Comments on: Patent Exchange–Supplying the Market (Part 3(ii) of X) http://www.investinip.com/patent-exchange-supplying-the-market-part-3ii-of-x/ Patent Exchange Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:29:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Invest in IP http://www.investinip.com/patent-exchange-supplying-the-market-part-3ii-of-x/#comment-138 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:11:18 +0000 http://www.terrencem.com/ipblog/?p=2301#comment-138 From the perspective of designating a technology class and selecting which patent families will belong to what class, remember that investors will be looking to how well you maintain your technology class-of-assets.

Are you letting them expire? Are you paying the maintenance fees? Are you filing additional patent applications into the technology class? Is the number of patents in the portfolio increasing, decreasing, or remaining neutral?

All these factors will affect investor perception re how much you value your own technology class.

Be sure to designate the technology classes broad enough in areas where you are actually interested in continuing to research and maintain patent activity.

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