Financial return
New sales ratio
Cost savings ratio
R&D yield
R&D return
Projected value of the R&D pipeline
Projected sales
Projected income
Number of ways technology is exploited
Product quality and reliability
Customer evaluation
Reliability/defects
Market share
Gross margins
Product technology rating
Customer rating
Economic trade-offs
Sales protected by proprietary position
Patents only
Percent proprietary sales
Technology planning
Intellectual property management