How do I find companies that would want my patent?

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Look at who cites your patent, who holds adjacent patents, and whose products overlap your claims — those are your warmest targets. And consider this: brokers and professional intermediaries are involved in 87% of successfully sold patent packages, because finding the real buyer is the hardest part.

Start with the public record. Forward citations (newer patents citing yours) name companies working in your exact space. Patent databases show which assignees file around your technology. Product pages and press releases reveal whose offerings your claims might read on. Each is a lead with a built-in reason to care.

Then qualify ruthlessly: does this company have revenue in the market, a history of licensing-in technology, and a problem your patent solves? A tight list of five to twenty companies, approached with tailored reasoning, outperforms mass outreach every time. If you'd like that list built and pressure-tested for your patent, it's one of the first things we do in an engagement.

How do I find companies that would want my patent?

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