Wireless Patent Investment Check List

Following check list for wireless patent investment is based on TechIPm's consulting for Wall Street.

1. Check for the products that is covered by a patent.

Whether it is related to

consumer products:
semiconductor chips/modules, devices (dongle, modem), handheld devices (cell phone, smartphone, PDA), computing devices (PDA, netbook, laptop, desktop); or

infrastructure products:
Mobile base station including relay/femtocell, core networks; or

application products.


2. Check for the technology that is covered by a patent.

Whether it is related to

OFDM/MIMO for LTE or WiMAX or WiFi (802.11n) or WRAN (802.22)
(e.g. Can WiMAX patents of Adaptix (Acacia paied $160 M) also be applied to LTE?); or

handover for CDMA or WCDMA or LTE.


3. Check for the patent quality

Whether it is

high potential to be issued if it is an application; or

stable against invalidity claims; or

formation of patent portfolio.


4.Check for the money making power

Whether it is

essential patent; or

widely accepted as an essential for product implementation

(e.g. How many InterDigital's patents are really valuable?); or

related to a market which is in growth phase.

For more information about TechIPm's consulting services, please contact Alex Lee (alexglee@techipm.com).


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