* Around 423 patents have been published in the span of 4.2 years from 2000 till date (Feb. 2005) indicating the potential in the field
[[Image:IP_over_year.jpg|thumb|center|400px500px| IP landscape over years: Growth in RFID base supply chain applications]]
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* It is interesting to note that the competitors in 2004 have not shown any activity in the beginning of 2005
[[Image:IP_by_competitor.jpg|thumb|center|576px500px| Competitor landscape - Growth in RFID base supply chain]]
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Technology Trend (Main IPC) - Based on selected 30 records
[[Image:IP_by_technology.jpg|thumb|center|576px500px| Technology Trend (Main IPC)]]
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* Followed by '''G08B''' (Signaling), '''H04Q''' (Electric Communication Technique ) and '''G06K''' (Recognition of data; Presentation of data; Record carriers; Handling record carriers)
[[Image:IP_by_technology1.jpg|thumb|center|576px500px| Technology landscape (Main IPC) - Growth in RFID base supply chain]]
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====Technology Trend (Sub-class)====
[[Image:IP_by_technology2.jpg|thumb|center|576px500px| Technology Trend (Sub-class)]]
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According to the present data, most of the leading players have focused on building sound: Administration, commerce, management, supervision and forecasting (electronic cash registers other than digital data processing) aspects for RFID-base supply chain applications
[[Image:IP_by_technology3.jpg|thumb|center|576px500px| Technology landscape – Assignee wise]]
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The following graph indicates various subjects that have been covered by various assignee in the area of RFID based supply chain applications. The various subjects are the result of SAO analysis. More granularity on subjects is presented in below table and clusters
[[Image:Main_claims.jpg|thumb|center|576px500px| Classification of patents based on main claims]]
===SAO analysis clustering===