Patent ID: 8255309

Claim:
A method of valuating intellectual assets in a portfolio, comprising: associating, with each intellectual asset in the portfolio, a corresponding group of parameters, wherein intellectual asset properties are described by the corresponding group of parameters; associating a weight with each parameter, the weight to indicate a relative contribution of the parameter to a value of the corresponding intellectual asset, wherein at least one of the parameters in a group of parameters is hierarchical having one or more sub parameters, and each of the parameters in the hierarchy is associated with a corresponding weight; determining a proportion indicator for each intellectual asset in the portfolio, the proportion indicator for a particular intellectual asset based on the weights associated with the parameters in the corresponding group; computing a value ratio representing a value per unit of the proportion indicators; and based on a predetermined value and the proportion indicator of a single one of the intellectual assets, or based on a predetermined value of a collection of the intellectual assets and a sum of the proportion indicators for the intellectual assets in the collection, computing, by a computer, corresponding values of the intellectual assets, wherein the value of each intellectual asset is computed by multiplying the proportion indicator for the particular intellectual asset by the value ratio.