Patent ID: 7716103

Claim:
A computer program product storing computer instructions therein for instructing a computer to perform a process for automatically determining a machine implemented estimated value of an intellectual property portfolio, the program product comprising: a recording medium readable by the computer; and the computer instructions stored on said recording medium instructing the computer to perform the process, the instructions including: (a) electronically retrieving, by the computer, first objectively determinable characteristics of representative intellectual property portfolios and objectively determinable values corresponding to each of the representative intellectual property portfolios stored in a first database, the first objectively determinable characteristics and the objectively determinable values forming a baseline against which to assess the estimated value of the intellectual property portfolio; (b) analyzing the intellectual property portfolio by the computer to determine second objectively determinable characteristics of the intellectual property portfolio to be estimated; (c) deriving by the computer first information representing the second objectively determinable characteristics of the intellectual property portfolio to be estimated responsive to said analyzing step (b); (d) electronically retrieving, by the computer, second information representing the first objectively determinable characteristics and the objectively determinable values of the representative intellectual property portfolios stored in a second database; and (e) comparing, by the computer, the first information received from said deriving step (c) to the second information received from said retrieving step (d) and generating an estimated value of the intellectual property portfolio when the first information of the intellectual property portfolio is statistically similar to the second information of one of the representative intellectual property portfolios.