Appeal No. 96-2552
Application 08/161,816
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the final
rejection of claims 1, 3-8, 10-12, 14-16, 18, 19, and 21-27.
Claims 2, 9, 13, 17, and 20 have been canceled. The amendment
after final received March 24, 1995 (Paper No. 14), and the
amendment after final received March 28, 1996 (Paper No. 23),
have not been entered.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to an apparatus and
computer-implemented process to automatically determine an
estimated value of an intellectual property portfolio.
Claim 11 reads as follows:
11. A computer-implemented intellectual property
method for automatically determining a machine
implemented estimated value of an intellectual property
portfolio, comprising the steps of:
(a) storing first objectively determinable
characteristics of representative intellectual property
portfolios and objectively determinable values
corresponding to each of the representative intellectual
property portfolios, the first objectively determinable
characteristics and the objectively determinable values
forming a baseline against which to assess the estimated
value of the intellectual property portfolio;
(b) analyzing the intellectual property portfolio
stored in an intellectual property database to determine
second objectively determinable characteristics of the
intellectual property portfolio to be estimated;
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