Metrics Group: Patent Benchmark Index

Patent Benchmark Index^TM

Metrics’ Patent Benchmark Index™ (PBI) reports provide a way to easily score a large patent portfolio against other portfolios of the same age and technology classification category. Using citations as an indicator of patent value, the Patent Benchmark Index^TM provides scores and percentile rankings for individual patents in a company's portfolio. PBI pricing starts at $100 for companies with small portfolios (defined as companies with fewer than 100 U.S. patents). Pricing is higher for companies with larger number of patents – contact Customer Service for a custom quote.

Patent Benchmark Index^TM reports can be used to:

Quickly benchmark the patent portfolios of one or more companies against one another
Help determine patent valuations (PBI reports can be used as one input into the valuation equation)
Research companies for investment purposes
Identify the individual patents that are potentially more valuable than others in a large portfolio

For each patent in a PBI report, the patent number, issue year, main U.S. Class assigned to the patent, the number of citations per year to the patent, total citations to the patent, the average number of cites received by all patents in that patent's class and issued in that patent's year, the PBI score (patents total cites/average cites per patent for patents issued in that class and year) and the percentile rank for that patent are listed. The percentile rank is where the patent falls in terms of total citations relative to all patents issued in that class in that year.

The figure below shows PBI scores for the patents held by Nanogram, a nanotechnology company based in Fremont, California. Using the fourth patent in the figure as an example, Patent 6080337 was issued in 2000 in US Class 252. It has been cited 3 times. For all patents issued in 2000 in Class 252 the average number of cites per patent is .77. Dividing 3 by .77 gives a PBI score of 3.89 (rounded) for this patent, thus this patent has been cited about 3.89 times more often then the average patent that issued in 2000 in Class 252. This patent ranks in the 92nd percentile in terms of citations received among patents issuing in 2000 in Class 252.

Patent Benchmark Index^TM Report: Nanogram Corporation

PATENT NUMBER	ISSUE YEAR	CLASS	2001	2002	Total	Average	PBI	Percentile Rank
5986206	1999	136			0	1.35	0	0
6248216	2001	204			0	0.22	0	0
5938979	1999	252	1	2	3	1.56	1.927522	0.798
6080337	2000	252		3	3	0.77	3.885776	0.923
5958348	1999	422	2		2	1.51	1.327502	0.689
6099798	2000	422			0	0.63	0	0
6193936	2001	422		1	1	0.16	6.366337	0.881
6270732	2001	422			0	0.16	0	0
5989514	1999	423	1		1	1.11	0.900722	0.487
6045769	2000	423	1		1	0.45	2.218605	0.705
6106798	2000	423		1	1	0.45	2.218605	0.705
6136287	2000	423			0	0.45	0	0
6200674	2001	428			0	1.17	0	0
6387531	2002	428			0	N/A	N/A	N/A
5952125	1999	429	2	1	3	2.09	1.437801	0.679
6130007	2000	429	1	1	2	1.21	1.647783	0.7
6225007	2001	429		1	1	0.26	3.830097	0.786
6391494	2002	429			0	N/A	N/A	N/A
6290735	2001	51/			0	0.29	0	0

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