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Vol. 14. Núm. 1.
Páginas 9-27 (01 Enero 2011)
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Vol. 14. Núm. 1.
Páginas 9-27 (01 Enero 2011)
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Evaluating patent portfolios by means of multicriteria analysis
Evaluación de carteras de patentes mediante análisis multicriterio
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Xiaolu Wang
Beihang University
Fernando García
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Francisco Guijarro
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Ismael Moya
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
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Abstract

Valuation of intangible assets is a complex topic where traditional methodologies are not always successful. Nevertheless, intangible assets, like patents, have become of great importance to companies, as their value is considered to be relevant economic and strategic information, so it is necessary to evaluate firms’ patent portfolios. The present research introduces an extended goal programming model to calculate the relative importance of the patents of companies in a patent pool. This information may be useful for patent valuation as well as for management purposes. The proposed multicriteria methodology has been applied to the 19 companies in the MPEG2 patent pool, with a total of 770 valid patents, using 7 criteria to obtain a composite measure of the relative position of the firms in the patent pool.

Key words:
Patent assessment
Multicriteria analysis
Goal Programming
Firm ranking
Strategic management
Resumen

La valoración de activos intangibles constituye un área compleja donde los métodos tradicionales no siempre obtienen buenos resultados. Sin embargo, los activos intangibles, entre ellos las patentes, han ganado importancia en las empresas, de forma que el cálculo de su valor se ha convertido en una cuestión estratégica en muchos casos. Este hecho requiere que las empresas valoren la cartera de patentes en su conjunto. La presente investigación presenta un modelo extendido de programación por metas y su aplicación para el cálculo de la importancia relativa de las patentes. Este modelo puede resultar importante tanto para la valoración de las patentes como para la gestión empresarial. La metodología multicriterio propuesta ha sido aplicado a 19 empresas en el sector de las patentes del formato MPEG2, con un total de 770 patentes válidas, y utilizando 7 criterios con el objetivo de obtener una medida compuesta de la posición relativa de las empresas en el conjunto de patentes.

Palabras clave:
Valoración de patentes
Análisis multicriterio
Programación por Metas
Ranking de empresas
Gestión estratégica
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The authors are grateful both to the editor of the Journal and two anonymous referees for their valuable suggestions.

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