Pattern
Commercialization mode decision memo
This note gives a memo format that ends in one chosen mode, one fallback, a first experiment, an owner and a decision date. It matters because patentability alone is not a reason to form a company, and past importance is not a reason to keep a patent. Force competing cases for building, attaching, licensing, selling, holding, opening, or abandoning an asset.
Cases
For each mode, state buyer, operator, required assets, rights, operating freedom, capital, time, risk, expected evidence, and likely return.
Compare
Test founder fit, market structure, customer access, licensing value, complementary assets, capital intensity, and strategic fit.
Output
Choose one mode, one fallback, a first experiment, an owner, and a decision date.
Stop
Do not form a company because an invention is patentable or keep a patent because it once mattered.