FMCG Patents

Harnessing science to predict the future in food and drink, beauty and wellness

Patents are the largest library of scientific information in the world.

Our partnership with Mintel has unlocked a fresh audience for Cipher intelligence. For those working in research and innovation, predictive analysis is a vital component. Never has nutrition and wellness been more important.

Partnering with Mintel

Working with Cipher will allow our experts at Mintel to harness the power of AI to understand faster and earlier how the food and drink and beauty and personal care industries could develop, and will help future-proof our clients’ businesses.

Peter Haigh, CEO, Mintel

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Building a Taxonomy for FMCG

A Taxonomy for patented technologies in Food & Drink could include the following:

Claim
Ingredients
Technology

Find out more about our offer to get access to Mintel Patent Watch reports. Listen to the latest podcast that features how Cipher’s data can support in identifying trends in the FMCG sector.

Example of a Food and Drink Taxonomy

Food and drink taxonomy

Ingredients included in the Food and Drink taxonomy include:

Cinnamaldehyde
Emulsions
Flavourings
Oral microbiome
Preservatives
Savoury Flavour Enhancers
Sugar Reducers

Insights and Events

Mintel Cipher Partnership offer

The close partnership between Cipher and Mintel now means all Cipher FMCG module customers have access to all the Mintel Patent Watch reports, as part of your Cipher subscription.

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Ocado on balancing IP protection with mitigation of patent risk and conflict

Head of IP, Lucy Wojcik, talks about the need instant answers to who’s doing what and how Cipher helped Ocado implement a world class IP strategy.

Find out how Cipher can build your taxonomy using classifiers:

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Universal Technology Taxonomy

The Universal Technology Taxonomy (UTT) is the world’s first taxonomy that divides over 45 million patents into 10 super-classes and 122 sub-classes.

Automotive

The industry standard for understanding the future of the cars and automotive industry.

FinTech

The types of classifiers in a FinTech technology would be in sectors such as banking services, payment technologies, and security.

Industrial Automation

A patent taxonomy developed at the heart of Industry 4.0, including 3D printing, robotics and connectivity

MedTech

Strategic insight for the next generation of diagnosis and treatment for data driven healthcare

Semiconductor

Supporting the sector in times of fast pace and high stakes technology evolution

Aerospace and Defence

Technologies within this taxonomy include: air turbine starters; electromagnetics; flight management systems for drones; head mounted displays (HMDs); and virtual cockpits.