A computer system implementing a macro economic model based upon
macroeconomic data and relative value characteristics data of patents
that determines nominal values for (1) goods and services and (2) profits
generated by sales that are covered by the rights of a patent, implements
an income value theory to value the patent based upon the predicted
values of profits or goods and services covered by the patent, determines
patent terms from patent filing, publication, and issue dates, determines
patent assignees from patent data, and uses the value of a company's
patents, the patent issuance data and term date data, to determine trends
versus time in: the number of a company's enforceable patents; the number
of a company's patents obtained; the nominal value of net earnings and of
goods and services sold that are covered by the company's patents; the
nominal value of the sum of the company's patents, and provides
comparisons of those trends between companies, regions, and economic
sectors, providing the results of the analysis to users of the computer
system. The computer system employs a user database enabling a novel
electronic accounting model enabling payment by affiliates, programmed
securities trading, and accrediting of investors.