A Study of Patent Mortality Rates: Using Statistical Survival Analysis to Rate and Value Patent Assets

Name: A Study of Patent Mortality Rates: Using Statistical Survival Analysis to Rate and Value Patent Assets
Cite: 30 AIPLA Q.J. 317
Year: 2002
Bluebook cite: Jonathan A. Barney, A Study of Patent Mortality Rates: Using Statistical Survival Analysis to Rate and Value Patent Assets, 30 AIPLA Q.J. 317 (2002).
Author: Jonathan A. Barney
URL: 30 AIPLAQJ 317
Item Type: article
Summary: â€œThis article describes a purely objective approach for comparatively rating and valuing patents based on reported abandonment rates of patents sharing statistically similar attributes. The article presents two main concepts: (1) patent value can be accurately estimated on a macro scale using a statistical survival analysis of United States Patent and Trademark Office (â€œPTOâ€) maintenance fee records and (2) individual patent assets can be comparatively ranked or rated based on objective characteristics, or â€œmetrics,â€ statistically linked to either high or low maintenance rates.â€ Id. at 320.

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