Stage 06 of 07 · Patent valuation
Patent Valuation for Technology Transfer
A defensible value for every deal decision.
Universities are asked to put a number on patents all the time: to set a royalty, to agree spin-out equity, to decide whether to sell, or to report to a board. Without an independent valuation, that number is a guess, and the other side usually knows it.
Value Insight gives you a documented value range built on recognised methods, so you negotiate from evidence and can explain the figure to anyone who asks.
What we do
- Comparable deals Review patent sales, licences and royalty benchmarks in the technology's sector.
- Three approaches Test value with the income, market and cost approaches, and reconcile them.
- Royalty-based value Apply a relief-from-royalty model to the patent's remaining life.
- Risk adjustment Account for validity, enforceability and market adoption risk.
- Value range Give low, base and high values rather than a single point.
Example engagement
A US academic health centre
An independent value for a US patent on virtual staining, a technique that converts tissue images into stained-equivalent images without the chemical stain.
We scored the patent across legal, technical and market dimensions, modelled royalty income over its remaining life, and ran a probability simulation to produce a low, base and high value. The report led with the method, so readers could follow how the value was reached.
A client-ready valuation report with a documented value range the office can use in licensing and spin-out discussions.
Get in touch
Your innovation deserves a clear commercial pathway.
Tell us how many patents you hold and what decision is coming up. We will suggest where to start.