Method and apparatus for management of the creation of a patent portfolio
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1. A computer implemented method for management of patent development investments, comprising the steps of:
- receiving as an input, a list of portions of intellectual property for potential protection as patents;
assigning a unique identification to each of said portions of intellectual property;
receiving a first score respective of a first property to each of said portions of intellectual property;
receiving a second score respective of a second property to each of said portions of intellectual property, said first score and said second being essentially independent scores; and
displaying each said unique identification in a cell of a matrix having a first axis in a first direction and a second axis in a second direction, wherein the location of the cell within the displayed matrix in said first direction corresponds to said first score and the location of the cell within the displayed matrix in said second direction corresponds to said second score, such that said unique identification is displayed at an intersection of said first score value and said second score value;
receiving a budget figure; and
identifying the portions of intellectual property to be filed based on the location of said portions of intellectual property within said matrix moving diagonally on the matrix from the highest first score and highest second score to the lowest first score and lowest second score until the budget figure is fully consumed;
wherein consumption of the budget figured is based upon;
receiving cost figures respective of the filing of intellectual property.
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Abstract
Start-up companies, as well as new businesses within established firms, have the challenge of creating a sensible intellectual property (IP) portfolio. With resources usually tight, not all of the IP can be protected due to cost or resource availability considerations. Accordingly, disclosed herein is an apparatus and method that provide an effective solution for management of identified intellectual property. By providing an effective scoring scheme and a simple display, management decision making is made simple and straightforward, while providing in a glance the entire distribution of the firm'"'"'s IP.
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1. A computer implemented method for management of patent development investments, comprising the steps of:
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receiving as an input, a list of portions of intellectual property for potential protection as patents; assigning a unique identification to each of said portions of intellectual property; receiving a first score respective of a first property to each of said portions of intellectual property; receiving a second score respective of a second property to each of said portions of intellectual property, said first score and said second being essentially independent scores; and displaying each said unique identification in a cell of a matrix having a first axis in a first direction and a second axis in a second direction, wherein the location of the cell within the displayed matrix in said first direction corresponds to said first score and the location of the cell within the displayed matrix in said second direction corresponds to said second score, such that said unique identification is displayed at an intersection of said first score value and said second score value; receiving a budget figure; and identifying the portions of intellectual property to be filed based on the location of said portions of intellectual property within said matrix moving diagonally on the matrix from the highest first score and highest second score to the lowest first score and lowest second score until the budget figure is fully consumed; wherein consumption of the budget figured is based upon; receiving cost figures respective of the filing of intellectual property. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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input interface for a user to enter;
a) a list of portions of intellectual property for potential protection, each portion of intellectual property identified by a unique identification;
b) at least a first score respective of a first property for each of said portions of intellectual property;
c) a second score respective of a second property for each of said portions of intellectual property said second score being essentially independent of said first score; and
d) at least financial information respective of filing of said portions of intellectual property;a memory comprising at least a plurality of cells organized as a two-dimensional matrix, a first dimension of the matrix corresponding to values of said first score and a second dimension of the matrix corresponding to values said second score; a processing unit that under instructions stored in the memory places said unique identification into a cell of said matrix at a location corresponding to an intersection pointed to by a value of said first score in said first dimension of the matrix and a value of said second score in said second dimension of the matrix; and a display enabled to visually show the matrix to a user of said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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