Intellectual Ventures

The Harvard Business Review Features Intellectual Ventures

The March 2010 edition of the Harvard Business Review details the Funding of Eureka; an insightful look into the world of IV. read more

Listen to the HBR podcast with Nathan Myhrvold

Nathan Myhrvold at Seattle Xconomy Forum March 29th

What makes for a true breakthrough idea, and how do you know one when you see one? How can entrepreneurs, researchers, and business leaders - in areas as diverse as software, mobile, entertainment, biotech, and energy - make their big ideas more marketable and scalable, and really change the world? Join us for a special half-day Xconomy Forum that will tackle these questions and more. read more

New Invention Program

Intellectual Ventures is pleased to announce the Sponsored Invention Program where groups collaborate with IV to generate and patent inventions.

IV Sponsored Invention Program

Founded in 2000, Intellectual Ventures is built on the belief that combining capitalism and invention will benefit the world with more and better inventions as well as create financial rewards for investors.

Since its beginning, Intellectual Ventures has focused on creating its Invention Capital™ network of sources and users of inventions and funding. By building its proprietary Invention Science™ infrastructure, making invention investments and developing a variety of invention investment models, Intellectual Ventures is pursuing the goal of creating a more efficient and dynamic invention economy.

Intellectual Ventures' operations include our proprietary Invention Science™ processes and tools, including invention and technology analysis, invention topic generation, patent prosecution, invention licensing and the development and implementation of our Invention Capital™ network. Our Invention Science™ process deploys scientists, engineers, analysts, transaction managers, technical and legal experts, and patent prosecutors to develop, manage and monetize a portfolio of inventions protected by intellectual property rights. Through our Invention Capital™ network, Intellectual Ventures is creating one of the world’s fastest growing invention portfolios.

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3/1/2010
In the West: 20 Towns of the Future — Sunset Magazine -- In Bellevue, WA, Intellectual Ventures is investing in an “invention...

2/26/2010
Intellectual Ventures - CALTECH Invention Competition — Intellectual Ventures -- IV sponsors invention competition with Cal-Tech. 1st Prize Winner takes...

2/18/2010
Turning Patents Into Invention Capital — The New York Times -- Nathan Myhrvold wants to shake up the marketplace for ideas.

2/15/2010
Bill Gates Goes Nuclear — Business Week -- Last year, Bill Gates caused a stir by releasing mosquitoes...

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.
Thomas A. Edison