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Intellectual property audit system

Patent 5999907 Issued on December 7, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject December 7, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

Securities valuation system
Patent #: 4334270
Issued on: 06/08/1982
Inventor: Towers

Financial management system Patent #: 5220500
Issued on: 06/15/1993
Inventor: Baird, et al.

Inventor

Application

No. 161816 filed on 12/06/1993

US Classes:

705/1AUTOMATED ELECTRICAL FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT

Examiners

Primary: Poinvil, Frantzy

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 153/00

Abstract

An intellectual property computer-implemented audit system for valuing an intellectual property portfolio includes a first database storing first information relating to the intellectual property portfolio and a database access and collection device connected to the first database and accessing the first database and retrieving the first information. In addition, the intellectual property audit system also includes a second database storing empirical data relating to known intellectual property portfolios, and a comparison device connected to the database access and collection device and to the second database, the comparison device receiving the first information from the database access and collection device and comparing the first information to the empirical data retrieved from the second database producing an intellectual property worth indicator indicating the worth of the intellectual property portfolio.

Other References

  • Encyclopedia of Computer Science, Ralston et al., 1993, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp. 904-907
  • Business Week, Aug. 9, 1993, pp. 57-62, "The Global Patent Race Picks Up Speed
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