According to the closing remarks at public hearing on future patent policy, Commissioner Charlie McCreevy stated that small firms use 80% of their patents, whereas large firms use slightly less than 60% of their patents. Since large firms hold almost threequarters of all the patents, in absolute terms their sleeping patents make up a significant reserve of technologies that could be potentially exploited possibly by other parties.
Anyone interested in the commercialisation of patents and financial aspects of the management of patent portfolios might want to check out the conference “Patents: realising and securing value” which takes place on 21 November in London.
The RPE Weblog is the place to keep up to date on what’s going on with the RPE website at rated-patent.com. The public beta is launching shortly and we will soon be posting on a regular basis. From tips and tricks to making the best out of your patent assets, we hope this Blog will help you to get started in the European market in ideas.
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The RPE Team