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Beyond Keep or Drop: A Smarter Framework for Patent Decisions Under Budget Pressure

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In this replay, Anji Miller (LifeArc), Matthew Wilson (Queen's University Belfast), and Tradespace's John Sherrill came together to challenge one of the most costly habits in tech transfer: treating every pending case as a binary keep-or-drop decision. They walked through the instruments most offices are not using systematically, and shared how the strongest TTOs have built decision frameworks that protect future value without breaking the budget.

In this replay, we explore:

  • Why the keep-or-drop frame quietly forfeits value

    The panel unpacked the hidden cost of premature abandonment, why budget pressure and value signals get conflated in the moment, and what offices actually lose when a case gets dropped that could have been protected for a fraction of full conversion cost.

  • The tools sitting between full prosecution and abandonment

    Panelists shared how to use the 12-month priority window, PCT optionality, continuations, strategic deferral, and the Unitary Patent as deliberate portfolio instruments rather than consolation prizes, and when each one makes sense in practice.

  • How to build a decision framework your office will actually use

    The discussion covered what experienced practitioners weigh when a case is on the fence, how to approach the inventor conversation when recommending against going forward, and the single change most likely to improve the most decisions right away.

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