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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2009
Deborah L. Dunagan, Gainesville, GA (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Brian M. O'connell, RTP, NC (US);
Arvin Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Keith R. Walker, Austin, TX (US);
Deborah L. Dunagan, Gainesville, GA (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Brian M. O'Connell, RTP, NC (US);
Arvin Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Keith R. Walker, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for IP assessment based on a component business model (CBM). The method assesses components in the CBM via a component assessment module, which interrogates an entity (e.g., a user, a third party consultant, and an information database) with questions. Output (including answers to the questions) from the component assessment module is sent to a component detection module. Scores (e.g., numerical scores and/or low, medium, or high scores) are assigned to the components via the component detection module based on the output from the component assessment module. The output from the component assessment module and/or the scores are analyzed to determine whether a gap, a duplication, a conflict, and/or an over-investment exists in at least one of the components.