Strategy in Patent Wars Giovanna Barreiro Patents Strategy
Strategy in Patent Wars Giovanna Barreiro Patents Strategy and Licensing
IP Life Invention Universities, Companies, Individuals Patent Prosecution Patent Attorneys or Patent Agents Portfolio Management Attorneys, Engineers, Finance, Business Patent Deals Attorneys, Engineers, Finance, Business
Non-Attorneys in IP Portfolio Management Maintenance Technical Analysis/Evaluations Infringement Analysis Portfolio Valuation Business Strategy Patent Deal Sales (Purchases), Licensing, Litigation
US Patents in Numbers How long does it take. . . First Office Action Pendency 19. 2 Months* Traditional Total Pendency 31. 4 Months* Unexamined Patent Application Backlog 597, 579* New Applications in a month 40, 000 to 140, 000* Year end UPR Allowance Rate 50. 1% (68% without RCEs)* Number of US Issued Patents 8, 381, 211 ** Number of Active US Patents ~2 Million (estimated) * As of Jan 2013 from USPTO statistics website ** Since office was created in 1790
US Patents in Numbers How much does it cost. . . Filing a provisional application. ~$260 Filing a non-provisional application. Non-electric filing fee (applications filed in paper) Approximately $625 Additional $200 Issue fee Approximately $1700 Maintenance fees: Due at 3 1/2 years Due at 7 1/2 years Due at 11 1/2 years • • •
Patent Monetization ns o i t a g i t i L Sales ts n e m n g i Ass s License
Patent Wars
In The News. . . Oracle is suing Google over the use of Java in Android. Apple is suing HTC, claiming that its phones copy the i. Phone. Microsoft is suing Barnes & Noble over its Nook ereaders and the way the devices allow users to tab between screens. . .
Mobile Wars Mobile handset lawsuits are up 25 percent yearly since 2006, according to Lex Machina, an intellectual property litigation firm.
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