Intellectual Property Management Performance Metrics Scorecard
ipPerformance’s Intellectual Property Management Performance Metrics Scorecard is a comprehensive and structured intellectual property operation scorecard that reflects the critical dimensions. Our scorecard provides the most up-to-date metrics to benchmark, evaluate and calibrate your operation.
Over 95 metrics are included in Intellectual Property Management Performance Metrics Scorecard.
The Intellectual Property Management Performance Metrics Scorecard report gives you a meaningful understanding of operational, strategic, and cost metrics of intellectual property performance. Contact us to learn about ipPerformance’s guidance on developing a practical and actionable Intellectual Property Program Performance Metrics Scorecard.
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Utilizing data from more than 550 innovation-driven companies, this 95+ metrics digital report will help you identify opportunities for your company to improve intellectual property department cost management, research and development investment realization, profit margins, and intellectual property asset and portfolio utilization. Uncover cost reduction opportunities and get the most from your R&D, law department, marketing, and other technology investments.
Intellectual Property Management Performance Metrics Scorecard perspectives include:
Profile Metrics and Patent Portfolio
Annual Revenue ($Millions)
Annual R&D Spending ($Millions)
Number of Invention Disclosures Received from Employees
Number of U.S. and non-U.S. Original (nonprovisional and provisional) Patent Applications
WW R&D (Engineering) Personnel Employed
Number of Active Matters (Disputes, oppositions, invalidation proceedings, litigations, arbitrations, etc.) Pending
Worldwide Development Projects – internal “major” development
Business Alignment: Patenting and Business Objectives
Products Use (Products/Services)
Licenses Use (Revenue)
Blocking/Defensive Use (Used to defend market position/prevent market entry)
Future use (Products/Services
Portfolio Management
Patent Portfolio
Total Number of Pending Cases (Worldwide patent applications)
Total Number of Granted Patents Held Worldwide
Total Number of Patent Families
Patent Portfolio – Area Filing
Number of Countries Patents Filed In (convention filing)
Number of Countries Patents Filed In (strategic/high commercial value)
Patent Portfolio Age – Vitality
Number of Patents held less than 3.5 years
Number of Patents held for 3.5 – 7 years
Number of Patents held for 7.5 – 11 years
Number of Patents held for 11 – 15 years
Number of Patents held more than 15 years
Patenting Ratios
Percentage of Internally Generated
Invention Disclosures that Resulted in the Filing of a Patent Applications
Percentage of Prospective Inventors that Submitted Invention Disclosures
Percentage of Patent Applications that began with Filing a Provisional Patent Application
Patent Family Ratios
Patents Worldwide to Patent Families
Patent Applications to Patent Families
Financial Management
IP Operations Expenses
Annual IP Operational Expenses
Annual Patent Operational Expenses
Patent Operation Expenses Itemization (Percentage)
Law Firm Professional Fees (nonlitigation)
Maintenance/Annuity
All other Patent Office Fees (PTO)
Operations, Salaries and Staffing Costs
Patent Research or Analytic Professional Fees
Litigation
Outside Counsel Management
Outside Counsel Usage and Cost
Percentage of Initial (Priority) Nonprovisional Patent
Applications Prepared by Outside Counsel
Percentage of Annual Patent Prosecutions Handled
by Outside Counsel
Average Cost per Simple Patent Application
Preparation
Average Cost per Simple Patent Application
Prosecution
Average Cost per Complex Patent Application
Preparation
Average Cost per Complex Patent Application
Prosecution
Average Cost per Opinion
Outside Counsel Efficiencies
Average time in hours spent by in-house patent
attorney/agent(s) for reviewing a patent application
1st draft prepared by IP law firm(s)
Average time spent in hours by in-house patent
attorney/agent for reviewing an office action
response prepared by IP law firm(s)
Average cycle-time in days for 1st Draft preparation
by IP law firm: from sending them the invention
submission to receipt of 1st Draft review
Average cycle-time in days for Patent Application
Filing by IP law firm: from 1st Draft received to
Patent Application Filing
Personnel & Operations Management
IP Department Operations Analysis
WW IP Expenses as Percentage of Revenue
WW IP Expenses as Percentage of R&D Spending
Patent Expenses as Percentage of Revenue
Patent Expenses as Percentage of R&D Spending
IP Operations – Personnel
Number of Patent Attorneys
Number of IP Attorneys (include Patent, Contract, Litigation, IP (e.g., TM, Copyright), and Licensing)
Total Support Staff
Patent Attorney Cycle Time/Productivity
Average time spent by Patent Attorney for drafting a patent application
Average time spent by Patent Attorney for reviewing a draft prepared by outside counsel.
Average time spent by Patent Attorney for prosecuting a substantive office action
Average time spent by Patent Attorney for reviewing an office action response prepared by outside counsel
Patent Attorney Efficiencies
Average cycle time in days from invention disclosure submission to patent filing decision
Average cycle in days for 1st draft preparation by inside patent attorney/agent(s) from patent filing decision to 1st draft patent application review
Average cycle in days for patent filing by inside patent attorney/agent(s) from 1st draft completion to filing of patent application
Patent Attorney/Agent Workload Analysis/Yields
Invention Disclosures per Patent Attorney
Invention Disclosures per Patent Attorney/Patent Agent
Patent Applications (Originals/Priority U.S. and non-U.S.) per Patent Attorney
Patent Applications (Originals/Priority U.S. and non-U.S.) per Patent Attorney/Agent
Worldwide Pending Patent Applications
(Including foreign equivalents) per Patent
Attorney
Worldwide Pending Patent Applications
(Including foreign equivalents) per Patent
Attorney/Patent Agent
Active Patent Matters per Patent Attorney
Development Projects per Patent Attorney
Development Projects per Patent Attorney/Patent Agent
Total Number of Worldwide Patents Held (Including foreign equivalents) per Patent Attorney
Total Number of Worldwide Patents Held (including foreign equivalents) per Patent
Attorney/Agent
Number of Patent Families per Patent Attorney
Number of Patent Families per Patent Attorney/Agent
R&D Spending ($M) per Patent Attorney
R&D Spending ($M) per Patent Attorney/Agent
Revenue ($M) per Patent Attorney
Revenue ($M) per Patent Attorney/Agent
Innovation Management
R&D Profile and Yield
Development Projects – internal “major” development
Percentage of Active Projects of Significant/High Commercial Value
On average, Percentage of IDs that are of Significant/High Commercial Value per Project
R&D Effectiveness Analysis
Invention Disclosures per Inventor
Patent Applications per Inventor
Total Number of Invention Disclosures per Million Dollars of R&D Spending
Total Number of Original Patents filed per $1M of R&D spending – Patent Efficiency
Revenue ($M) per Patent Application (Priority/Original)
R&D Spending ($M) per Patent Application
R&D Spending ($M) per Invention Disclosure
Revenue ($M) per Invention Disclosure
Risk Management
Risk Management
Number of New Product Clearances and Freedom To Operate Studies Conducted
Patent/Technology-Related Infringement Notice Letters Initiated (Annual)
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