Evaluation of a Competitor’s Patent Portfolio

In the “Competitor A’s Patent Portfolio“ figure, the art held by this competitor is moderately strong in all four categories. The portfolio is of a moderate size. Applications and patents are filed worldwide. The number of references and cited by counts contained in these patents and applications is around the average for benchmarked [...]

2021-01-04T13:23:17-08:00

Evaluation of a Company’s Patent Portfolio

When profiling an IP portfolio from a business perspective, there are six main areas to consider. These are: (1) Overall Size and Scope, (2) Validity and Value, (3) Licensing Size, Depth and Breadth, (4) Sustainability, (5) Velocity, and (6) Direction. For the first four areas a star/spider chart is made using over two [...]

2021-01-04T13:19:17-08:00

Placing a Value on Patents – Visualization of Patent Attributes

When preparing for negotiations, it is important to understand which patent attributes are likely to play a central role in the negotiations, versus other attributes that are not a point of distinction or value. Several entities have engaged in creating patent scores, patent strength, and patent rating algorithms that apply a single value [...]

2021-10-08T14:10:38-07:00
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