In this episode of Sagacious IPTech Talks, Donal O’Connell, Managing Director at Chawton Innovation Services and former VP of R&D and Director of IP at Nokia, takes us through the journey of being on the R&D and IP management front. Donal shares his take on the role of tools and technologies that are becoming increasingly popular in the innovation and IP consulting spaces. He also compares the advancements made in the IP tools and talks about cost calculator and claim chart tools. Donal describes regarding the search tools that allow performing various search functions, such as priority search, etc. In addition, he also elaborates on available IP tools for business processes as well as critical aspects to consider when forecasting the business’s future.