Dr. Pedram Sameni Patexia President and CEO PhD from the University of British Columbia

1. September 2015
Shavrivar 23rd, 1994
Pedram Sameni, PhD
Patexia Inc.
Founder and CEO
pedram@patexia.com
Using the Power of Expert Crowd
for Innovation
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2. Patexia. September 2015
The world is transitioning to knowledge based economy
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Agricultural
Economy
(farming)
Post-Industrial
Economy
(services / mass
production)
Industrial
Economy
(manufacturing)
Knowledge
Economy
(technology and
human capital)

3. Patexia. September 2015
What is Intellectual Property?
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Academic Description
• Intellectual assets are the intangible assets of the company:
• Intellectual Property: Patent, Trade Secret, Trademark, Copyright
• Other Intellectual Capital: Know-how, human capital , experience, knowledge, insight.
Legal Description
Intellectual property is the legal right that can be asserted in court

4. Patexia. September 2015
Putting IP Value in Perspective
The ratio of tangible to intangible assets has been reversed over
the past four decades.
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5. Patexia. September 2015
The Importance of Intellectual Property:
Who gets the profits from the iPhone?
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6. Patexia.
Classic Product Life Cycle
Growth
BusinessPerformanceorValue
Market share
Core
Mature
Decline
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7. Patexia.
Increasing Levels of Patent Litigation
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• Patent lawsuits are more than 6000 per year
• Average cost of litigation is $2M or more (not including the settlement cost)
• More than 70% of patents may not be valid

8. Patexia.
History of Patexia
Founder
Pedram Sameni, former head of IP at International Rectifier
Founded
June 2010
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California
Mission
Use the power of technology, collaboration and information
to bring more transparency and efficiency to IP
Model
A platform for connecting IP intensive businesses to subject
matter experts
Network
Thousands of technical, legal and business professionals
Clients
High-tech and bio-tech industries, law firms and IP service
providers, universities and research labs
Science &
Tech
h
BusinessLegal
IP
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Opening the Way for Innovation

9. Patexia.
Patexia: who we are and what we do
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Generate IP
Monetize IP
Protect /
Defend IP
Manage IP

10. Patexia.
Contract with NASA and Collaboration
with USPTO
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11. The Solution: Building a Bridge
Patexia.
Solvers:
Science and Tech Community
Problems:
IP Intensive Organizations
Bridge
Simplify the problem
Translate to technical language
Provide the right communication channels
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12. Patexia.
Database A
Database B
Database C
Database D
数据库
データベース
‫بيانات‬ ‫قاعدة‬
Patexia’s Service:
Patent Research Based on Crowdsourcing to Subject Matter Experts
Expert Community
Public Literature
Foreign Language
Databases
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13. Patexia.
Patexia: How to Contribute?
September 2015
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Become a Member for Free
• Participate in Patexia contest
• Networking and business opportunities
• Become a university ambassador (send emails to ambassador@patexia.com)
Job Opportunities
• Patexia currently has a number of openings in Software and technical fields
• Check the current openings at www.patexia.com/career.html
• Send resume and cover letter to career@patexia.com

14. You never change things
by fighting the existing reality.
To change something,
build a new model that makes
the existing model obsolete.
— Buckminster Fuller
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Pedram Sameni
Founder and CEO
(424) 239-9733
pedram@patexia.com