Automated Intellectual Asset Valuation System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional methods for valuing intellectual assets in enterprises are inconsistent, lack traceable logic, and are labor-intensive due to manual expert evaluation.

Innovation Solution

An automated valuation technique that associates each intellectual asset with a vector of parameters and corresponding weights, allowing for consistent, auditable, and traceable valuation by calculating a proportional value factor based on parameter weights and known asset values.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual expert evaluation is used to value intellectual assets, then valuation expertise can be applied, but the process becomes labor-intensive and inconsistent

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevaluation consistencyVSAvoidvaluation efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical evaluation process with an automated computer-based system that calculates valuation scores using predefined parameters and weights, eliminating human subjectivity and labor-intensive operations while maintaining consistency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms the valuation process by changing from qualitative expert judgment to quantitative parameter-based scoring, where intellectual assets are evaluated based on measurable attributes such as revenue contribution, cost savings, and strategic importance with assigned weights

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Loss of information

If traditional valuation methods are used, then some valuation can be achieved, but the logic is not traceable and auditable

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevaluation rationale traceabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback by providing detailed valuation reports that show the breakdown of scores by parameter, allowing users to trace the logic behind each valuation decision and understand how individual parameters contribute to the final score

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the valuation process into distinct measurable parameters (e.g., revenue impact, cost savings, strategic importance) with individual weights, making the overall valuation logic transparent and traceable through component analysis

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If manual expert valuation is performed, then expert judgment is utilized, but the process is labor-intensive and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevaluation reliabilityVSAvoidvaluation time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining parameter sets, weights, and scoring criteria before the valuation process, allowing automated calculation to proceed quickly without requiring expert re-evaluation for each asset while maintaining reliability through consistent application of predetermined criteria

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8255309B2Valuating intellectual assets

Publication Date: 2012.08.28 ENT SERVICES DEV CORP LP

AI summary

To valuate intellectual assets in a portfolio, a corresponding group of parameters is associated with each of the intellectual assets. Weights are associated with the parameters of each of the groups. Based on a predetermined value of a single one of the intellectual assets or of a collection of the intellectual assets, corresponding values of the intellectual assets are computed using the weights associated with the parameters of the corresponding groups.