Research and Markets: Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Patent Landscape Report

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/lvjll6/lithiumsulfur) has announced the addition of the "Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Patent Landscape" report to their offering.

To fulfil the promise of an Electrical Vehicle revolution, new battery technologies are needed: is lithium sulfur the best candidate to replace lithium ion? Who are the future leaders of this market? This report analyzes the patent environment highlighting the strategy of current major players (10 case studies including Questel patent metrics).

With a total of 760 patent families analyzed and categorized, this report gives you the most exhaustive view into patents and patent applications filed in your technical area and helps you:

• Understand the global IP trends in your area
• Identify players and competitors
• Identify key patents and potential white spaces
• Assess your patent position with a global technological landscape

What Information this report will bring you?

• Patent information: global and regional trends, protected areas, main applicants and their IP strategies, relevant patents, relevant portfolios
• Technical focus: sulfur based cathode and batteries, battery components or systems working with this cathode type.
• Your IP or research development position in relation to the other players' positions.
• Means to identify patents (to license in, that infringe yours)
• Means to identify potential partners (to collaborate, to license your IP)
• Means to identify abandoned/emerging technologies

Key Topics Covered:

1. Key features & positioning matrix

2. Generalities

• Battery Timeline & Roadmap
• Market current overview and forecast
• Brief description of Li-S batteries

3. Global patenting activity trends

• Priority filings dynamics
• Priority filings map /Extension strategy
• Type of players
• Main applicants
• Filings of the main applicants over time
• Citation analysis
• Most extended families

4. Regional focus (Asia, North America, Europe)

• Protection
• Main applicants protecting the area
• Notable co-filings between applicants
• Regional focus: synthesis

5. Portfolio Breakdown

• Case studies
• Generalities
• Protection
• Portfolio Breakdown
• Questel patent ranking
• Questel metrics

Companies Mentioned

• BASF
• Chinese Academy of Sciences
• DuPont
• Oxis Energy
• Polyplus Battery
• Robert Bosch
• Samsung SDI
• Sion Power
• Toyota / AIST
• US Department Of Energy

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/lvjll6/lithiumsulfur