Intellectual property management method and apparatus

A memory for storing data for access by an application program being executed on a data processing system, comprising:

• a data structure sorted in said memory for facilitating managing resource allocations within an intellectual property portfolio, said data structure comprising:
• a first field including actual resource usage for an intellectual property activity by technical attributes over a first time period;
• a second field including actual resource usage for the intellectual property activity by technical attributes over a second time period, wherein the second time period is longer than the first time period;
• and
• wherein comparison of information within the first field and the second field facilitates managing resource allocations for the intellectual property activity within the intellectual property portfolio.