The Patent Valuation Gauntlet™ is one of the world's most thorough methodologies for assessing the strength and value of patents.

The Patent Valuation Gauntlet™ poses approximately 750 questions and issues that Certified Patent Valuation Analysts (CPVAs) should consider when valuing patents. These questions and issues are classified into more than 20 categories. Many of these issues are accompanied by insightful commentary.

The overarching goals of the Patent Valuation Gauntlet™ are two-fold.

First, the Patent Valuation Gauntlet™ strives to provide CPVAs with an incredibly robust array of issues to consider when assessing patents. Stamping your Patent Valuation Report with the Patent Valuation Gauntlet™ seal should enhance the stature of the patent analyst as well as the subject patents.

Second, the Patent Valuation Gauntlet™ is an unbeatable reference that can quickly be scanned for ideas to address when preparing a Patent Valuation Report. Certified Patent Valuation Analysts that choose to avail themselves of the Patent Valuation Gauntlet™ will be able to state that they took into consideration roughly 750 patent specific issues when preparing their Patent Valuation Reports.

In a nutshell, the Patent Valuation Gauntlet™ should accelerate the preparation — and ratchet up the intensity — of Patent Valuation Reports.