Patents imply intellectual property and it has a $ value that can be associated depending on the field and type of patent that is allocated. Patents also increase the enterprise value of the company and help prevent copy-cats from copying the idea without having royalt payments or licencing deals. We like it when companies get patents awarded!. To protect IP companies aggressively file provisional patents even before they have a working product. The below table provides a way to look at what has been done by companies and use this as a factor to make investment decisions.
| Title | Filing Date | Publication Date | Grant Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computerized sales tool for visualizing the impact of selective financial … | 2013-8-19 | 2014-2-27 | |
| Method and system for providing employer- sponsored retirement plan | 2013-2-28 | 2013-7-11 | |
| Computer Method and System for Administering Investment Account | 2010-1-27 | 2010-7-29 | |
| Method and system for administering index-linked annuity | 2007-6-05 | 2008-12-11 | |
| Method and system for administering a variable universal life insurance product … | 2007-4-03 | 2012-5-08 | 2012-5-08 |
| Method and system for providing employer-sponsored retirement plan | 2006-11-15 | 2008-5-15 | |
| System and method for administering death benefits | 2002-11-14 | 2003-6-26 | |
| System and methods for tracking the relative interests of the parties to an … | 2002-9-23 | 2004-3-25 | |
| Method and system for providing account values in an annuity with life … | 2001-1-02 | 2003-8-26 | 2003-8-26 |