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The "scoring rating method" for the evaluation of the value of patents in the United States"

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2016-08-08 16:38

Nanjing Huaxun experts said that the scoring method is to determine the relevant objective or subjective indicators according to the needs of the specific situation, and then score each indicator, in order to compare the value of specific patent assets. This method is often used in conjunction with industry standard methods.

Using this method, attention should be paid to five components: scoring indicators, scoring system, scoring methods, weighting factors, and rating tables. Finally, the rating table gives the rating of the relevant intellectual property rights, combined with industry standards to determine the specific intellectual property licensing fees.

Scoring indicators are the system of indicators used to score, find the key factors that make up value, and identify them as indicators. For example, Nanjing Huaxun said that the index system used in the evaluation of license value can include the field of patent technology, the stage of technology development, and the protection of patent rights. The scoring index system is formulated according to the assessment needs.

The scoring system is the measurement method of the indicator, which can be a 5-point system or a 4-point system, with different scores representing different performance or quality.

The scoring method, one is the subjective scoring method and the other is the objective scoring method. The subjective method is to have Nanjing Huaxun experts or expert groups to score each indicator of the subject according to their own views, and the objective scoring method is to delineate the scoring criteria for quantifiable indicators and give a score based on the performance of the subject. The general scoring index system includes both quantifiable and non-quantifiable indicators, so there are more mixed evaluation methods.

weighting factors. In an indicator system, the importance of each indicator to the evaluation target is different, so the proportion of important indicators in the scoring system should be appropriately increased at the same time. For example, in the evaluation of the value of a patent, the number of years of maintenance is very critical in some cases, while litigation and otherwise are not very important. In this way, when evaluating, the number of years of maintenance can be appropriately weighted and the score can be calculated by 1.5 or twice.

Assessment table. It is the expert or expert group that scores each indicator, then calculates its weight, gets the weight score, adds up the weight score of each indicator, and gets the final score of the evaluated object in this evaluation system. Because the result is generally a rectangular table, it is called an evaluation table.

It can be said that this evaluation method is a qualitative evaluation method, the resulting evaluation mark is a relative score or ranking, must be combined with certain quantitative methods to achieve the evaluation results. Therefore, it is often used together with industry standard law.

This method is of great help to the construction of patent pool, which can balance the interests of all patentees, and is of great significance to the promotion of standard patent pool.