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Patent Pending vs Issued: What Actually Changes at Grant
October 2026

Patent Pending vs Issued: What Actually Changes at Grant

Patent pending vs issued: issued and granted are the same event. What changes is enforcement, fixed claims, marking, fees and what a buyer will pay.

Can You Sell a Patent to a Company? Yes, Here Is How
September 2026

Can You Sell a Patent to a Company? Yes, Here Is How

Can you sell a patent to a company? Yes. Why most direct pitches stall, who inside a company actually buys, and how the transfer legally works.

How Much Can You Make Selling a Patent? Gross vs Net
September 2026

How Much Can You Make Selling a Patent? Gross vs Net

How much you can make selling a patent depends on price, payment structure and tax. Lump sum vs royalties, IRC 1235, and what you actually keep.

How Hard Is It to Sell a Patent? The Real Numbers
September 2026

How Hard Is It to Sell a Patent? The Real Numbers

How hard is it to sell a patent? Market data says most listed packages never sell. The sell-through rates, timelines and what moves the odds.

Does a Patent Assignment Need to Be Notarized? USPTO vs EPO
September 2026

Does a Patent Assignment Need to Be Notarized? USPTO vs EPO

Does a patent assignment need to be notarized? No, not in the US or at the EPO. What notarization does prove, and the recording step that protects title.

Is Selling a Patent an Investing Activity? Cash Flow Rules
September 2026

Is Selling a Patent an Investing Activity? Cash Flow Rules

Yes: proceeds from selling a patent are an investing inflow under IAS 7 and ASC 230. Where the gain goes, and when a patent sale is operating.

University Patent Licensing Fees: What Spinouts Pay
September 2026

University Patent Licensing Fees: What Spinouts Pay

University patent licensing fees from published schedules: execution fees, annual minimums, patent cost reimbursement, royalties, sublicence and exit fees.

How to Sell a Medical Device Patent: Buyers and Timing
September 2026

How to Sell a Medical Device Patent: Buyers and Timing

How to sell a medical device patent: who the buyers are, why your 510(k) predicate choice moves the price, and the deal structures that actually close.

Patent Licensing Royalty Rates by Industry (SEC Data)
September 2026

Patent Licensing Royalty Rates by Industry (SEC Data)

Patent licensing royalty rates by industry from 2,963 SEC-filed licences, and why deal type moves your rate more than the sector you sell into.

Average Patent Licensing Royalty Rates: 3 Benchmarks
September 2026

Average Patent Licensing Royalty Rates: 3 Benchmarks

Average patent licensing royalty rates run from 3.77 to 13 percent depending on the dataset. Which average applies to your patent, and why they differ.

What Is Patent Valuation? A Plain Definition for Owners
September 2026

What Is Patent Valuation? A Plain Definition for Owners

What is patent valuation? An estimate of a patent's worth for one purpose, one party and one date. The five inputs every valuation must state.

What Is a Profit Participating Note? How It Is Built
September 2026

What Is a Profit Participating Note? How It Is Built

A profit participating note is debt whose return is a share of profits, not a rate. How it is structured, and how it differs from a loan or equity.

What Is a Patent Broker? The Job, and Its Limits
September 2026

What Is a Patent Broker? The Job, and Its Limits

A patent broker is an agent who sells patents for owners on commission. What they do, sell side versus buy side, and when you do not need one.

Tokenized Patents: What the Model Does and Cannot Do
September 2026

Tokenized Patents: What the Model Does and Cannot Do

Tokenized patents explained: three products sold under one word, why most tokenized value is platform-locked, and what a patent needs first.

How Much Are Patent Renewal Fees? The 20 Year Total
September 2026

How Much Are Patent Renewal Fees? The 20 Year Total

US maintenance fees total $14,470 for a large entity. A Unitary Patent costs EUR 35,555 over 20 years. The full renewal bill, office by office.

How Selling a Patent Works: Assignment to Recordal
September 2026

How Selling a Patent Works: Assignment to Recordal

How selling a patent works step by step: chain of title, the assignment agreement, escrow, and recording it at the USPTO and the EPO in time.

EU AI Act Article 12: What Record-Keeping Requires
September 2026

EU AI Act Article 12: What Record-Keeping Requires

What Article 12 of the EU AI Act really requires for high-risk AI logging, which widely cited requirements are invented, and how to derive a schema.

Can You Sell a Patent Idea? What Buyers Actually Buy
September 2026

Can You Sell a Patent Idea? What Buyers Actually Buy

Can you sell a patent idea? Rarely, and not as an idea. What converts a concept into an asset a buyer will pay for, and who profits from you not knowing.

Article 12 of the EU AI Act: Logging as a Build Spec
September 2026

Article 12 of the EU AI Act: Logging as a Build Spec

Article 12 of the EU AI Act requires automatic logging over a high-risk AI system's lifetime. What it demands, what it omits, and the new 2027 deadline.

Are Patent Renewal Fees Tax Deductible? US and Germany
September 2026

Are Patent Renewal Fees Tax Deductible? US and Germany

Usually yes, but timing is the real question. How the US and Germany treat renewal fees, and the bigger tax decision waiting at the deadline.

How Profit Participating Notes Work, Step by Step
August 2026

How Profit Participating Notes Work, Step by Step

How profit participating notes work: the coupon is a formula on results, not a rate. The cash flow steps, where holders rank, and how they lose.

Are Tokenized Patents Real? What Actually Exists
August 2026

Are Tokenized Patents Real? What Actually Exists

Are tokenized patents real? The tokens are. Legal title never moves onchain. What IPwe's liquidation and the first patent NFT auction actually proved.

How Much Do Patent Brokers Charge? Real Fees, Explained
August 2026

How Much Do Patent Brokers Charge? Real Fees, Explained

How much do patent brokers charge? 10 to 35 percent, but the base, the tail and the exclusivity term decide the actual bill more than the rate.

Can You Sell a Patent Pending? What Changes at Grant
August 2026

Can You Sell a Patent Pending? What Changes at Grant

Can you sell a patent pending? Legally yes, the application is assignable in writing. Commercially it rarely sells alone. What buyers price before grant.

Patent Valuation Methods: Which One Your Buyer Accepts
August 2026

Patent Valuation Methods: Which One Your Buyer Accepts

The patent valuation methods that matter, how each is actually calculated, and which one the person receiving the number will accept as evidence.

How to Value a Patent Before You Pay for a Report
August 2026

How to Value a Patent Before You Pay for a Report

A free four gate triage to value a patent yourself, which of the three methods answers your question, and when a paid valuation report is worth buying.

How Much Can You Sell a Patent For? The Real Numbers
August 2026

How Much Can You Sell a Patent For? The Real Numbers

The median US patent sells for about 77,000 dollars. What moves a sale into the top quartile, what pending status costs, and what you can actually keep.

The Best Way to Sell a Patent: Broker, Market or Direct
August 2026

The Best Way to Sell a Patent: Broker, Market or Direct

The best way to sell a patent depends on one test, not the channel: broker, marketplace, auction or direct, with real commission rates and minimums.

Average Royalty Rate for Licensing Intellectual Property
August 2026

Average Royalty Rate for Licensing Intellectual Property

The average royalty rate for licensing intellectual property lands near 4 to 5 percent. Here is what that number hides and what actually moves a deal.

Patent Renewal Fees: Renew, Abandon or Monetise
August 2026

Patent Renewal Fees: Renew, Abandon or Monetise

US and EPO patent renewal fees in full, why they escalate, and how to decide whether an asset is worth another payment.

How Much Does It Cost to File a Patent in 2026?
August 2026

How Much Does It Cost to File a Patent in 2026?

How much does it cost to file a patent? Official USPTO fees, real attorney ranges, and the full 20 year total including maintenance.

Patent Valuation: Why the Number Is Not the Price
August 2026

Patent Valuation: Why the Number Is Not the Price

The three patent valuation methods, why a valuation report and a real sale price rarely match, and what actually moves a patent from one to the other.

24 patent families filed as EX-IX opens its marketplace
July 2026

24 patent families filed as EX-IX opens its marketplace

EX-IX opened its patent liquidity marketplace this month with 24 families filed, 100 more in the pipeline, and a new asset class: tradable fractional rights to industrial-grade patent portfolios.

24 patent families filed as the factory hits its first production milestone
June 2026

24 patent families filed as the factory hits its first production milestone

EX-IX has filed 24 patent families in its first field, with roughly 100 more identified and validated in the pipeline.

Inside Edge Assist: why women's health became EX-IX's first field
May 2026

Inside Edge Assist: why women's health became EX-IX's first field

The Edge Assist patent family (EXIP-0001) was chosen because the whitespace was wide open — just 24 patents existed across the entire target space.

Building the liquidity marketplace for the world's intellectual property
April 2026

Building the liquidity marketplace for the world's intellectual property

Most patents are trapped inside the companies that own them — unpriced and untraded. EX-IX is tokenizing the economics of each family to change that.

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