“Value” View of Patent Portfolios Once art that is covering commercial or strategic products or programs is understood the next tool to be used is the “VALUE view of Patent Portfolios”, as is shown in the Figure. This mapping of patents was created by a pairwise comparison of the products or technologies claimed [...]
Example of a Small Bicycle Seat Portfolio in “USE” View In the “Example of a Small Bicycle Seat Portfolio in “USE” View” figure, ten patents held by a bicycle seat company were plotted on the USE view. The company can quickly focuses efforts on building out art in its growth position as represented [...]
Typical Segmentation of portfolios in “USE” View Shown in the “Typical Segmentations of Portfolios in “USE” View” figure is the amount of art in a large company’s portfolio that falls into each area of the matrix. This was first done for Dow Chemical Corporation the later confirmed by many organizations represented in the [...]
“USE” View of Patent Portfolios The first tool to use is that of a “USE view of Patent Portfolios” as shown in the figure. For large corporations the vertical axis is used to segment the different business units of a large corporation (or business lines of a small company) in a range from [...]
Lognormal Distribution of IP Assets' Value An important integrated intellectual property and business process is to create a lognormal distribution of value of intellectual property assets. The reason for doing so is that Edward Deming found that when values were over three standard deviations from the group average special cause was involved. This [...]
It may seem unusual to consider abandonment as a value extraction process. However many forms of intellectual property in particular patents and trademarks require continued maintenance and registration fees over their lifetimes. Abandoning this art saves payment of these expenses as well as the companies cost of internal personnel auditing and properly tracking [...]
Like any other property, patents and know-how can be donated to a charity and a tax deduction taken. Transaction costs are variable but are usually small compared to the value of the tax deduction. The process includes identification of the assets to be donated, identification of the donee (which helps to maximize the [...]
Contributing intellectual property to IP exchanges is another way to obtain value from the assets. Such exchanges came about nearly 2000s that have struggled to become sustainable business entities. The basic reason for this is that online exchanges, in order to thrive, have to solve transacting a company’s intellectual property better than alternate [...]
Spin outs are usually done by corporations where the new business is not directly part of their strategic intent or plan. The reason for spending it out however is that the new idea is usually powerful enough that the Corporation might consider a change in strategy if the venture succeeds. The corporation wants [...]
The strategic alliance is a business arrangement usually done in order to gain access to markets to which company would otherwise be denied. IP is often viewed as a sweetener for the deal. The process of selecting and valuing IP for such deals is again similar to that of licensing out in the [...]
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