How Corporate IP Teams Can Use Pay / Review / Abandon Workflows
Operationalize renewal season with review queues, scenarios, and exports that align IP, finance, and business stakeholders.
Corporate IP groups rarely lack data. They lack a shared workflow for turning data into decisions before maintenance checks are cut.
Pay / Review / Abandon is a simple vocabulary that finance understands: Pay means fund the next gate; Review means hold with a named owner and date; Abandon means let the right lapse with documented rationale.
In IP Brainbox, start from your org portfolio: import or sync the assets you manage, run MFA on near-term gates, and add PSRP where you need a value anchor for the room.
The review queue is the workbench. Sort by gate date, assignee, or recommendation. Capture status changes so you are not rebuilding the same spreadsheet every quarter.
Scenario studio helps when the CFO asks “what if we cut 20% of spend?” Model pruning paths, compare maintenance totals, and identify which families still protect core products.
Close the loop with exports. A CSV or PDF package that lists patent, gate, fee, recommendation, and decision status is what makes the workflow real, not another dashboard no one opens after renewal season.