Patent ID: 7657476

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for comparing patent values between jurisdictions, wherein each jurisdiction comprises respective local laws that may affect the patent values, the computer-implemented method comprising: estimating, by a computer system, patent values for at least a first group of patents, issued in a first jurisdiction based on a model to consider selected patent metrics and an effect of laws local to the first jurisdiction on patent values for the first group of patents, wherein estimating patent values of the first group of patents comprises: estimating, by the computer system, a value distribution curve, the shape of the value distribution curve is determined to correspond to an estimated statistical distribution of expected patent values; determining, by the computer system, a score for said first group of patents based on one or more metrics determined to be statistically correlated to patent value; using, by the computer system, the determined score and the estimated value distribution curve to determine expected values for said first group of patents, wherein said determined expected values are functionally correlated to said determined score; converting, by the computer system, the estimated expected values to a non- currency-denominated scale; estimating, by the computer system, patent values for a second group of patents issued in a second jurisdiction based on the model to consider selected patent metrics and an effect of laws local to the second jurisdiction on patent values for the second group of patents; determining, by the computer system, a first average converted value score for the first jurisdiction based on the estimated patent values for the first group of patents; determining, by the computer system, a second average converted value score for the second jurisdiction based on the estimated patent values for the second groups of patents; and determining, by the computer system, a patent exchange rate based on the first average converted value score and the second average converted value score.