supplycorpus / corpus / patents
// corpus dimension 10 of 17
R&D leaves a paper trail.
Patents held and filed. Shops that invent processes solve problems other shops quote around.
// what the corpus holds
Patents held. Granted and filed, by the company and its principals.
Subject matter. Process patents matter more than logo redesigns.
Recency. A live filing program signals live engineering.
Inventor roster. The people behind the filings are often still on the floor.
// why it decides sourcing
A patent is a shop betting its own money that it solved a hard problem. When your part is the hard problem, that is exactly the shop you want thinking about it.
// the corpus, by dimension
COMPANY
- FacilitiesWhere the work actually happens.
- MachinesThe machine list is the shop.
- ProcessesWhat they do, not what they say.
- MaterialsMetal is not a genre.
- CertificationsPaper that gates the work.
- EngineersShops that engineer catch bad drawings.
- CustomersWho they already ship to.
- Government ContractsAward history is a vetting engine.
- Parts ProducedThe closest thing to proof.
- PatentsR&D leaves a paper trail.
- SoftwareThe stack decides the friction.
- CreditA shop that dies mid-PO is your problem.
- CapacityThe best shop at full is no shop.
- GeographyDistance is a spec.
- Lead TimesQuoted is not delivered.
- ShippingParts have to arrive as parts.
- RelationshipsNo shop is an island.
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