Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Acquiring intellectual property assets
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Application No.: US13311469Application Date: 2011-12-05
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Publication No.: US10013726B1Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Edward Jung , Trevor Williams , Vivek U. Nayak , Jacob Sullivan
- Applicant: Edward Jung , Trevor Williams , Vivek U. Nayak , Jacob Sullivan
- Agency: Lowe Graham Jones PLLC
- Agent Ellen M. Bierman
- Main IPC: G06Q50/18
- IPC: G06Q50/18

Abstract:
A facility for facilitating processes for acquiring intellectual property assets (“assets”) is described. In some embodiments, the facility enables an organization operating the facility to generate a budget for a proposed acquisition of assets. The organization may include multiple entities that are together interested in acquiring the assets. The entities may each provide values for the assets, either by applying rules that automatically attribute values to the assets, by having human analysts manually analyze the assets to estimate their values, or by some combination of these two techniques. The facility generates the budget based on the values determined for the assets. A person or team of people responsible for the proposed acquisition of assets can use the budget in negotiations to acquire the assets. If the assets are acquired, the facility can allocate acquisition and post-acquisition expenses among the entities on whose behalf the assets were acquired.
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