and almost always counter-intuitive: the fastest-improving technology wins — even when it's behind on maturity today.
Three disruptions the model called before the market did.
Patent improvement signals don't predict the future — they reveal what is already happening, years before it shows up in markets.
Bring us one live technology decision.
The fastest way to see this work is on a question that actually matters to your portfolio. We'll scope it together at kickoff and come back with a board-ready answer in four to six weeks.
