Sell or License Patents to AST
AST provides patent triage, evaluation, and acquisition services to leading global companies (our Members). We offer a trusted, fully transparent way for our Members to analyze submissions offered by patent owners or their brokers, and to complete defensive patent acquisitions or licensing. AST’s proprietary database tool (fAST IP) and our team’s technical expertise technical expertise allows Members to identify patents of interest. Our Members are not required to bid through AST and often identify assets listed through us and make a direct deal. As such, AST is an efficient mechanism to expose your assets to a large group of high tech operating companies at no cost to you.
Our Interests
We seek active, granted patents (not pending-only applications or ideas).
We consider patents in a wide range of high-technology areas with a focus on 15 priority technology categories
Preferred jurisdictions: US, China, Europe (EP), France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom.
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 9.25.24
If you are a Broker or the owner is a company and you are an authorized representative, please use this NDA form:
NDA Broker for Company 9.25.24

Explore our Priority Technology Categories

Advertising &
Content Distribution

Artificial Intelligence &
Machine Learning

Augmented Reality &
Virtual Reality

Automotive &
Transportation Services

Cloud
Computing

Computer Software &
Hardware

Health Tech &
Healthcare IT

Internet of Things
(IoT)

Location-Based Services & /
GPS

Medical Devices &
Applications

Semiconductor Devices &
Manufacturing

Smart Home &
Connected Devices

Telecommunication &
Wireless Technologies

Wearable
Devices

Web Services &
Applications

Other
Technologies