Expertise

Summit has experience valuing businesses that provide a wide variety of goods and service Our clients range from a cooler manufacturer to an educational software developer. We also seek to establish ongoing relationships with our clients by identifying weaknesses that can be improved to increase company value. Once we learn more about your business we’ll be able to build a model that’s tailored to you.

Summit also provides patent valuation services and has extensive experience in the following technology areas:

Telecommunications:
Voice-over-Internet Protocol, JPEG Internet data routing and networking, video and data encryption for secure networks, wireless and WiFi networking including ad-hoc networks, WLANs, CDMA and GSM networking, Flash-OFDM, high speed/broadband modems and related algorithms (e.g., V.34), fiber optics, electro-optics, optical gratings, MEMs, CATV head-end and set-top converters, Bluetooth applications.

Electronics & Imaging:
JPEG/MPEG imaging algorithms, 3D panoramic image processing, semiconductor processing, electro-optical and optical semiconductors, devices and fabrication, photodiodes, optical gratings, optical sensors, LED & LD chips (1300 and 1550 nm), nanotechnology processes, CMOS integrated circuits, microprocessors, digital signal processors, AC power amplifiers.

Measuring Instruments:
Digital oscilloscopes, RF & microwave spectrum analyzers, spectrometers, RF & microwave & millimeterwave power meters, RF & microwave signal generators, optical power meters, optical time domain reflectometers, chromatic dispersion test sets. bit-error rate test sets, optical spectrum analyzers.

Databases & Software:
Web 2.0 applications, databases, database management applications, SQL server-based applications, Java applications, HTML, XML, Linux, Open Source software related matters.

Military:
RF Shielded Enclosures, Night Vision Goggles, LIDARS used in 3D Image Processing, Roadside Bomb Detectors using Low Level Radiation.

Nuclear Utilities:
Spent nuclear fuel, fuel inventory, decommissioning, replacement power, operations and maintenance, steam generator replacement.

General Commercial Items:
Electronic index cards for language translation, locksmith devices, prisoner transport devices.