Interested in Selling to AST?

NOTE: Use the form below for submissions to our Standard Patent Acquisitions Program.

There are no fees or charges to you, the seller or broker, for listing or selling your portfolio with AST. We look forward to receiving your patent portfolio submission.

If you are looking for the time limited, fixed price IP3 2019 program, click here.

AST is interested in considering the purchase of active issued patents in high technology areas. Please fill out the form below to submit information about your patent portfolio. We will review the information to ensure it is within our desired technologies and contact you with any questions. The patent portfolios that are within our desired technologies will be distributed to our Member companies for their evaluation and consideration.

We will notify you once we have completed our initial review and inform you if your patent portfolio has been distributed to our Member companies for their evaluation. With regards to the patent portfolios that are found within our desired technologies and distributed to our Members for their review, we will expect the active issued patent(s) to be maintained and the pending patent applications associated with the portfolio to be prosecuted; and we ask submitters to please keep us updated if the status of the assets or availability of the patent portfolio changes.

AST works across a wide range of technologies in high tech. Please select the appropriate technology category and complete all sections relevant to your portfolio submission.

We can execute a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) if you have confidential supporting materials or information. If you are an individual patent owner, please use this NDA form: NDA Seller individual 4-17-19

If you are a Broker or the owner is a company and you are an authorized representative, please use this NDA form: NDA Broker Seller for Company 4-17-19

Questions? Visit our FAQ page

Please note that all fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

Are you the patent owner or broker/intermediary? Patent OwnerBroker/Intermediary

Patent Owner's Name (company/entity or individual(s) who is the current owner/assignee of the patent*

First Name*

Last Name*

Title/Position*

Email*

Phone Number*

City*

State*

Zip / Postal Code*

Country*

Is the assignee/owner of the patent(s) the current assignee on the Patent Office records?* YesNo

Please clarify:

Broker/Intermediary's name (company/individual)*

Broker/Intermediary's Contact Information

First Name*

Last Name*

Title/Position*

Email*

Phone Number*

City*

State*

Zip / Postal Code*

Country*

Website (if any)

Patent Owner's Name (company/entity or individual(s) who is the current owner/assignee of the patent)*

City*

State*

Zip / Postal Code*

Country*

Is the assignee of the patent(s) the current assignee on the Patent Office records? * YesNo

Please clarify

Please provide a short, unique name for your offering*

What is your price expectation for all the assets in this portfolio?
Please indicate a price in USD or a price range ("low six figures, etc.")

AST’s preference is to receive a specific asking price. Please refer to the following table for AST’s interpretation of an approximate asking price in a number range:

US$	Low	Low-Mid	Mid	Mid-High	High
5 Figures:	$10,000	$25,000	$50,000	$75,000	$85,000
6 Figures:	$100,000	$250,000	$500,000	$750,000	$850,000
7 Figures:	$1,000,000	$2,500,000	$5,000,000	$7,500,000	$8,500,000
8 Figures:	$10,000,000

Here are links to articles that address patent sale prices: IP3 2018 Results IP3 2017 Results IP3 2016 Results

What is the Bid/Offer Deadline?Bid deadlines should allow sufficient time for review by AST Members, 4 weeks as a minimum. Generally, the Members take from 60-90 days to determine if there is initial interest in an offering. Leave blank if there is no deadline

Are there any encumbrances, licenses, security interest or lien connected to any of the patents or applications? * YesNo

Please list the known encumbrances, licenses, security interests and/or liens.

Have any of the assets ever been involved in litigation or an administrative (e.g., PTAB) proceeding? * YesNo

Please describe.

Patent assets for sale Please note: AST requires at least one granted patent or published application to consider a portfolio for purchase. Our preference is to review patent families that include at least one issued patent in the US, China, Europe, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea or United Kingdom.

Country	Status	Patent #	Publication #	Application #	Google Patent Link
	At least one number is required out of three numbers				URL of patent as found on Google Patents https://patents.google.com/?patents=false

If you need more rows to submit additional assets, please download the Patent Table Template and attach the completed table to your submission. Follow instructions below under Additional Materials to include your completed template.Patent Table Template

Are all the patent family members (priorities, continuations, divisionals or foreign counterparts) of the patents or published applications listed above for sale? * YesNo

Provide a brief summary or description for your offering

Additional MaterialsPlease submit any supporting documents that will help our AST Members better understand your offering and why they should consider acquiring it. These documents may include the patent table template offering descriptions, executive summaries, patent family trees, technical analyses, claim charts, white papers, presentations, marketing materials, encumbrances or license information and the NDA, if necessary. You may submit these materials via the button below.
Please compress larger files before uploading. The size limit of the compressed file is 50MB.

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By clicking the “Submit” button I agree that discussions and related information provided to AST will not be used as a basis to place AST or its Members on notice (e.g., for purposes of willfulness, inducement or otherwise) of the patents and patent applications which are offered for sale.