Patent Valuation Is Not an Appraisal: What PSRP Is and Is Not
PSRP is a structured estimate for portfolio conversations, not a formal appraisal, audit opinion, or litigation damages number.
Teams ask for “a valuation” when they really need a defensible number for a board slide, a renewal debate, or a licensing prioritization meeting. Patent Suggested Retail Price (PSRP) is built for that use case, and it is not the same as a formal appraisal.
PSRP is an algorithmic estimate that blends USPTO-grounded legal and technical signals with business context when you track assets in IP Brainbox. It produces a headline figure, confidence, peer context where available, and category-level drivers you can inspect.
What PSRP is: a repeatable internal benchmark; a way to rank assets in a portfolio; a starting point for Pay / Review / Abandon and licensing discussions; an exportable snapshot with methodology context via How We Value Patents.
What PSRP is not: a fairness opinion for M&A; a damages model for litigation; a tax or financial reporting value; a substitute for independent valuation counsel when those standards apply.
Sophisticated buyers ask where signals appear in the report. That is why we separate core USPTO-visible inputs from supplemental context that may enrich but does not define every run.
If you need a number the CFO can repeat, run PSRP, save the snapshot, and document overrides. If you need a number for a transaction or dispute, engage appropriate professionals and treat PSRP as one input among many.