System and method for determining the marketability of intellectual property assets

US7840498B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · 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: Jan 11, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 18, 2028

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.