Appeal No. 96-2552
Application 08/161,816
(c) deriving first information representing the
second objectively determinable characteristics of the
intellectual property portfolio to be estimated
responsive to said analyzing step (b) and generating a
first electrical signal indicative of the first
information;
(d) retrieving second information representing the
first objectively determinable characteristics and the
objectively determinable values of the representative
intellectual property portfolios and generating a second
electrical signal indicative of the second information;
and
(e) comparing the first signal indicative of the
first information received from said deriving step (c) to
the second signal indicative of the second information
received from said retrieving step (d) producing an
estimated value electrical signal indicating the
estimated value of the intellectual property portfolio
when the first information of the intellectual property
portfolio is statistically similar to the second
information of one of the representative intellectual
property portfolios,
wherein the intellectual property database includes
one of a patent database, a trademark database, and a
copyright database, and the intellectual property
database further includes one of a legal reporter
database, a current events database and an intellectual
property status database.
The examiner does not rely on any prior art references.
Claims 1, 3-8, 10-12, 14-16, 18, 19, and 21-27 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to
nonstatutory subject matter, in particular, to a method of
doing business. The application was remanded by order entered
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