The Invention Marketplace

Intellectual Ventures is the global leader in the business of invention―creating new channels for inventors to realize value for their inventions, and creating invention advantage for companies that license with us. Unlike conventional invention right approaches, our philosophy is unique. We:

• Encourage the broad adoption of inventions
• Strive to make transactions between invention owners and users fair, transparent, efficient, and predictable
• Enable owners and users of inventions to mutually benefit from an
  invention economy
• Serve as a reliable, ongoing source for invention rights throughout the
  Intellectual Property lifecycle

In the invention capital marketplace:

• Ideas and inventions are valuable, and IV® helps drive innovation by extending the value of our portfolio to customers.
• Invention Gap™ exposure poses risks for technology companies, and IV helps bridge those gaps.

IV Invention Portfolio:

• Capital: Deployed more than $1.5B of $5B in investor capital
• Assets: More than 35,000 U.S. and international intellectual property assets
• Broad Technology Market Coverage: Agriculture, automotive, communications, computer hardware, construction, consumer electronics, eCommerce, energy, financial services, health technologies, information technology, life sciences, materials science, medical devices, nanotechnology, physical sciences, security, semiconductors, and software