NEWCOMER ENTERS PATENT MEASURING.

The article reports on the Patent Asset Index launched by PatentSight. It notes that the firm's Patent Asset Index, which is being backed by BASF SE and Dow Chemical Co., seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of corporate research and development by assessing metrics such as number of patents filed and global patent coverage. Meanwhile, it cites the result of Patent Board's assessment in which DuPont ranks as the leader of patent strength while BASF and Dow ranked second and third, respectively.