Patent Valuation – Improving Decision Making through Analysis Improving Decision Making through Analysis

A practical resource for valuing patents that is accessible to the complete spectrum of decision makers in the patent process

In today's economy, patents tend to be the most important of the intellectual property (IP) assets. It is often the ability to create, manage, defend, and extract value from patents that can distinguish competitive success and significant wealth creation from competitive failure and economic waste. Patent Valuation enhances the utility and value of patents by providing IP managers, IP creators, attorneys, and government officials with a useable resource that allows them to use actual or implied valuations when making patent-related decisions.
* Involves a combination of techniques for describing patent valuation
* Includes descriptions of various topics, illustrative cases, step-by-step valuation techniques, user-friendly procedures and checklists, and examples
* Serves as a useable resource that allows IP managers to use actual or implied valuations when making patent-related decisions

One of the most fundamental premises of the book is that these valuation skills can be made accessible to each of the various decision makers in the patent process. Patent Valuation involves narrative descriptions of the various topics, illustrative cases, step-by-step valuation techniques, user-friendly procedures and checklists, and an abundance of examples to demonstrate the more complex concepts.

There are two primary (and complimentary) missions with Patent Valuation. First, it is a practical and useful resource for valuing patents that is accessible to the complete spectrum of decision makers in the patent process. Second, by demonstrating how patent valuation skills are both accessible to a wide variety of individuals and relatively easy to incorporate in decision-making processes, the authors hope to fundamentally improve patent decision making in the United States and globally. The book involves a combination of techniques for describing patent valuation. Much more than a dry treatise of the methods of valuation aimed at valuation experts, the basic premise here is that any decision-making involving patents requires valuation skills, and that these skills are accessible to all of the various decision-makers in the patent process, including businesspersons, scientists, attorneys and government officials. The book involves narrative descriptions of the various topics, illustrative cases, step-by-step valuation techniques, user-friendly procedures and checklists, and lots of examples to demonstrate the more complex concepts.

A practical resource for valuing patents that is accessible to the complete spectrum of decision makers in the patent process In today's economy, patents tend to be the most important of the intellectual property (IP) assets. It is often the ability to create, manage, defend, and extract value from patents that can distinguish competitive success and significant wealth creation from competitive failure and economic waste. Patent Valuation enhances the utility and value of patents by providing IP managers, IP creators, attorneys, and government officials with a useable resource that allows them to use actual or implied valuations when making patent-related decisions. Involves a combination of techniques for describing patent valuation Includes descriptions of various topics, illustrative cases, step-by-step valuation techniques, user-friendly procedures and checklists, and examples Serves as a useable resource that allows IP managers to use actual or implied valuations when making patent-related decisions One of the most fundamental premises of the book is that these valuation skills can be made accessible to each of the various decision makers in the patent process. Patent Valuation involves narrative descriptions of the various topics, illustrative cases, step-by-step valuation techniques, user-friendly procedures and checklists, and an abundance of examples to demonstrate the more complex concepts.