Pulling back the curtain: calculating return on investment of patent portfolios

Patent Portfolio Return on Investment

Return on Investment (ROI) is a widely used measure of efficiency or profitability of an investment. ROI measures the return on a particular investment relative to its cost and has been applied across virtually every area of business from R&D, brand, marketing and information technology. 

With $40 billion spent on patent portfolios each year, it’s vital that IP departments are able to justify this expense and use ROI as a metric to determine the value their patent portfolio brings to the business. 

Joined by Head of Patents at Facebook, this webinar Pulling back the curtain: calculating return on investment of patent portfolios will covered the key components to calculating patent portfolio ROI. and improve communication with the wider business

Speakers:

Nigel Swycher, CEO, Cipher

Steve Harris, CTO, Cipher

Jeremiah Chan, Head of Patents, Facebook

Watch the webinar

Listen to Jeremiah Chan (Head of Patents at Meta), Nigel Swycher (Cipher CEO), and Steve Harris (Cipher CTO) discuss using the Return on Investment framework as a metric to compare different patent portfolio strategies and communicate this to the wider business.

To hear more on the topic of Return on Investment of your patent portfolio, have a listen to the Cipher Vision Podcast on ROI, featuring Jonathan Liu from Facebook.

Below is a summary of the ROI framework discussed in the webinar:

For further material to help you with ROI find the full article:

Holding back the curtain: Calculating Return on Investment of Patent Portfolios and the associated Example ROI Calculation and Complete your own ROI calculation.