System and method for managing intellectual property life cycles

US7406425B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T DELAWARE 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
• Maia Y. Sharpley · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 6, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2008
• Expiry date: Sep 6, 2021

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 managing intellectual property assets. In an embodiment, an intellectual property protection life cycle of an intellectual property asset is managed, and an intellectual property marketing life cycle of the intellectual property asset is managed.