Howmanypatents is a weekly newsletter that turns raw patent data into strategic insight. We help analysts, investors, and innovation teams stay on top of what companies are really doing — without needing to be patent experts.

Each issue delivers:

• Company-level patent activity (not just top-line counts)
• Sector-specific insights from fields like quantum computing and printed electronics
• Clear summaries of new filings, grants, extensions, and YTD trends
• Framing and commentary that explain what it all means — and why it matters

What we do

• Track company-level patent activity
• Focus on filings, not inventions
• Deliver strategic signals, not legal analysis
• Interpretive, not authoritative
• High-level, not claim-specific

Who is it for

• Competitor analysts and market researchers
• Research and technology strategists
• Innovation and strategy teams
• Investors and technology scouts

Why is it different

• Company-first, not invention-first
• Jargon-free, insight-rich
• Weekly updates — no patent law degree required

What you receive

Published about 45 times a year (taking into account holidays and availability of data from the European Patent Office)

Each issue of the weekly newsletter focuses on patent intelligence offering an opportunity to review the patenting activities of companies.

Each week aims to will covers:

• Regular topics (one or more each week)
  • Analysis of the patent portfolios of companies being acquired or divested
  • Summaries of patenting activities from leading Universities
  • Summaries of patenting activities of selected public companies
  • Compare and contrast - two or more companies operating in the same market
• Topic specific analysis that may change throughout the year
  • Quantum computing
  • Printed and organic electronics

Subscriptions

Here are the subscription options to access Howmanypatents Newsletter

📰Free: Subscribers will receive

• a summary email once per week
• one premium article each month
• occasional free content

🔓Premium: Subscribers will receive

• summary email once per week
• full access to all published articles
• full access to the growing archive of previously published articles

The patent data and analysis

We acquire all our patent data directly from the European Patent Office (EPO). Specifically, we use DOCDB—this is the EPO master database that is updated twice a week. All the analytical tools used to track publications, and analyse the patent portfolio of companies has been designed in-house.

Disclaimer

This newsletter is for informational purposes only. It is not legal advice, and the author is not a lawyer. Any commentary on patents or companies is opinion only, and should not be relied upon for business, legal, or investment decisions.

About me

Hi, I'm Craig Cruickshank, Principal Analyst at cintelliq. I provide all the patent analysis, and write the newsletter.

I launched the Howmanypatents newsletter in November 2024 to make patent intelligence easy and available anyone with an interest in the patent activities of companies.

Prior to launching the newsletter I have spent more than thirty years working in market and technology intelligence roles - more recently I worked at TTP plc as Senior Market Intelligence Analyst where I provided market intelligence services for the many market teams across the company's three business units - Deep Tech, Healthcare, and Life Science.

Services delivered for example - quarterly analysis of M&A activities and VC funding across the In Vitro Diagnostics industry, market sizing, analysing VC investments across the cultivated meat industry, competitor analysis of cell and gene manufacturing companies, identifying opportunities in smartphones along with many market intelligence activities in support of business development for individual market teams.

In addition to working on internal projects I also worked directly on client projects - leading the marketing intelligence activities - delivering analysis and insights on markets, competitors, customers, industries, investments and technologies.

Prior to working at TTP plc I spent 18 years building and running a successful technology and commercial advisory business focused on helping clients understand the commercial and technical opportunities in the printed, flexible and organic electronics industry.