Quest Patent Research Corp
Quest Patent Research Corp. is a U.S.-based intellectual property asset management company focused on acquiring, controlling, licensing, and enforcing patent portfolios. Its business is organized around monetizing patented technologies through license agreements, often in connection with patent infringement litigation and settlement.
Tilikausi 2025 · muutos edellisvuodesta
Kehitys 2020–2025
Liiketoiminta
Osuus liikevaihdostaOne-time and settlement-based licenses granting rights to use patented technologies.
Patent infringement actions and related settlements used to generate license revenue.
Acquisition, control, and administration of patent portfolios and related rights.
Asiakkaat
The company’s customers are typically operating companies that are alleged to use patented technologies and choose to resolve disputes through licenses or settlements. These counterparties are often technology and industrial businesses that need freedom to operate, avoid litigation risk, or secure rights to continue manufacturing and selling products.
Companies that settle infringement claims by paying for licenses and dismissal of litigation.
Firms that need rights to manufacture or sell products covered by patented technologies.
Businesses that resolve disputes through one-time paid-up license fees.
Strategia
The company’s strategy is to build and monetize patent portfolios through acquisition, enforcement, and licensing. It seeks value primarily by pursuing infringement claims, negotiating settlements, and converting patent rights into paid-up license fees.
License fees are the core revenue source and depend on successful enforcement.
Litigation is used to create settlement leverage and generate revenue.
A broader portfolio can create more licensing opportunities and diversify revenue sources.
Maantiede
Quest Patent Research Corp. is headquartered in the United States and its monetization activity is centered on U.S. patent enforcement and licensing. The company’s reported litigation activity includes actions in U.S. federal courts, and its revenue is tied to settlements and licenses negotiated in those proceedings.
Riskit
The business is highly dependent on litigation outcomes, settlement timing, and the willingness of counterparties to pay for licenses. It also faces financing, going-concern, and listing-related risks because enforcement activity can require substantial upfront legal spending before any recovery is realized.
Legal enforcement requires capital and the company disclosed substantial doubt about continuity.
Kohdistuu: Operating expenses and litigation funding
Revenue depends on winning or settling patent infringement cases.
Kohdistuu: Patent licensing and enforcement revenue
Revenue is recognized when settlements or licenses are executed, causing large quarter-to-quarter swings.
Kohdistuu: Single-payment license fees
Inter partes review or other validity challenges can weaken enforcement leverage.
Kohdistuu: Patent portfolios under monetization
Kirjanpito
Harkinnanvaraiset erätRevenue is booked when settlement/license agreements are signed, not over patent life.
Vaikutus: Creates lumpy revenue and comparability issues across periods
Patent acquisition and prosecution costs are capitalized and amortized over useful lives.
Vaikutus: Affects operating expense timing and asset carrying values
Patents are tested for impairment when triggering events indicate reduced recoverability.
Vaikutus: Can cause non-cash write-downs
Certain warrants are marked to market using Black-Scholes assumptions.
Vaikutus: Creates period-to-period gains or losses in other income/expense
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