Buyer Services
We help you find the technology you need.
The Patent Buyer may visualize the process from the following.
THE MARKET FOR PATENTS
What ITTr brings to the table is the ability to sift through a mountain of patents and find the seller that has the technology a buyer is looking for.
Buyers are looking for the benefits that your technology offers..not the technology itself
Example
This table shows an example of a real ICF process which began with 1228 patents and ended up with negotiations on a single patent. The arrows show how the process proceeded. The WHO column tells who did the work to progress from one step to the next.
Over the past five years, interest in technology patents has steadily increased among potential buyers; by three primary types of buyers have helped drive this interest:
| 1. Operating companies | largely motivated by defensive needs (e.g. litigation) and sometimes strategic purposes (e.g. entering new markets). | |
| 2. Financial investors | hedge funds and special-purpose entities focused on maximizing their return on investment in patent assets. | |
| 3. Patent aggregators | a new class which aggregates patent purchases and then provideslow-cost patent licenses to member companies. |
Brokers are used when potential buyers (1) have different needs, and (2) require specialized or hard to obtain information to make the purchase and price decisions.
