End-to-End Support from Patent Landscape Analysis to New Business Creation - XLSCOUT x Cross Research Partnership

From patent 'landscape analysis' to new business creation and investment execution.

XLSCOUT (TTC Group) and Cross Research LLP have entered into a strategic partnership. They will provide end-to-end support for operating companies holding patents, guiding them from 'overview and inventory' of their own technologies, through strength identification, to commercialization and investment execution.

Many companies hold thousands of patents yet fail to fully leverage them due to an inability to 'see the big picture' of their own technology. This partnership combines XLSCOUT’s AI-powered patent analysis with expert validation and Cross Research’s abduction-based (hypothesis-driven) research to eliminate this 'underutilized treasure.' It transforms patent information from an asset used solely for protection into a strategic 'management resource' that drives new business and investment.

Key Collaboration Components

- Comprehensive overview, inventory, and classification of patent portfolios using AI combined with expert validation (Human-in-the-Loop) - Identification of standard essentiality, infringement risks, and licensing opportunities through patent-to-product mapping - Abduction-based (hypothesis-forming) exploration of business opportunities and strategy formulation integrating technology, market, regulation, and management perspectives - Deep-dive analysis of promising themes and identification of potential collaborators, partners, and licensing targets - Practical, decision-ready deliverables with traceable sources - End-to-end support following a three-step framework: 'Overview → Strength extraction and investment point identification → Commercialization and investment execution'

Value Delivered by the Partnership - ROE Improvement and Strategic Use of IP and Intangible Assets

As investors and executives increasingly demand improved capital efficiency (ROE), portfolio reviews, and strategic use of intellectual property and intangible assets, the starting point for decision-making lies in an accurate understanding of a company’s strengths and weaknesses. The two companies will scale up the initial step—patent 'overview and inventory'—using AI and seamlessly connect it to actionable commercialization steps.

Through this partnership, operating companies with patent portfolios can now access a continuous service that takes them from technology overview and inventory, through strength identification and investment point discovery, all the way to commercialization and investment execution. By providing comprehensive, high-speed AI analysis, expert validation, and strategic business integration in a single workflow, the partnership dramatically streamlines processes that previously took months and were fragmented across multiple internal departments or external vendors. This ensures clients move beyond mere 'inventory completion' to faster, more accurate identification of concrete business opportunities, investment decisions, and licensing strategies.

First Initiative: Joint Webinar on September 3

As the first joint initiative, a webinar titled

Escaping 'Underutilized Treasure'! Technology Inventory and New Business Creation Starting from Patent Visualization

will be held. The event will introduce the three-step framework developed through the collaboration, along with three case studies from the IT/telecom, medical devices, and semiconductor industries.

Date and Time: September 3, 2026 (Thu), 13:30–14:45

Format: Online (Free to attend)

Participant Benefits: Free trial and individual consultation available. Those who sign up for individual consultation will receive a comprehensive overview report of their company’s technology in their target domain (worth approximately ¥200,000).

Co-hosted by: XLSCOUT (TTC Group) × Cross Research LLP

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Hiroyo Clemente, Business Development Director, XLSCOUT (Japan)

Turning Dormant Patents into Active Management Resources

In Japan, many operating companies hold excellent patents but fail to fully utilize them. By rapidly visualizing the full picture of a company’s technology using XLSCOUT’s AI and expert validation, and combining it with Cross Research’s business strategy research, we go beyond mere 'inventory completion' to accompany clients through concrete commercialization and investment decisions. We will deliver this end-to-end service—from overview to commercialization—as a unified offering to our Japanese clients.

Accelerating Speed and Accuracy in Business Opportunity Discovery

Our strength lies in integrating technology, market, regulation, and management perspectives to identify why a particular technology matters now. By incorporating XLSCOUT’s AI patent analysis, we can complete landscape overviews in a fraction of the time previously required—cutting months of manual work—and accelerate hypothesis building and business opportunity discovery with higher accuracy.

Masaya Hayashi, Representative Partner, Cross Research LLP

About XLSCOUT

XLSCOUT is a platform for innovation and intellectual property intelligence powered by AI and LLMs. Built on a data foundation of over 175 million patents and 220 million non-patent literature items, it supports rapid, data-driven decision-making for R&D, IP, and business development teams by offering services such as idea generation, novelty assessment, technology and patent landscape analysis, patent-to-product mapping, and exploration of commercialization opportunities. A key feature is the combination of high-speed, comprehensive AI analysis with validation by qualified patent experts (Human-in-the-Loop).

XLSCOUT is part of TTC Group, a global provider of intellectual property and innovation solutions. The foundation of this partnership is the 'hybrid approach of AI and experts,' combining XLSCOUT’s AI platform with the expertise of TT Consultants in patent research, technical intelligence, market research, commercialization support, and technology transfer. By having experts validate AI-generated insights and connect them to strategic decisions, the partnership supports higher-quality decision-making and maximizes the value of intellectual property. TTC Group operates in North America, Europe, India, APAC, and Japan, and is trusted by Fortune 500 companies and major law firms (SOC2/GDPR compliant).

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About Cross Research LLP

Cross Research is a specialized group that supports corporate new business creation and open innovation from a 'technology understanding × business strategy' perspective. By integrating information on technology, markets, and management, and applying abduction (hypothesis-forming) methods, it uncovers new applications and business opportunities beyond the extension of existing businesses. With expertise in chemistry, life sciences, and manufacturing, the firm supports clients from theme exploration through to execution.

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XLSCOUT (TTC Group)

Cross Research LLP

XLSCOUT Business Development Director (Japan)

Hiroyo Clemente

Representative Partner Masaya Hayashi

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