What Investors Want in Patents with Sridhar Iyengar

​​Patently Strategic - Patent Strategy for Startups

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What do investors want to see in patents? What do patents tell a potential investor about a founder? And what do investors wish inventors knew before coming to them?
To answer these questions and more, we're joined this month by Dr. Sridhar Iyengar, an angel investor and accomplished serial entrepreneur in the medical devices and wearables space. Having been on both sides of the table, Dr. Iyengar's unique insights provide a comprehensive understanding of the essential role that patents can play in securing funding and in your company's long term success.
Sridhar and I are also joined today by:
⦿ Dr. Ashley Sloat, President and Director of Patent Strategy at Aurora
⦿ Dr. Sophia Li, Patent Strategy Fellow at Aurora
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⦿ A free provisional U.S. patent application or
⦿ $5,000 towards a non-provisional U.S. patent application.
Apply now: https://www.aurorapatents.com/rise-up-with-aurora.html
** Resources **
⦿ Show Notes: https://www.aurorapatents.com/blog/what-investors-want-in-patents-with-sridhar-iyengar
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And as always, thanks for listening!
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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. When do patents make sense? (00:05:16)

3. Filing before pitching to investors (00:09:28)

4. PillPack and Amazon deal (00:11:16)

5. Sanofi deal (00:15:06)

6. Patents and valuation (00:22:18)

7. Expedited processing (00:24:41)

8. IP landscape in pitch deck (00:27:16)

9. Due diligence (00:32:03)

10. IP red flags (00:35:31)

11. Freedom to operate (00:37:08)

12. Investors and NDAs (00:38:39)

13. Inventor vetting (00:41:24)

14. Advice for inventors (00:43:05)

15. Advice for new to investors (00:46:21)

16. Budgets, big names, and boutiques (00:50:19)

17. Outro (00:54:18)