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Operate · Portfolio Decision Engine™

Decide what deserves continued investment.

Value assets, prioritize actions, and decide what to keep, fund, review, prune, or evaluate for licensing—with evidence finance and counsel can defend.

Decision support only. Not legal advice, a formal appraisal, or a substitute for counsel.

The problem

Patent portfolios accumulate faster than teams can continuously evaluate them. Value, maintenance cost, strategic relevance, licensing potential, and competitive signals often live in separate analyses—making it difficult to know which assets deserve continued investment.

The workspace

Operate turns portfolio signals into recommended actions with supporting evidence.

Command Center, valuation, Decision Map, scenarios, and action queues surface portfolio recommendations (Keep / Review / Prune / Monetize) with a separate fee action when due—Keep / Pay / Review / Prune / License Candidate remain the short labels inside the product.

Portfolio Action Board · IllustrativeSample output
3 Keep2 Review1 Prune1 Monetize
US 10,770,788Keep
US 9,842,110Review
US 8,901,445Prune
US 11,204,331Monetize
Asset decision · Illustrative

Patent

US 10,770,788

PSRP

$1.2M–$1.7M

Portfolio percentile

92nd

Decision Evidence

ValueHigh
Maintenance burdenLow
Claim strengthStrong
Commercial relevanceHigh
Competitive overlapRising
Licensing readinessModerate

Portfolio recommendation

KEEP

Portfolio strategy

Upcoming action: PAY $1,600 by Mar 15, 2027

Strong portfolio position and commercial relevance outweigh near-term carrying cost.

Outputs

Command Center
Recommended actions across tracked assets in one Operate dashboard.
Valuation
PSRP ranges for portfolio, finance, and fee decisions.
Maintenance Intelligence
Pay / Review / Abandon candidates before the next USPTO fee gate.
Decision Map™
CPC branches with valuation, MFA, and monetization labels.

Why it matters

Evaluate portfolio value, carrying cost, strategic relevance, commercial potential, and competitive signals to determine what deserves continued investment—across pending and granted assets.

Operate is the portfolio operating layer: valuation, maintenance, scenarios, and decision queues.