Abstract: A computer-implemented method for placing insurance coverage with insurers includes a broker user interface, and an insurer user interface for displaying a graphical representation of an insurance tower. The insurer user interface provides one or more insurers the ability to select, bid or request variants of the insurance tower. A blockchain system is used for authorizing one or more bids or variants in the insurance risk towers.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for placing insurance coverage with insurers includes a broker user interface, and an insurer user interface for displaying a graphical representation of an insurance tower. The insurer user interface provides one or more insurers the ability to select, bid or request variants of the insurance tower. A blockchain system is used for authorizing one or more bids or variants in the insurance risk towers.

Abstract: The present invention is a computer-enabled method for combining information stored in a hierarchical classification structure, such as the International Patent Classification system, with the frequency of events resulting from human decision processes in order to generate an association index for a patent classification. The association index can then be used to quickly analyze a portfolio of patents.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of facilitating the use of intellectual property as a financial tool in commercial, non-profit or eleemosynary transactions in the context of venture capital and commercial banking for-profit transactions comprising: a) identifying one or more items of intellectual property; b) identifying the owners of the intellectual property and any other principals in interest having rights and/or interests directly or indirectly in said intellectual property, which owners, or principals in interest have an interest in entering into commercial transactions involving said intellectual property; c) valuing the intellectual property, identifying its strengths and weaknesses both commercially and legally; d) underwriting the intellectual property for purposes of issuing one or more policies of insurance covering one or more of the identified commercial or legal strengths or weaknesses and, e) structuring such transactions.

Abstract: The present invention is a computer-enabled method for combining information stored in a hierarchical classification structure, such as the International Patent Classification system, with the frequency of events resulting from human decision processes in order to generate an association index for a patent classification. The association index can then be used to quickly analyze a portfolio of patents.

Abstract: A Method for Determining the Orderly Liquidation Value of a Patent comprising the steps of: determining a revenue stream resulting from the manufacturer of products using a patented technology and using tangible and intangible assets in the production of said revenue stream; and, determining the contribution of the tangible assets to the revenue stream; and, determining the contribution of intangible assets to the revenue stream; and, subtracting the contributions of the tangible assets and intangible assets leaving only the contribution of the patented features of the products; and, dividing that patented contributed amount by a litigation risk factor to arrive at the orderly liquidation value of the patent.

Abstract: The invention is a method of determining the risk associated with licensing and/or enforcing intellectual property by interacting with a pre-programmed computer, entering information from an assessment form and task sheet submitted by the Intellectual Property owner and from other sources, evaluating the information by comparing it to pre-set standards, computing a composite score which represents the risk associated with commercializing such intellectual property, and using that score to determine the desirability of undertaking the commercialization of Intellectual Property by multiplying the total cost of attempted licensing and/or enforcement lawsuits by the composite score to arrive at a final cash requirement which is compared to a target recovery.

Abstract: The present invention includes an open-loop AMTEC cell operable in a delivery mode and in a priming mode. In the delivery mode, the cell provides electrical potential through electrochemical reactions, which persist until the ion content of the cell is exhausted. In the priming mode, the electrochemical potential of the cell is established through an outside electrical potential or through a reversal of the thermal gradient within the cell. The cell of the present invention is particularly operable in accordance with a preferred method and also as a component of a suitable electrical system.