Assignee

Patent valuation starts with a clean title

Patent valuation estimates what a patent or portfolio is worth, usually with a cost, market or income approach. Every one of those methods assumes the seller can deliver clear title. Assignee checks that assumption from the public record, so a valuation does not rest on a patent with a broken chain or an open lien.

Check the title before you value

Trace the owner of any US patent

Enter a granted US patent number like 9,876,543 or its publication number like US9876543B2.

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Ownership report

US 9,567,890 B2
  1. Fetching USPTO assignment records
  2. Reading conveyances
  3. Linking assignors to assignees
  4. Checking for gaps and open security interests

Current owner of record

Owner of record

Phinia Jersey Holdings LLC

Recorded on

May 31, 2024

Reel and frame

067592 / 0662

Conveyance

Assignment of assignors interest

Chain of title

Title risk flags

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This report shows what is recorded at the USPTO. Assignments that were never recorded do not appear in any public register. It is not legal advice.

Three common approaches to patent valuation

Approach What it measures Where title matters
Cost What it took to create or would take to replace the patent A patent the owner cannot transfer is worth less than its cost
Market Prices of comparable patent sales and licenses Comparable deals reflect clean title; a flawed title needs a discount
Income Future royalties or profits the patent supports, discounted Enforcement and licensing depend on proving ownership

Ownership factors that move value

  • Clear chain of title from the inventors to the seller
  • No unreleased security interests or recorded liens
  • No partial assignments that leave co-owners with rights
  • Licenses already granted that limit what a buyer receives
  • Remaining term and maintenance fee status
  • Family members in other countries held by the same owner

Read more in our guide to the value of a patent.

Who uses Assignee for valuation work

  • Valuation advisers preparing a report for a sale, a loan or an audit
  • Lenders checking patent collateral
  • Buyers and brokers pricing a portfolio, see sell my patent
  • Companies preparing their own portfolio before a transaction, see patent due diligence

What Assignee does not do

Assignee does not put a price on a patent. It supplies the ownership facts that every valuation needs, documented and linked to the record, and flags the patents whose title should lower or hold up a value.