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Patent Market Overview
2018 IP Dealmakers Forum
Kent Richardson
November 7, 2018
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How Much is on the Market?
$0
$2
$4
$6
$8
$10
$12
$14
$16
$18
$20
2011-Q1 2012-Q1 2013-Q1 2014-Q1 2015-Q1 2016-Q1 2017-Q1 2018-Q1 2019-Q1
Sum of all asking prices
Projected
Unsold
Sold
$16B
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Who and What Gets Targeted the Most?
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What’s the Asking Price of a US Issued Patent?
$176,000
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Asset prices dropped 30% drop
Almost all of the drop in single asset
packages
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What’s the Asking Price of a US Issued Patent?
Figure 8. Per asset price by package size
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Cummulative%sold
Time from package listing date to sale date (years)
2014
2015
2016
Predicted
2017
Sales rates for 2017 are ahead of
2016
Old deals from 2014 still selling
* Sales data lag the market by ~18 months
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Old Deals Sell and Sale Rates are Heading Up
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Sellers
Aaron Emigh
Alcatel Lucent
Allied Security Trust (AST)
ATT
Bell & Howell, LLC
Clifford Sweatte
Concert Technology
Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPe)
Hewlett Packard Inc (HP inc)
IBM
Intel Corporation
Intellectual Ventures
IP Cube Partners (ICP) Co., Ltd
KT Corporation
Mirai Ventures LLC
MITRE Corporation
Nokia Communications Company
Panasonic Corporation
Pendrell Technologies
Seiko Epson Corporation
Sony Corporation
Xerox
Buyers
Akoloutheo, Llc.
Allied Security Trust (AST)
Blackbird Tech Llc.
Brunoco, Inc.
Cria Inc.
Didi (Hk) Science and Technology Limited
Etsy Inc.
Fiver, Llc.
Fluence Automation Llc.
Google Inc.
Innobrilliance, Llc.
Insight Interfaces Llc.
Intellectual Ventures
Jlp United States Patent Solutions, Llc.
Knapp Investment Company
Nokia Communications Company
Open Invention Network, Llc.
Pathunt Ip Management Limited
Prosper Technology, Llc.
Provenance Asset Group
Red Dragon Innovations, Llc.
RPX Corporation
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Scenera Technologies, Llc.
Servicenow, Inc.
Spectrum Patents, Inc.
Uber Technologies, Inc.
Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.
Wi-Fi One, Llc.
WSOU Investments Llc.
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Top Buyers and Sellers from 2018
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Patent Market Overview

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    PATENT MARKET DATA ACTIONABLEANALYTICS (C) Richardson Oliver Insights LLC & Confidential 1 Patent Market Overview 2018 IP Dealmakers Forum Kent Richardson November 7, 2018
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    PATENT MARKET DATA ACTIONABLEANALYTICS (C) Richardson Oliver Insights LLC & Confidential 2 How Much is on the Market? $0 $2 $4 $6 $8 $10 $12 $14 $16 $18 $20 2011-Q1 2012-Q1 2013-Q1 2014-Q1 2015-Q1 2016-Q1 2017-Q1 2018-Q1 2019-Q1 Sum of all asking prices Projected Unsold Sold $16B
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    PATENT MARKET DATA ACTIONABLEANALYTICS (C) Richardson Oliver Insights LLC & Confidential 3 Who and What Gets Targeted the Most?
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    PATENT MARKET DATA ACTIONABLEANALYTICS (C) Richardson Oliver Insights LLC & Confidential 4 What’s the Asking Price of a US Issued Patent? $176,000
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    PATENT MARKET DATA ACTIONABLEANALYTICS Asset prices dropped 30% drop Almost all of the drop in single asset packages (C) Richardson Oliver Insights LLC & Confidential 5 What’s the Asking Price of a US Issued Patent? Figure 8. Per asset price by package size
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    PATENT MARKET DATA ACTIONABLEANALYTICS 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% <1 <2 <3 <4 <5 Cummulative%sold Time from package listing date to sale date (years) 2014 2015 2016 Predicted 2017 Sales rates for 2017 are ahead of 2016 Old deals from 2014 still selling * Sales data lag the market by ~18 months (C) Richardson Oliver Insights LLC & Confidential 6 Old Deals Sell and Sale Rates are Heading Up
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    PATENT MARKET DATA ACTIONABLEANALYTICS Sellers Aaron Emigh Alcatel Lucent Allied Security Trust (AST) ATT Bell & Howell, LLC Clifford Sweatte Concert Technology Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPe) Hewlett Packard Inc (HP inc) IBM Intel Corporation Intellectual Ventures IP Cube Partners (ICP) Co., Ltd KT Corporation Mirai Ventures LLC MITRE Corporation Nokia Communications Company Panasonic Corporation Pendrell Technologies Seiko Epson Corporation Sony Corporation Xerox Buyers Akoloutheo, Llc. Allied Security Trust (AST) Blackbird Tech Llc. Brunoco, Inc. Cria Inc. Didi (Hk) Science and Technology Limited Etsy Inc. Fiver, Llc. Fluence Automation Llc. Google Inc. Innobrilliance, Llc. Insight Interfaces Llc. Intellectual Ventures Jlp United States Patent Solutions, Llc. Knapp Investment Company Nokia Communications Company Open Invention Network, Llc. Pathunt Ip Management Limited Prosper Technology, Llc. Provenance Asset Group Red Dragon Innovations, Llc. RPX Corporation Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Scenera Technologies, Llc. Servicenow, Inc. Spectrum Patents, Inc. Uber Technologies, Inc. Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. Wi-Fi One, Llc. WSOU Investments Llc. (C) Richardson Oliver Insights LLC & Confidential 7 Top Buyers and Sellers from 2018
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