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Category: Patent Valuation
Assessing patent quality and value, due diligence, investment grade analysis
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Patents are Similar to Stock Market Options
Patents are an inherently risky investment and have lots of similarities to options trading. This is because they have value only when the market comes to them. At…
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How to Make Your Patent Strong Against Inter Partes Reexam
One of the easiest ways for infringers to challenge an issued patent is through the Inter Partes Reexam process, commonly known as IPR. To successfully challenge a patent,…
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BlueIron Model, Patent Drafting, Patent Process, Patent Strategy, Patent Valuation, Working with Attorneys
Worthless Patents – How to Avoid the Biggest Pitfalls
Worthless patents happen for two reasons: the original invention was not selected properly and the patent was poorly prosecuted with the patent examiner.
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Patents that are Bad Stand-Alone Investments
We do not invest in technologies where we don’t think there is a market for the patents alone.
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BlueIron’s Patent Rating Checklist
The spreadsheet contains many of the parameters discussed in BlueIron’s blog posts on patent due diligence.Please let us know if you have any suggestions/comments to make the checklist…
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Three Prongs to Find Patentable Ideas that Support Your Business Plan
Patents are assets with a 20 year lifespan. They will almost always outlast the products and services that were the inspiration for the inventions, but their usefulness may…
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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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