What is patent evaluation and what are the steps of patent evaluation
Patent evaluation is based on a specific purpose and follows fairness, Legal standards and procedures, the use of appropriate methods to confirm, value and report patent rights, and provide value measures for asset businesses.
Evaluation steps
Preliminary communication between the patentee and the evaluation agency - determine the purpose of patent right evaluation and Scope - Negotiate fees according to national charging standards - The evaluation agency appoints a team to visit the site to inspect the patent research and development - Collect the information required for patent evaluation - Return after collecting the patent evaluation information - The evaluation agency writes a report - Issues a draft evaluation report Communicate with the patentee - issue an official version of the report to collect the remaining evaluation fee.
Patent evaluation considerations
(1)Complete ownershipIntegrity refers to the completeness of the patent rights owned by the patentee or client. The more complete the ownership, the greater the value it embodies.
(2) The degree of legal protection, including two aspects, the status of the patent and the completeness of the claims. The status of a patent refers to the status of the technology in the patent application, whether it is in the preliminary examination stage, the substantive examination stage or the stage of obtaining a patent certificate. The later the stage, the greater its value. Different types of patents have different levels of protection. Since invention patents have passed substantive examination, they are less likely to plagiarize other people's patents or be revoked after obtaining a patent certificate. Compared with the other two types of patents, their technical content is higher, the application cycle is longer, and the rights holders bear greater risks, so their value is relatively high. The completeness of claims refers to the scope of the patent that needs to be protected as stated in the patent application claims. It also reflects the quality of the claims. Some claims are complete and better protect the rights of the patentee. Some claims are incomplete and only protect part of the rights of the patentee.
(3) Remaining useful life, generally taken The remaining useful life is determined based on the shorter of the economic life of the patented technology and the legal useful life. The longer the useful life, the greater its value.
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