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Category: BlueIron Model
BlueIron’s unique approach to patent financing and portfolio curation
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Due Diligence for Patents – Licensing Potential
When rating inventions for patenting, the licensing potential of an invention is a key component. In this analysis, we are interested in the maximum potential uses of the…
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Actor Analysis for Patent Infringement
Actor analysis is often overlooked when valuing inventions for patenting, or for valuing patent[3][4]s once they are issued. With actor analysis, we want to know who is the…
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Calculating the Economic Value of a Patent
The economic value of an invention is notoriously hard to estimate, but such analysis can be used to compare different inventions to stack rank the inventions – or…
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Mapping an Invention to Competitor’s Products
Inventions with external business value will map to competitors or to potential outside licensees. These patents might not map directly to your products, but are assets that make…
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Mapping an Invention to an Internal Product Roadmap
Inventions with internal business value will map to your internal product roadmap. These patents are used to protect your products from direct copying and create a defensible space…
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How to Finance Getting a Patent?
Entrepreneurs are caught between a rock and a hard place: they need money to get proper patent protection, but they need patent protection to start raising money. What…
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Angel Funding Through BlueIron
BlueIron invests, on average, $40,000 for each patent your company has. If you do 5 patents, BlueIron will invest about $200,000. If you have 10 patents, BlueIron invests…
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What is the cost of a cheap patent?
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How much does a patent cost?
This is according to the American Intellectual Property Legal Association bi-annual survey. This is the average patent cost across the US for a patent on a “high technology”…
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Considering Constraints When Evaluating Patentable Ideas
Every invention has a set of constraints, and it is imperative to uncover and evaluate them when considering patenting. This applies to an inventor or business manager who…
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