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Method and system for rating patents and other intangible assets

  • US 6,556,992 B1
  • Filed: 09/14/2000
  • Issued: 04/29/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-automated method for rating or ranking patents or other intangible assets comprising:

  • selecting a first population of patents having a first quality or characteristic;

    selecting a second population of patents having a second quality or characteristic that is different from or assumed to be different from said first quality or characteristic;

    providing a computer-accessible database of selected patent metrics representative of or describing particular corresponding characteristics of each said patents in said first and second patent populations;

    constructing a computer regression model based on said selected patent metrics, said regression model being operable to input said selected patent metrics for each said patent in said first and second patent populations and to output a corresponding rating or ranking that is generally predictive of the presence or absence of said first and/or second quality in said first and second patent populations according to a determined statistical accuracy; and

    using said regression model to rate or rank one or more patents in a third patent population by inputting into said regression model selected patent metrics representative of or describing corresponding characteristics of said one or more patents in said third population to be rated or ranked and causing said regression model to output a corresponding rating or ranking based thereon.

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