Source: Company patent portfolio development materials.
Claimed results (vendor-published):
- Vendor-published estimated savings related to portfolio management and prosecution work
- Large volumes of office action responses handled by the vendor
- A favorable grant outcome profile reported for cases handled by the vendor
- A minority of cases reportedly required substantive amendments (in consultation with outside counsel)
Critical evaluation:
- “Estimated savings” is not defined (labor savings, outside counsel savings, fee savings, or avoided abandonment costs).
- No time-to-value, staffing model, or quality KPI definitions are provided.
- Statements about increases in scope of granted claims are qualitative and lack measurable frameworks or baseline comparisons.