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Numerous studies report that intangible assets represent at least 70% of corporate value.
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The indifference to valuing patents is hindering the management and monetization of the largest category of corporate assets.

The Importance of Patent Valuation

You can’t manage what you can’t measure. You can’t monetize what you can’t value.

The consequences of not knowing the value of your patents are many. At the negotiating table, licensing professionals will misprice upfront payments, milestones and royalty rates. On term sheets and during roadshows, company valuations will dismiss the contribution of firms’ most critical assets.

Limiting one’s review to accounting ledgers will present a warped perspective of the value of patents and inventions. In the context of acquisitions, joint-ventures or corporate reorganizations, ignoring the valuation of intangible assets is the precursor to massively miscalculating closing prices, deal terms and equity allocation.

Those who cannot articulate the value of their intellectual property are condemned to accept whatever price their negotiating adversaries are willing to pay. Inventors and shareholders truly pay the price for ill-prepared negotiators.

Never put your organization at the mercy of better prepared negotiators. To hire a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst to prepare Patent Valuation Reports for you, please find the best suited CPVA at our directory.

More than 1,000 patent professionals from approximately 45 U.S. states and in excess of 50 countries from around the world have participated in CPVA training sessions.
CPVA candidates learn dozens of advanced patent valuation methodologies and scores of patent valuation metrics.
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To locate a suitable CPVA, please visit our directory. You can conduct searches by name, specialization, location, language and firm.

Why Hire a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst?

Certified Patent Valuation Analyst candidates undergo thorough training in patent valuation and patent monetization. CPVA candidates learn dozens of advanced patent valuation methodologies and scores of patent valuation metrics. They are furnished with peer-reviewed Excel templates that enable them to perform patent valuation assignments.

During another course they learn the intricacies and best practices for monetizing patents by listening to 15 patent monetization experts for more than seven hours. Our candidates learn the latest in patent damages calculations, participate in a mock licensing negotiation and receive insights into the nuances of drafting and prosecuting patents.

CPVAs can continue their education by learning more about patent valuation, patent litigation, patent decisions, patent licensing around the world, patent drafting, patent prosecution, sustaining patent invalidity attacks and more by consulting with our robust library of course electives.

Typically, CPVAs are intellectual property managers, licensing managers, technology transfer professionals, patent examiners, inventors, patent lawyers, patent agents, financial analysts, and professional investors. On average, CPVA trainees have about 20 years of relevant work experience.
If you need help registering for courses to become a CPVA, contact us at (609) 919 1895 ext. 100 or neomi@cpva.info.
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Benefits of Becoming a CPVA

The Certified Patent Valuation Analyst (CPVA) is a unique designation which indicates that you are one of those rare individuals that has attained a high degree of proficiency in the methodology of valuing patents and emerging technologies.

This designation may help you advance in your career as an intellectual property manager, licensing executive, technology transfer professional, business development executive, patent agent, or patent attorney. If you are an accountant or valuation professional, the CPVA designation may help you win more clients and grow your business.

Holders of the CPVA designation will have access to the Patent Valuation Gauntlet worksheets. CPVA designees will be eligible to stamp their valuations as having been run through the Patent Valuation Gauntlet.

The following are among examples of patent valuation engagements that CPVAs may wish to entertain:

  • Patent Sales
  • Patent Purchases
  • Equity Investments in Companies
  • Company Acquisitions
  • Spin-Offs
  • In-Licensing of Patents
  • Out-Licensing of Patents
  • Cross-Licensing
  • Bankruptcy
  • Divorces
  • Transfer Pricing
  • Placing Patents in Holding Companies
  • Patents Becoming Part of Standards
  • Technology Transfer Agreements
  • Capital Raises
  • Collateralization of Loans
  • Grant Applications
  • Patent Auctions
  • Patent Assertion
  • Partnership Disputes
  • Estate Planning
  • Litigation Financing
  • Moving Patents Across Borders
  • Measuring Returns on R&D

Testimonials from CPVA Course Attendees and Graduates

Review more than 250 testimonials from past sessions.
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The CPVA program is a short but intensive program that provides a great foundation for people to understand the value of IP assets and how it can contribute to the value of a business. The CPVA program is suitable for professionals looking to perform valuation of IP assets and for business owners and managers to understand the value of the IP in their business and how to maximise the value in their IP.

Eugene Yang

Excellent Program provides intellectual property all the skill necessary to value patents from the analytical, legal, financial and practical perspectives with the knowledge about licensing arrangements.

Shadya Ahmad Awad

This is a great course for people who are new to the patent valuation process. The course was very well organized and helped me learn and understand the basic concepts easily.  Instructors also did a good job of communicating the concepts and they taught me what I was looking for.

Amit Mendiratta

If you were running from ideal theories concerning patent valuation like me, then the CPVA program will provide you with the real pragmatic tactics for this not straightforward process.

Mohannad Abudayyah

The CPVA program provided foundational knowledge for valuing and monetizing patent assets. It empowered me to pull on the many valuation techniques and principles to begin assessing our in-house portfolio and develop ways to strengthen our assets.

McKenzey Poirier

The CPVA program provides a wealth of highly useful resources from which a valuation analyst can draw when providing valuations on IP assets, covering a myriad of situations, types of transactions, and assets.

Derek Mason, Ph.D., CLP, CPVA

The CPVA program was the answer to one of the main uncertainties regarding my patent practice. Many of my patent clients asked what the value of their patents is.  My answer was always that we wouldn’t really know until we put the patents up for sale. When I found out about the CPVA program, I jumped at the chance to learn the process. The CPVA program combined with the Patent Valuation Gauntlet offers a rigorous methodology to value my clients’ patent portfolios.  

Atty. Richard L. (Rick) Bigelow

CPVA is one of the best world-level professional programs I have known since my career in IP (patent) started in 2006. CPVA offers candidates uniquely practical knowledge and tools in handling challenging valuation tasks. I am honored to manage CPVA program in China where we see continuously growing popularity and endorsements. If there is only one professional program to recommend in the big innovation eco-system, I would tag CPVA without hesitation.

Binqiang Liu, PhD

I am learning many new things in the program. Not only a plethora of methods for valuing Patents/IPs but also on how to understand the context and risks involved in the IP transactions, the very important role of negotiation in IP transaction, and the application of the concepts, approaches and methods in the actual cases. I am looking forward to learn more from the program.

Rudi M. Safrudin

CPVA designation holders come universities and national laboratories such as MIT, University of California, University of Ghent, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Texas, Ben-Gurion University, Aalto University, National University of Singapore, McGill University, Hebrew University,  Johns Hopkins University, University of Vancouver, Iowa State University, Nanyang Technological University and Manchester University. 
If you need help registering for courses to become a CPVA, contact us at (609) 919 1895 ext. 100 or info@cpva.info.

How Do I Become a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst?

You must successfully complete the following five courses:

  • Valuation of Emerging Technologies
  • Negotiating Licensing Agreements for Maximum Returns
  • Advanced Patent Valuation
  • Calculating Damages Resulting from Patent Infringement
  • Best Practices for Monetizing Patent

What constitutes the CPVA training?

CPVA candidates receive the following upon registering for CPVA training:

CPVAs hail from companies including Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Stryker, Coca-Cola, Oracle, Baker Hughes, AT&T, Visa, Panasonic, General Electric, Samsung and Infosys. 
Holders of the CPVA designation in good standing will have defined access to the PVG worksheets. CPVA designees will be eligible to stamp their Patent Valuation Reports as having been screened through the Patent Valuation Gauntlet.

Patent Valuation Gauntlet

One of the core components of the CPVA curriculum is immersion into the Patent Valuation Gauntlet. In deriving the value of a patent, the PVG takes into account commercial value, assertion value, blocking value, cross-licensing value, reputational value as well as patent invalidity and design around risks.

The Patent Valuation Gauntlet provides CPVAs with an incredibly robust array of issues to consider when assessing patents. The PVG is an unbeatable reference that can quickly be scanned for ideas to address when preparing a Patent Valuation Report. Using the Patent Valuation Gauntlet accelerates the preparation — and ratchets up the intensity — of Patent Valuation Reports.

The Patent Valuation Gauntlet is exclusively for the use of Certified Patent Valuation Analysts in good standing.

The Patent Valuation Gauntlet worksheet contains more than 900 issues that should be considered when calculating the value of a patent. A few of these issues are listed below. CPVAs are provided with a webinar that explains many of the facets of the Patent Valuation Gauntlet.

  • Provenance Analysis
  • Citation Analysis
  • Claims Analysis
  • Prosecution Analysis
  • Drawings Analysis
  • Specification Analysis
  • Opposition Analysis
  • Provisional Patent Analysis
  • Description Analysis
  • Infringement Detection Analysis
  • Priority Date Analysis
  • Assertion Analysis
  • Patent Examiner Analysis
  • Patent Family Analysis
  • Encumbrance Analysis
  • Chain of Title Analysis
  • Analysis of Technical Review
  • Patent Drafting Analysis
  • Examiner Search Analysis
  • Embodiments Analysis
  • Office Action Response Analysis
  • Prior Art Analysis
  • Reissuance Analysis
  • Examiner Interview Analysis

Certified Patent Valuation Analyst Required and Elective Course Offerings

CPVA Courses

Required Courses

All five courses are required to obtain your CPVA designation. You can save $790 by purchasing all the courses at once. However, it is perfectly fine to register for one course at a time.

Required Courses – Complete Course Package

This package can be viewed and purchased here: CPVA Complete Course Package.

Required Courses – Individual Courses

Valuation of Emerging Technologies

Negotiating Licensing Agreements for Maximum Returns

Advanced Patent Valuation

Calculating Damages Resulting From Patent Infringement

Best Practices for Monetizing Patents

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Elective Courses

In addition, we offer a number of Elective Courses of interest to patent and intellectual property professionals.

Registration into these courses will be completed through The Business Development Academy. Any credit card charges and receipts related to the enrollment in these courses will be delivered via The Business Development Academy.

CPVA Featured Members

Geoffrey White, CPVA
General Counsel & Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
SilcoTek Corporation

I work closely with R&D, Sales, and Marketing to establish an innovation and commercialization strategy that meets the needs of customers today and tomorrow. This includes intellectual property strategy development, R&D prioritization, and negotiation of all agreements. I also handle other legal issues, but I try to focus on creating value and efficiency in our systems and processes.

J. Derek Mason, Ph.D., CLP, CPVA
Partner
Tucker Ellis, LLP

Derek uses his 31+ years of chemistry and IP experience to advise national and international clients in a wide range of intellectual property matters, across the spectrum of chemical and related technologies. His practice focuses on patent preparation and prosecution, licensing, IP issues in corporate transactions, counseling, and opinions

Patricia Chung, CPVA
Founding Partner
Chung Chambers

Patricia, Founding Partner of Chung Chambers and President of the IIPCC, Malaysia has been a practicing lawyer for 15 years, well versed in both litigation and non-litigation fronts of IP laws, contributed to Malaysian reported cases, actively involved in technology transfer negotiations, mapping, strategizing IPs and compliances on IP commercialization.

Atty. Richard L. (Rick) Bigelow, CPVA
President
Amity Patent Group

Rick is a registered patent attorney in private practice with over twenty years of experience as a patent attorney. Prior to becoming a patent attorney, he worked as a nuclear engineer, prime contract manager, and procurement counsel. He has extensive experience in the analysis and management of complex projects. He holds degrees in math/physics, nuclear engineering, an MBA, and a JD. He is a retired Commander in the U. S. Naval Reserve.

Binqiang Liu, PhD., CPVA
CEO & President
USinoIP & CPVA Country Manager (China)

Leveraging rich experiences in governments, private sectors & public associations as former patent examiner, patent attorney, Founder/CEO & President, Binqiang Liu continuously offers business-oriented value-added solutions to customers with his super teams. His multi-discipline knowledge in science, law and philosophy differentiates Binqiang Liu from peers in strategic consulting for clients.

McKenzey Poirier, CPVA
Lead IP Engineer
Rivian Automotive

As an IP engineer, McKenzey leverages her engineering background to partner with automotive technology and design teams to harvest inventions and push further development in emerging areas in an effort to build a high-value patent portfolio. Using her market research and close integration with the business, McKenzey identifies monetization opportunities to further deliver value of the IP assets created.

Jason Loh, CPVA
Founder
Piece Future

Jason was Head of Panasonic’s IP group for 16 years. He then founded Piece Future, an Asian IP Investment Bank providing IP-driven business solutions to multinationals and start-ups. Jason has formulated a unique in-house dynamic market patent valuation system, Valuation360˚®, which evaluates market, technology, and legal potentials.

Shadya Ahmad Awad, CPVA
Patent Expert
Baianat Intellectual Property

Mrs. Shadya is a patent expert with 25 years in the field of IP. Mrs. Shadya is experienced in managing the prosecution & registration of the patents and designs in the MENA region and North Africa. She is also an expert in the technical translation of all patent fields as well as an expert in legal translation of all IP related documents. Mrs. Shadya has extensive experience in providing legal opinion and drafting patent specifications and claims according to local and international requirements as well as in preparing responses to the office actions in technical point of view.

Alain Kaiser, CPVA
Founder
IP Trust

Mr. Kaiser is a professional valuator, who combines his decades of experiences in big corporations and small entities, and as Expert by the Court of Appeal of PARIS. Alain mainly supports complex operations around Intellectual Property by valuing rights in situations ranging from litigation to licensing negotiation and transfers with tax consequences. Alain is a Member of Compagnie des Experts Judiciaires en Finance et Diagnostic and SFEV (société française des évaluateurs).

Gaurav Sahal, CPVA
Consultant
NLO

With ~15 years of practice as in-house IP attorney at multinational pharma companies, and as a consultant with a European law-firm, Gaurav Sahal ingeniously applies his construal about generic pharma business, and utilizes IP-regulatory interplay for devising robust, long-term and high-value patent strategies for effective life-cycle management of branded drugs.

Barry Bell, CPVA
Managing Director
Echelon Analytics

For more than 30 years, Barry Bell has focused primarily on the analysis and quantification of damages in commercial litigation matters. He is experienced in analyzing complex matters; identifying relevant issues, information and approaches; and cogently communicating, via expert reports and testimony, the resulting opinions to interested parties.

Paula A. Calabrese, CPVA
Chief of Intellectual Property
Medically Home

Senior Executive with twenty years blended expertise in unlocking the economic value of ideas and knowledge assets resulting in higher enterprise valuations across multiple industries. Focusing on unmet needs and using a problem-focused, solution agnostic approach to creating unique intellectual property solutions and unleashing creativity.

Arjun Bala, CPVA
Founder
Metayage

Arjun Bala is an Indian patent agent, and the founder of Metayage, an IP firm that builds strategic international patent portfolios for cutting-edge technologies in major markets. He worked for a US patent firm prior to founding Metayage in 2006. Arjun is also an inventor with a granted software patent.

John Goodhue, CPVA
Founding Member
Goodhue, Coleman & Owens, P.C.

Patent attorney John D. Goodhue has been helping clients build their IP portfolios for over 20 years especially in complex software and electronics areas to better position clients’ portfolios to support valuations which attract investment, generate interest from potential licensees, and grow market share.

Mohannad Abudayyah, CPVA
Manager of National Innovation Ecosystem
Saudi Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority

I am a Saudi ecosystem builder who has over 12 years of personal stories about strategizing team building, advising and leading initiatives related to research, product development and innovation enablement in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, from initiatives with local companies to initiatives with the UN and the GCC.

Claire Duggan, CPVA
Head of IP Commercial
Sasol

As IP Counsel, I have been responsible for providing broad-ranging IP legal advice to Sasol’s global chemical and energy businesses, as follows:

(a) Drafting, filing and prosecuting globally patent applications for Sasol’s alumina business;
(b) Evaluating the validity of third-party patents and preparing opinions on the same;
(c) Conducting patent opposition proceedings at the European Patent Office;
(d) Drafting and negotiating IP and commercial terms of a wide range of technology-related agreements including license agreements, patent non-assert agreements, technical services agreements, research & development collaboration agreements and non-disclosure agreements;
(e) IP strategy development for mitigation of potential IP risks, including with respect to design-arounds and market selection, and also, in relation to the risk of copying, non-disclosure of key trade secrets, disaggregation of information etc.
(f) providing IP advice and support to board and commercial teams on a diverse range of matters including IP development and exploitation, IP risk management, corporate activities (such as mergers and acquisitions) with technology transfer and/or acquisition at their core, and compliance issues (including competition laws applicable to technology transfer)
(g) developing IP policies, as required, and driving the implementation thereof
(h) ensuring IP activities are incorporated into project planning
(i) setting budgets, operating within those budgets and managing costs on an ongoing basis
(j) selecting, instructing and managing relationships with external legal counsel, to the extent necessary
(k) rendering submissions/reports to management and governance bodies on a regular basis.

Areas of more specialist/niche expertise include global technology transfer regimes (e.g. import/export laws and exchange controls, competition/antitrust laws as applicable to technology transfers) and transfer pricing and other tax issues relevant to technology transfer.

Neil Zoltowski, CLP, CVA, CPVA, MAFF
Partner
StoneTurn Group, LLP

Neil Zoltowski serves as a consulting and testifying financial expert in complex business disputes, intellectual property litigation, and business and intellectual property valuation matters.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the evaluation and quantification of economic damages in intellectual property disputes, including patent, copyright and trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and false advertising and deceptive trade practices under the Lanham Act, as well as commercial disputes such as breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, stock valuation / shareholder disputes and diminution of business value claims.

Low Chee Keong, CPVA
Chief Executive Officer
Ipman Global Intellect Pte. Ltd.

With 18 years of practice as Intellectual Property advisor, Low Chee Keong has not only planned the business development strategy for the IP firm, with a view to maintain the firm’s International Organisation for Standardisation quality standard, but also dealt for different stakeholders under different organizations and coordinated to defend clients’ Intellectual Property rights with external solicitors. Alongside this, he assists his clients in expanding their business globally and protecting their Intellectual Property rights at overseas. In recognition of his excellent performance, he has been recommended in Corporate INTL Who’s Who Adviser 2022 and World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 Recommended Individual.

John D. Gugliotta, P.E., Esq., CPVA
Founding Partner
Gugliotta & Gugliotta, LPA

Being a Professional Engineer allows Mr. Gugliotta to better assist his clients in protecting their inventions as we as counseling and providing expert testimony on Intellectual Property matters. Attorney Gugliotta has 30 years of experience in counseling clients ranging from independent inventors to Fortune 500 companies.

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