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Patent Innovation Lab

Solutions for Information Science and Library Science

Our Process

How do we know what librarians, teachers, and data analysts need from your business?


They tell us.


Open Instructional Narratives has a community of practice consisting of thousands of librarians, teachers, educators, administrators, analysts, and budget managers. We attend conferences throughout the year both in-person and virtual. We listen to the complaints your clients don't tell you. We hear the barriers and struggles that cause prospective clients to reject a sales package. And we hear the difficulties of your sales reps trying to promote a new service.


We have over 30 years of academic and corporate database and library systems experience. We have worked at multinational industry leaders, small rural libraries, and everywhere in between. Cataloging, archives, special collections, records management, directorships - we've done it all! Our multifaceted approach to information systems synergies lead to both large- and small-scale innovations.


Whether you're looking to become #1 in your industry, or just tweak a process, contact our patent director Jennifer Goodland

patent valuations

Our patent pricing involves negotiations based on several factors:

  • Your company's ethics and mission. This is the most important factor: do we believe you're a positive actor in the field of info-sci and lib-sci? Then we want to find a price that works for you.
  • Your company's or your division's current value, and the projected value increase brought by your purchase. Investing in one of our patents has to make financial sense for both of us, right?
  • Structural flexibility. You may wish to purchase a license, buy a patent outright, or suggest a royalty-based structure.
  • Implementation needs. All of our patents are accompanied with an implementation pack: coding guidance, suggested sales points for your client base, skills assessment for all implementation personnel, rollout timelines, flowcharts and diagrams. Once you purchase one of our patents, we are ready to help you guide internal implementation.
  • Security. Most clients don't want yet another external app, another website with another password to remember. Our patent solutions are designed for you to take total control of all of your processes.

Patent Solutions

patent-pending custom info-sci and lib-sci solutions

[confidential database product]

Are your clients struggling with a specific issue? Are you looking to increase your market share versus your competitors? Our information systems analyst can devise and patent a custom solution.

civics education platform

Are you looking to educate your users or constituents about government function and funding? Consider this product.

cataloging cleanup

Our catalog cleanup utility saves your clients time and money, eases the pain of cataloging, and reduces migration issues.

periodicals resolver

Tired of serials and periodicals clutter in your ILS? Talk to us about periodicals resolution.

user account curation

We have multiple patents helping users and institutions clean up online profiles.

metadata management

Our patents make metadata usage more flexible without sacrificing accuracy.

ai curation

So many AIs, so little time. We can help your users curate their AI platform experiences.

privacy law compliance

Do you read terms & conditions? Quit playing, you do not. Nobody does. And even if you enjoyed reading terms and conditions, the average American would spend over a month reading simplified terms & conditions. So what if you're a FERPA or COPPA compliance officer? What's hiding in your licensing agreements? And what can you do about it?


We get it, and we got you.