Patents by Inventor Timothy M. Thomas

Timothy M. Thomas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Valuating intellectual assets
    Patent number: 8255309
    Abstract: To valuate intellectual assets in a portfolio, a corresponding group of parameters is associated with each of the intellectual assets. Weights are associated with the parameters of each of the groups. Based on a predetermined value of a single one of the intellectual assets or of a collection of the intellectual assets, corresponding values of the intellectual assets are computed using the weights associated with the parameters of the corresponding groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kas Kasravi, Timothy M. Thomas, Becky S. Fockler, Nancy G. Moeller-Olsen
  • VALUATING INTELLECTUAL ASSETS
    Publication number: 20110016059
    Abstract: To valuate intellectual assets in a portfolio, a corresponding group of parameters is associated with each of the intellectual assets. Weights are associated with the parameters of each of the groups. Based on a predetermined value of a single one of the intellectual assets or of a collection of the intellectual assets, corresponding values of the intellectual assets are computed using the weights associated with the parameters of the corresponding groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: KAS KASRAVI, TIMOTHY M. THOMAS, BECKY S. FOCKLER, NANCY G. MOELLER-OLSEN