IP Portfolio Audit

CPA's IP Portfolio Audit is a categorization and assessment of your portfolio, including verification of assignment and payment of maintenance fees.  It gives you complete insight into what is in your portfolio and confidence that you own and are current with your payments on all your most valuable patents.

Key Questions:

• Do you know what your key patents are and that they are adequately protected?
• Are you confident that your fees are current in all countries in which you market your products?
• Have all been patents portfolios acquired through M&A been re-assigned?
• Do you know if your patenting activity is in line with your R&D expenditure?

Value Proposition:

• Confidence that you have full knowledge of what you own, including the patents which support your largest revenue streams
• Ensure all your most important patents are protected in all countries.
• Ability to invest in R&D wisely
• Lower maintenance fees by pruning unused patents
• Increase revenue by identifying patents for sale or license

Case Study:
For a Fortune 500 company, CPA performed an audit on part of the client's portfolio which identified lapsed patents which ultimately cost the company millions of dollars in lost revenue.  The company was able to rectify the lapse patents and reinstate its revenue streams.