CRA was retained by a leading medical device manufacturer’s consulting division to value the know-how it was considering acquiring from a team of renowned surgeons. The know-how consisted of unique techniques, protocols and procedures that were proven to improve patient outcomes at a lower cost. CRA’s consultants’ due diligence included a site visit to catalog and observe the benefits of the applying the know-how and interviewed another ambulatory surgical center that had adopted the know-how. In preparing its appraisal report, the CRA team applied the Income Approach to quantify the incremental economic benefits of the know-how within a healthcare consultancy, and corroborated this value using the Market Approach.
CRA consultants named top patent professionals in the 2025 IAM Patent 1000 rankings
Fourteen CRA consultants were recognized as leading economic, financial, and licensing expert witnesses by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM). The IAM Patent...