Abstract: One example method includes obtaining data from one or more databases of information about one or more technologies, selecting a set of features for extraction from the data, extracting the features from the data, and using a convolutional neural network to generate a forecast for the features, and the forecast is made with respect to a defined time period. The forecast may indicate the expected lifecycle changes of the features over the defined period of time.

Abstract: One example method includes identifying companies involved in development and/or use of a technology, and identifying the companies includes identifying datasets from which features are to be extracted, wherein each feature comprises an aspect of one of the companies that relates to the technology, and extracting the features from the datasets. Next, the method includes selecting a subset of the identified companies, for each feature assigned to a company in the subset, normalizing a value of the feature relative to respective values of all other features assigned to that company, assigning a weight to each of the features whose value has been normalized, calculating, for each company in the subset, an index value based on the features assigned to that company and the weights assigned to those features, and generating an index that ranks the companies in the subset by their respective index values.

Abstract: A frozen desert holder holds flat for carrying in a purse or bag, and includes two opposing flaps which fold out above a handle portion. The handle portion includes a vertical passage for an ice cream stick, and the flaps catch drips which otherwise would fall onto a consumer's hand. The holder may be made from an absorbent biodegradable material having a water impermeable material backing.

Abstract: A frozen desert holder holds flat for carrying in a purse or bag, and includes two opposing flaps which fold out above a handle portion. The handle portion includes a vertical passage for an ice cream stick, and the flaps catch drips which otherwise would fall onto a consumer's hand. The holder may be made from an absorbent biodegradable material having a water impermeable material backing.