Patent rights held by businesses (including joint ventures) in businesses supported by technology can make a variety of contributions.

Many businesses hold patent rights in areas where they wish to be competitive. On the other hand, a patent right owned by a business that can resolve the exclusive effect of a patent right owned by another party, which is an obstacle to the continuation of the business, may make a reasonable contribution even if it is not enforced.

In the “evaluation of the contribution of patents to the business,”
a pair of evaluator attorneys and evaluator patent attorneys, who are in a third-party position, objectively evaluate the contribution of each individual patent to the overall group of patents held by the business.