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Re: rak Re: New $100 Million Stock Repurchase Authorization! (Data)

By: Rakitno in IDCC | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 04 May 12 9:58 PM | 288 view(s)
Boardmark this board | InterDigital Communications 		Msg. 45091 of 48237
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But is not a patent "family" the same patent applied for in several countries? Since InterDigital has patents issued in several countries of the same tech/invention, which is sometimes a debate determining if they are being double counted when getting out to InterDigitals total patents ...

Then what is the difference between a "patent family" and a "patent portfolio" which management also noted in the release below:

"This latter transaction is unrelated to the company's broader efforts to create value by monetizing certain larger patent portfolios for which the company continues to see good interest."


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rak Re: New $100 Million Stock Repurchase Authorization!
By: Data_Rox in IDCC
Fri, 04 May 12 9:51 PM 		Msg. 45089 of 48237

happy for the progress....some things are aligning for sure

something we don't know however....is how many patents are in each of the patent "families" that were sold.... it makes getting to your per patent calculation difficult....especially if we're looking at continuations and international equivalents.

....from a sale of four patent *families*


Loosely defined, a patent family is a group of patent documents that are likely to share the same inventive concepts and technical details. To create these families, providers use the concept of shared priority data as a basis to assume that patent documents are technical equivalents.

http://www.intellogist.com/wiki/Patent_Families

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