ANSA FONE, the first commercially viable Telephone Answering Device, offered for sale in the United States in 1960, U.S. Patent Number 3,376,390.

We’re in the business of incubating intellectual property.

PhoneTel Patent Services harnesses and develops patent portfolios
to help maximize value from intellectual property.

PhoneTel forms relationships with, and invests in, companies to manage their patents. We “mine” patent portfolios, performing thorough market and technology analysis to create strategic new patent positions where appropriate.

We further assist in business development by providing necessary resources required to go to industry for licensing.

Our services include:

• Identification of “Design-around”
  Alternatives
• Determination of Scope of Protection
• Competitive Technical Assessment
• Expanding IP Portfolios
• Market Analysis
• IP Strategy Development
• Infringement Analysis
• Vendor Outsourcing
• Back Office Administrative Support
• Royalty Accounting and Report Generation

In the process of managing patent portfolios, PhoneTel capitalizes on the expertise of many, including technologists and attorneys specialized in IP. Our efforts often include industry research, reverse engineering and legal analysis where required.

The team assigned to manage a patent portfolio can track industry developments by attending appropriate events, reading all relevant publications, and reviewing competitive patents. Our efforts also include review of product/service offerings that may be found to use patented technology.

IP management to suit your needs.

PhoneTel provides patent management either by assisting client companies in the establishment of licensing contracts or by incubating new companies. When PhoneTel assists in the management of a client company’s patent portfolio, a revenue sharing arrangement is created for the benefit of both companies.

Independent Inventors
We can provide needed resources and expertise to individual inventors and small firms that create patents.

Struggling
start-ups
We can assist start-ups and Venture Capital-financed companies who may have come to a “crossroads” and are unable to derive value from their patents.

Enterprises
Large companies may choose to focus on their core competencies and outsource the complex area of patent licensing and management.

Universities
Since they generate numerous patents, universities can benefit from trusting the management of their patent portfolio to us.

Law Firms
Attorneys specializing in patent prosecution engage us for assistance with harvesting value from their client’s intellectual property.