{"id":26596,"date":"2025-11-20T08:19:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/?page_id=26596"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:23:10","slug":"how-industry-and-competitors-are-performing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/en\/help-center\/ip-pilot-use-cases\/how-industry-and-competitors-are-performing\/","title":{"rendered":"Understand How the Local IP Industry and Your Competitors Are Performing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:16.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:11.52%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:11.52%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><i class=\"fb-icon-element-1 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-flag fas circle-no fusion-text-flow\" style=\"--awb-iconcolor-hover:var(--awb-color1);--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-margin-right:8px;\"><\/i><a class=\"fb-icon-element-2 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-left fas circle-no fusion-link\" style=\"--awb-iconcolor:var(--awb-color6);--awb-iconcolor-hover:var(--awb-color4);--awb-font-size:64px;--awb-margin-top:0;--awb-margin-right:0;--awb-margin-bottom:0;--awb-margin-left:0;--awb-align-self:center;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/en\/help-center\/ip-pilot-use-cases\/\" aria-label=\"Link to https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/en\/help-center\/ip-pilot-use-cases\/\" target=\"_self\"><\/a><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/en\/help-center\/ip-pilot-use-cases\/\">Back to Use Cases<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Use IP Pilot to get a clear picture of market activity in your jurisdiction and benchmark key competitors. This guide covers (1) analyzing the local industry using <b>Search<\/b>, (2) drilling into specific competitors with <b>Analyze \u2192 Law Firms<\/b>, and (3) time-savers with <b>IP Pilot Pro<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Analyze the Local IP Industry<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1. Open Search<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click <b>Search<\/b> from the left-side navigation panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2. Configure the Query<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set the first dropdown to <b>Law Firms \u2192 from \u2192 any country<\/b>,<b> region, continent<\/b> (keeps all players in scope).<\/li>\n<li>Set <b>filing at<\/b> to <b>your publication authority<\/b> (your jurisdiction).<\/li>\n<li>Set <b>Year Type<\/b> to <b>Prosecuted<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose a multi-year range that shows trends (e.g., <b>2020\u20132024<\/b>).\n<ul>\n<li>Tip: For <b>patents<\/b>, avoid the current year due to publication lag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>3. Add Charts<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose the charts that are most relevant to your research.\n<ul>\n<li><b>Filings Over Time:<\/b> trend of filings in your jurisdiction.<\/li>\n<li><b>Important Clients: <\/b>the clients represented by these firms and related volumes.<\/li>\n<li><b>Technical Areas &amp; Fields: <\/b>technical areas those firms are filing in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Tip: <\/b>You can swap different charts or click <b>Add Filter <\/b>to narrow down the results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"541\" title=\"image-20250814-125155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125155.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125155.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-26599\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27806%27%20height%3D%27541%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20806%20541%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27806%27%20height%3D%27541%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125155-200x134.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125155-400x268.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125155-600x403.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125155-800x537.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125155.png 806w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><b>4. Run the Search &amp; Export<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click <b>Search<\/b>. Results show up to <b>1,000 <\/b>firms across up to <b>10 pages.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1577\" height=\"802\" title=\"image-20250814-125428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125428.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125428.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-26602\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271577%27%20height%3D%27802%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201577%20802%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271577%27%20height%3D%27802%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125428-200x102.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125428-400x203.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125428-600x305.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125428-800x407.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125428-1200x610.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125428.png 1577w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\">Click <b>Export <\/b>(XLSX). In the excel file, you will find multiple sheets.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\">Sheet 1: List of law firms + totals matching your criteria.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\"><b>Extra Sheets:<\/b> One sheet per <b>added chart<\/b> (e.g., filings by year, clients, technical areas).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"letter-spacing: 0.24px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\"><b>5. Analyze the Export<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\">Use pivot tables\/charts to:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\">Track <b>year-over-year<\/b> filing trends locally.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\">See <b>who is driving volume<\/b> (top firms, top clients).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\">Spot <b>growing technical areas, rising firms, potential opportunities and threats.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\">Analyze Specific Competitors<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\">1. Open Competitor Profiles<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\">Go to <b>Analyze \u2192 Law Firms.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\">Search the firm name; if they have multiple entities, select the relevant ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1608\" height=\"402\" title=\"image (7)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-26605\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271608%27%20height%3D%27402%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201608%20402%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271608%27%20height%3D%27402%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7-200x50.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7-400x100.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7-600x150.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7-800x200.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7-1200x300.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7.png 1608w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><b>2. Review Key Charts and Examine international relationships<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In <b>Overview<\/b>, review their local filing strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Open <b>Case Exchange<\/b> and review:\n<ul>\n<li>Their balance of <b>sent vs. received<\/b> cases.<\/li>\n<li>Partner mix and any heavy reliance on specific foreign associates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Use these insights to spot:\n<ul>\n<li><b>Threats<\/b> you must counter.<\/li>\n<li><b>Gaps<\/b> you can exploit (e.g., tech areas or geographies they don\u2019t cover well).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1586\" height=\"851\" title=\"image-20250814-125653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125653.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125653.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-26608\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271586%27%20height%3D%27851%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201586%20851%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271586%27%20height%3D%27851%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125653-200x107.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125653-400x215.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125653-600x322.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125653-800x429.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125653-1200x644.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125653.png 1586w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><b>Save time with IP Pilot Pro<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Option A: Excel Autofill (bulk export)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upload a list of competitor firm names (e.g., from your Search export in the previous steps).<\/li>\n<li>Select charts\/time ranges you want.<\/li>\n<li>Export data<b> in bulk <\/b>for all listed firms (saves hours of one-by-one analysis).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1878\" height=\"769\" title=\"image-20250814-125819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125819.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125819.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-26611\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271878%27%20height%3D%27769%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201878%20769%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271878%27%20height%3D%27769%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125819-200x82.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125819-400x164.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125819-600x246.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125819-800x328.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125819-1200x491.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-125819.png 1878w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><b>Option B: Compare Entities (side-by-side)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open<b> Insights (Pro) \u2192 Compare Entities.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Add <b>your firm<\/b> and up to <b>three<\/b> competitors.<\/li>\n<li>Compare filings over time, client bases, technical areas, and more in a single view.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>(If you don\u2019t have Pro, open your firm\u2019s profile and competitors\u2019 profiles in separate tabs and compare manually using the same charts.)<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1625\" height=\"1061\" title=\"image-20250814-130200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-130200.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-130200.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-26614\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271625%27%20height%3D%271061%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201625%201061%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271625%27%20height%3D%271061%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-130200-200x131.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-130200-400x261.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-130200-600x392.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-130200-800x522.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-130200-1200x784.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.ip-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20250814-130200.png 1625w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color3);border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.24px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><b>Example Scenario<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Search:<\/b> <b>Law Firms \u2192 from anywhere; filing at: Canada (CA); Prosecuted; 2020\u20132024.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Add <b>Filings Over Time, Important Clients, Technical Areas &amp; Fields<\/b>. Export and chart YoY growth and top client drivers.<\/li>\n<li><b>Competitors: <\/b>Open <b>Analyze &gt; Law Firms;<\/b> review each rival\u2019s <b>Filings Over Time, Important Clients,<\/b> and <b>Case Exchange<\/b> to see where they receive work from abroad.<\/li>\n<li><b>Pro:<\/b> Use <b>Excel Autofill <\/b>to bulk-export charts for your top 25 competitors; use <b>Compare Entities<\/b> to benchmark your firm against 2\u20133 rivals side-by-side.<br \/><b style=\"letter-spacing: 0.24px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><br \/><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.24px;\"><b>Best Practices &amp; Tips<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"letter-spacing: 0.24px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); display: inline !important;\"><b>Pick stable windows:<\/b> Use 3\u20135 full years to see real trends (avoid current year for patents).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Segment smartly<\/b>: Filter by <b>relevant charts<\/b> to reveal where 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