Gazelle Technologies provides a wide variety of intellectual property management services. Recent Accomplishments Analyzed patent landscape for startup company. Identified and reviewed 1600 patents; developed technology hierarchy and grouped patents within the hierarchy to identify important patents; developed software for client to navigate the patent landscape interactively. Result: Client targeted R&D towards areas of technical expertise that overlapped areas in which strong patents could be obtained. Evaluated ten patents for startup company. Reviewed 1500 patents to place patents in context and find prior art. Recommended that company change the method of selecting which inventions are patented. Result: Increased patent portfolio value without increasing patent budget. Developed a market-centric patent strategy for a $1.8B semiconductor company to align a 6000 patent portfolio with business goals. Created a hierarchical patent management system with 17 technical experts, allocated patent budgets for each product family, reviewed invention disclosures for inventions with strategic value and identified patent portfolio gaps. Evaluated foreign patents and recommended patents that could be abandoned with minor impact on the patent portfolio. Result: Preserved patent portfolio value while dramatically reducing patent maintenance fees. Initiated a program of offensive patent litigation to protect product profits and increase licensing revenues. Started and managed two patent infringement lawsuits. Result: Protected $30M in annual revenue for a $170M product line. Acquired six patents to enhance portfolio. Result: Company received a multi-million dollar settlement for a patent infringement lawsuit as well as a license to a competitor’s patent portfolio; saved $2M in remaining lawsuit costs. Convinced Taiwanese competitor to become a partner and secondary sales channel for Avago. New partner stopped selling infringing products and resold Avago chips under their brand name. Result: Received three times the profit as would have been received from patent licensing and prevented a $4M patent lawsuit. Licensed key patents for a $220M product line. Result: Saved $6M initial payment and $500K annual royalties. Sold unused patents. Result: $2M upfront payment and estimated $3M in royalties. Managed invention harvesting meetings with groups of engineers to generate invention disclosures to fill strategic gaps in the patent portfolio. Result: 5 to 10 new inventions in strategic areas from each meeting.