What this article covers
- Explains what the Innovation Momentum Report is and how it identifies companies demonstrating the strongest recent innovation performance based on forward-looking portfolio development.
- Describes how the Innovation Momentum methodology differs from traditional rankings by focusing on two-year portfolio evolution, quality improvement, and momentum rather than static patent volume.
- Clarifies how the report is built on the Patent Asset Index (PAI) framework and supports transparent, explainable patent analytics.
- Shows how the Innovation Momentum Playbook in PatentSight+ enables users to replicate similar benchmarking and portfolio development analyses within the platform.
What is the Innovation Momentum Report?
How do I access these metrics in PatentSight+?
What is the Innovation Momentum Report?
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The Innovation Momentum Report identifies and highlights the companies around the world demonstrating the strongest recent innovation performance. Rather than relying on static indicators of patent count or historic activity, the Innovation Momentum methodology measures how patent portfolios have developed over the most recent two-year period, focusing on forward-looking improvements in patent quality and relevance for future technologies and markets. The methodology and publication is compiled by LexisNexis because identifying the most innovative companies in the current technology landscape, is a recurring theme in strategic benchmarking and competitive analysis. Innovation Momentum measures the technology owners who demonstrate forward-thinking patent development and build exceptional relevance for future technologies. It measures whether patent holders have increased or decreased their innovative strength over two years, revealing true innovation dynamics rather than static portfolio size. It identifies companies that are true technological contemporaries across industries. |
It is built to recognize:
- Smaller portfolios that show meaningful gains in patent quality
- Large portfolios that sustain or improve quality while growing, or improve quality even while reducing size
- Organizations improving overall portfolio quality while reducing portfolio size
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Why It Matters
Rather than ranking organizations based on lifetime accumulation, the Innovation Momentum approach:
Provides a Structured View of Global Innovation Trends
Innovation rarely moves in a straight line. The report offers a consistent, data-driven framework for understanding where innovation momentum is being sustained, where it is shifting, and where new areas of activity are emerging across industries and regions.
By focusing on recent portfolio development, the report highlights organizations that are actively shaping future technology cycles not simply benefiting from legacy portfolios built over decades.
- Enables like-for-like comparison across industries
- Identifies both rising innovators and established leaders sustaining excellence
- Focuses on portfolio development over the most recent two years
- Avoids bias introduced by sheer filing volume
Demonstrates Transparent, Explainable Patent Analytics
The Innovation Momentum methodology relies on the Patent Asset Index, a widely adopted and scientifically validated measure of patent portfolio strength.
By building on explainable, business-relevant indicators, the report reinforces LexisNexis’ commitment to transparency in innovation analytics. This ensures that insights are grounded in measurable portfolio quality and strategic relevance, not inferred from undisclosed or non-transparent scoring systems.
Supports Strategic Decision-Making Conversations
The report provides a credible foundation for discussions around:
Benchmarking against industry peers
Competitive monitoring
Innovation communication in investor reporting
Increasingly, patent analytics are used beyond operational IP management to support broader business strategy. The Innovation Momentum Report demonstrates how structured patent data analysis can inform those conversations.
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How do I access these metrics in PatentSight+?
Innovation Momentum is a report methodology and is not available as a standalone metric within PatentSight+. However, the report is built on analytics and benchmarking principles that are available in the platform, particularly the Patent Asset Index (PAI) and PatentSight+ benchmarking capabilities.
To support customers, we provide an Innovation Momentum Playbook within PatentSight+ that:
Showcases the Top 100 results using PatentSight measures
Demonstrates how portfolio strength is evaluated using PAI
Illustrates how benchmarking analysis can be conducted
Highlights how recent portfolio development can be assessed
The Playbook can be accessed from:
The PatentSight+ log in page (shown below)
From the Workbook Menu > Open > Enterprise Playbooks > 'Innovation Momentum 2026'.
and from this link - Innovation Momentum Playbook 2026.
Note: An active login is required to access the Playbook in PatentSight+.
The Playbook serves as an example of what is possible in PatentSight+, enabling customers to apply similar analytical approaches to:
Benchmark their own portfolios
Monitor competitors
Identify emerging innovators
Evaluate portfolio development over time
In this way, the Innovation Momentum Report acts as both:
A global research publication showcasing innovation trends, and
A practical demonstration of how structured patent analytics in PatentSight+ can support strategic insight.
The Innovation Momentum Winners are recognised in PatentSight+ with a trophy icon in both the Results List Family view and Owner Details, establishing owners who true technological contemporaries across industries:
To learn more about Playbooks, how they can get you started in your analyses and walk you through the results, click here.
Related Resources
Innovation Momentum Playbook in PatentSight+
Patent Asset Index (PAI) Overview