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I have international/PCT filings — how do I monetize them?
The short answer
Country by country — patents are territorial, so monetization follows where you actually entered national phase. The prize justifies the effort: cross-border IP payments hit a record $1.32 trillion in 2025, with the US and Japan leading exports and Ireland and China leading imports.
The full picture
The strategy layer: each country's patent is a separate asset with its own market, its own buyers, and its own maintenance fees. Monetize where the market and the patent overlap — a manufacturing process patent matters most where things get made; a consumer product patent where things get bought.
Practical sequencing: license the home market first to establish proof and pricing, then approach the international equivalents with that evidence — or package the whole family for a buyer with global operations, which is how the biggest deals get done. If you're holding a family and wondering which members earn their fees, that's a portfolio read we're built to do.
Where does your patent stand?
The Beyond the Patent Commercialization Score answers that — a professional, factor-by-factor read on your patent's licensing, sale, build, and partner potential.
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