Cavaller, V; Aubertin, C Useful Life (RUL) in the Valuation of Intangible Assets PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING: 87-95 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

Email Address: vcavalleruoc.edu

Author(s): Cavaller, V (Cavaller, Victor); Aubertin, C (Aubertin, 
Clotilde) 

Editors: OSullivan, K 

Title: Elements of Scientometrics and Patent Bibliometric-Analysis for the 
Estimated Remaining Useful Life (RUL) in the Valuation of Intangible 
Assets 

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLECTUAL 
CAPITAL AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING: 87-95 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Proceedings Paper 

Conference Title: 5th International Conference on Intellectual Capital and 
Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning 

Conference Date: OCT 09-10, 2008 

Conference Location: New York, NY 

Conference Sponsors: ACL.; Hong Kong Polytech Univ. 

Conference Host: New York Inst Technol 

Author Keywords: Intangible Assets; Life Cycle Of Technology; Remaining 
Useful Life (RUL); Scientometrics; Patent Bibliometrics 

Abstract: When a company understands that it must innovate, the next 
question is determining where it is best to innovate. This "where" in 
technology innovation management, is strictly related to the Remaining 
Useful Life (RUL). The RUL concept is defined as the time remaining until 
the reliability drops below a defined minimal operating threshold.
The RUL analysis of certain intangible assets (patents and know-how 
license agreements, industrial designs, trademarks, logos, customer base) 
is carried out through different methodologies and a variety of different 
approaches.
The key subject in all these methodologies is the life cycle of the 
technology. The analyst tries to approach the foresight of the life cycle 
of technology to establish its value in use. Different life measuring 
systems are considered in RUL analysis depending on the different 
typologies of,technology life: statutory, contract, judicial, economic and 
functional.
The purpose of this paper is to emphasize how the technology life cycle is 
influenced by changes not only in technology but also in scientific 
research evolution. Scientific research life analysis must examine the 
historical emergence or decay of a certain intellectual interest in the 
scientific community through the study of what is and what is not 
published in scientific journals.
Data used in life cycle estimation may be used in RUL analysis. Typically, 
this data includes scientific articles, registration documents (patent 
applications, trademarks and copyright applications), commercial 
contracts, judicial orders, financial statements and technology data.
The analysis of the life cycle allows incorporating qualitative 
considerations (legal, contractual, physical, technical know-how, 
functional, economic) related to the conduct of future technologies. But 
technology development is conditioned by trends in scientific research and 
by the changes in the marketing dynamics of today and in the future.
Quantitative analysis of scientific production, applications for patents, 
industrial designs and trademarks, developed in scientometrics and 
bibliometrics, provide us with an unbiased guide to R&D and business 
trends.
This article aims to emphasize the importance of combining scientometrics 
and patent bibliometrics useful for calculating the "Remaining Useful 
Life" (RUL) for evaluating the value of intangible assets. 

Addresses: [Cavaller, Victor] UOC, Barcelona, Spain 

Cited Reference Count: 19 

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