An Augmented Market Approach to Patent Portfolio Valuation

Demand is increasing for quick, easy and relatively reliable methods of patent portfolio valuation in patent-intensive corporate transactions. An augmented market approach may be the solution. The augmented market approach to patent portfolio valuation saves a great deal of time without sacrificing a significant amount of accuracy. It is a three-step process which consists of: 1) Comparable transaction valuation based on per patent prices calculated from three different sets of comparable transaction samples which are controlled for size, technology area or industry sector, and size and technology or industry at issue; 2) Econometric model valuation based on econometric valuation models developed from actual transactions of patent portfolios, which usually require the following data items as major inputs: i) number of patents and patent applications; ii) patent ranking, litigation status, blocking patents or SEPs; iii) tech fields and buyer or seller organisation type; and iv) sellers financial status, licensing-back and brokerage involvement; and 3) Valuation determination based on the valuations concluded from the comparable transactions and the econometric valuation models, further adjusting for factors specific to the seller, the buyer and the subject portfolio.