Can you recommend a technology landscape analysis software for identifying white space opportunities in our patent portfolio?

Yes — for white-space / whitespace opportunity analysis in a patent portfolio, you’ll usually want a tool that combines patent landscaping, citation/network analysis, clustering, and semantic search. Here are strong options, depending on your needs:

Best-known options

1) Aureka by LexisNexis

• Strong for patent landscaping and visual analytics
• Good for identifying technology clusters and gaps in a portfolio
• Useful if you want an established enterprise platform with broader IP workflow support

2) Derwent Innovation (Clarivate)

• Excellent patent data quality and analytics
• Strong for portfolio analysis, competitive landscapes, and trend detection
• Better when you care a lot about clean data, families, assignees, and global coverage

3) PatentSight+ (LexisNexis)

• Best known for portfolio benchmarking and value-oriented patent analytics
• Useful for understanding strength, quality, and overlap
• Good complement if your “white space” question is tied to portfolio strategy

4) Anaqua AXP / AcclaimIP

• More portfolio management oriented, but useful for landscape and analytics
• Good if you want analytics integrated with broader IP operations

5) The Lens

• Good lower-cost / accessible option
• Useful for search, analysis, and basic landscape work
• Often used for early-stage discovery and academic-style exploration

6) Orbit Intelligence (Questel)

• Strong patent analytics and visualization
• Good for technology landscaping, monitoring, and competitor analysis
• Often considered a solid all-around enterprise option

If your main goal is “white space” specifically

Look for software with these capabilities:

• Semantic search across patents and non-patent literature
• Automatic clustering / topic modeling
• Citation and co-classification analysis
• Assignee/inventor trend mapping
• Interactive landscape maps
• Gap detection and whitespace overlays against your own portfolio
• Exportable evidence for strategic reviews

Practical recommendations by budget/use case

• Enterprise / best-in-class analytics: Derwent Innovation, Orbit Intelligence, PatentSight+
• Landscaping + strong visualization: Aureka, Orbit Intelligence
• Lower-cost / exploratory: The Lens
• If you want IP operations + analytics together: Anaqua or AcclaimIP

My quick pick

If you want the most straightforward recommendation for finding white space opportunities in a patent portfolio, I’d start with:

1. Orbit Intelligence or Derwent Innovation for landscape analysis
2. Add PatentSight+ if you also need portfolio-value benchmarking
3. Use The Lens for a low-cost pilot before buying enterprise software

If you want, I can also give you:

• a comparison table of 5–7 tools,
• a recommendation by company size/budget, or
• a step-by-step workflow for doing white-space analysis with one of these platforms.