System and method for determining the marketability of intellectual property assets

US7346518B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. · US

Inventors

• Scott M. Frank · Dunwoody, US
• Carol T. Beckham · Marietta, US
• Martin L. McLendon · Tucker, US
• Shannon M. Short · Atlanta, US
• Michael Bishop · Atlanta, US
• Vernon Meadows · Lilburn, US
• Steven Overcash · Grayson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2000
• Grant date: Mar 18, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/184
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods and systems for determining whether to market an intellectual property asset, where the intellectual property asset is based at least in part on an innovation developed for an internal need. In an embodiment, a description of an intellectual property asset is received, and an assessment of the marketability of the intellectual property asset is generated based at least in part on the description of an intellectual property asset and a marketing criterion.