Patent ID: 7835969

Claim:
A computer system performing a process of determining a machine implemented estimated value of an intellectual property portfolio, the system comprising: a computer database storing information; a computer processor executing computer instructions for determining the estimated value of the intellectual property portfolio using the information stored in said computer database; a recording medium readable by the computer storing the computer instructions on said recording medium instructing the computer processor to perform the process, the instructions including: (a) electronically retrieving, by the computer processor, first objectively determinable characteristics of representative intellectual property portfolios and objectively determinable values corresponding to each of the representative intellectual property portfolios stored in the computer 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 processor to determine second objectively determinable characteristics of the intellectual property portfolio to be estimated; (c) deriving by the computer processor 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 processor, second information representing the first objectively determinable characteristics and the objectively determinable values of the representative intellectual property portfolios stored in the computer database; and (e) comparing, by the computer processor, 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.