Catherine Derbois

TKM is a consulting company in innovation and a software editor for Business Intelligence purposes. Started almost 10 years ago, TKM extracts decisional signals out of Big Data in the Science & Technology Literature. TKM intervenes at the conjunction between strategic Marketing, R&D and decisional information. Ad-hoc requirements, service contracts or technical assistance? * Market studies: TKM positions your project in relation to market needs, interviews your future clients, identifies your competitors, defines your strategic segmentation and puts forward a plan of action. * Application research: TKM identifies all the markets in which your technology may be applied and targets industrial partners who will be useful for your success. * Surveillance: TKM undertakes the surveillance of your markets, competitors, new products and patents, and, in addition, makes these IP Metrix™ surveillance and analysis tools available to you. * State of the art: TKM describes your project environment and helps you make the right R&D decisions. * Industrial property strategy: TKM optimises and enhances your patents, checks your freedom to operate and advises you on your new patents to protect and strengthen your assets. * Mapping: TKM maps patents, key players and their business networks and competencies in order to identify partners, members and clients or to determine the innovative potential of a branch or region.