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IP Brainbox Decision Map™

See your patent portfolio as a technology decision map.

IP Brainbox organizes U.S. patent assets into CPC-based technology branches, showing valuation, maintenance recommendations, claim-breadth indicators, and monetization labels so teams can see where to keep, pay, review, prune, or license.

Decision Map · CPC branch · IllustrativeSample output

A61K · Pharmaceutical preparations

├ 12 patents · $4.2M total PSRP

├ 4 Keep · 2 Pay · 3 Review

└ 2 Prune · 1 License Candidate

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

What you get

Technology structure
Collapsible CPC sections, classes, subclasses, and groups with patent counts and branch-level rollups.
Valuation and maintenance
PSRP rollups, MFA-style Pay / Review / Abandon context, and maintenance exposure by branch.
Claim and momentum signals
Claim-breadth indicators, citation strength, and technology momentum to spot weak or crowded branches.
Decision labels
Rules-based keep, pay, review, prune, and license labels on branches and patent nodes, with rationale you can export.

How it works

  1. Import or connect your portfolio

    Build a cohort from tracked assets, CSV import, or assignee exploration.

  2. Explore CPC branches

    Roll up valuation, maintenance, claim-breadth, and monetization signals by technology branch.

  3. Prioritize actions and export

    Identify where to keep, pay, review, prune, or license — then share branch-level evidence with stakeholders.

Why it matters

Legal, finance, and strategy teams need the same view of portfolio concentration, renewal pressure, and monetization opportunity. The Decision Map turns scattered patent records into a branch-level picture so renewal season, budget planning, and licensing shortlists start from evidence, not memory.

Common use cases

  • Annual renewal and maintenance-fee review
  • Portfolio pruning and cost reduction
  • IP budget planning with finance
  • Licensing shortlist creation
  • M&A or carve-out portfolio cleanup
  • Technology-area coverage gaps

Example decision labels

Keep
High value and strategic coverage. Prioritize maintenance and enforcement readiness.
Pay
Valuation and maintenance signals support paying the next USPTO fee gate.
Review
Mixed signals. Needs business input before the next fee gate or budget decision.
Prune
Low value relative to cost. Strong candidate to stop funding or abandon.
License Candidate
Monetization potential outweighs hold-only rationale.
Investigate
Signal gaps or borderline posture. Gather evidence before committing spend.

Heatmaps, branch detail, assignee competitor maps, and advanced overlays are available on Team and above. Enterprise adds business-unit filters, counsel annotations, and custom scoring profiles.

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Explore the product on this page, then open the live workflow when you are ready to work with your patents.

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