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The earliest foundations of TRIZ and Systematic Innovation were both laid
on the study of patents.

Anyone who has spent some time trawling through the patent database
will know that it contains a lot of nonsense and plenty of rubbish. We
try to filter out the noise, looking for the solutions that change and have
changed the world and our understanding of how it works.

The information gained from each patent that we study is used to feed
three main knowledge databases:
- ways of delivering functions
- discontinuous trend jumps
- contradictions and solution
strategies

A large part of this job is testing the boundaries of our existing knowledge
framework. We are steadily discovering new trends, new contradictions and
new solution strategies.

Total Patents Reviewed: 2,140,000

Total Patents Studied: 454,000

 
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