Should I invest in protection now?
Useful when a concrete improvement, likely inventors, a disclosure or funding event, and a realistic budget need to be brought into one decision.
Check inventor readinessFor inventors, technology companies, and IP owners facing a patent decision
Make the right patent decision before you spend on filing.
A focused, attorney-led strategy engagement designed to clarify the business objective, timing, ownership, disclosure risks, budget, and next appropriate step.
Do not send confidential or sensitive technical information. A request does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Protectwhen timing and value support action
Validatewhen evidence should come first
Deferwhen readiness or budget is incomplete
Stopwhen further spend is not justified
Three customer pathways
Start with the decision you actually face.
The same patent question can require a different first step depending on who owns the decision, what business event is approaching, and how much evidence already exists.
What should the company protect first?
Useful when product timing, founder or employee ownership, investor expectations, launch plans, and limited capital must be prioritized.
Check company readinessWhere should the next IP dollar go?
Useful when an existing application or patent portfolio must be weighed against commercialization, licensing, maintenance, transition, or further prosecution choices.
Check owner readinessThese pathways are educational categories for owner review. They do not establish service availability, legal fit, acceptance, or a recommended legal action.
A decision engagement—not a filing pitch
Leave with a clearer path.
The first objective is a sound decision. A larger legal project is appropriate only when the facts, goals, risk, and budget support it.
Clarify the objective
Connect protection to a real business outcome: licensing, product launch, fundraising, portfolio value, or competitive positioning.
Map the risk
Identify the dates, disclosures, contributors, ownership questions, and unknowns that may affect the next decision.
Choose the next investment
Decide whether to search, validate, file, narrow, wait, pursue another form of protection, or preserve cash.
A controlled client journey
Four steps from request to decision.
- 1
Request
Share non-confidential readiness information and the decision you need to make.
- 2
Clear conflicts
The firm determines whether it can evaluate the request before substantive facts are exchanged.
- 3
Engage and pay
Review the exact scope, exclusions, fee, and terms before legal work begins.
- 4
Work the decision
Meet, identify tradeoffs, and document the recommended next step.
Good fit
This may be useful when…
- You have a concrete technical improvement, prototype, or product concept.
- A disclosure, launch, investor, manufacturer, or filing decision is approaching.
- You can identify likely inventors and potential owners.
- You want tradeoffs explained before committing to larger legal work.
Not yet
Another step may come first when…
- The idea is still general and no technical difference can be described.
- There is no current business objective or budget to act.
- Ownership or contributor information is unavailable.
- You are seeking a guaranteed outcome or free individualized legal advice.
Not ready for a paid decision session?
Start with the seven decisions to make before filing.
Use this educational guide to organize the business objective, timing, ownership, disclosure, technical readiness, budget, and next-step questions before sharing confidential information.
Open the complimentary guide
No form or registration is required. Opening the guide does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Interactive readiness check
Check your readiness.
Answer six high-level questions. The tool calculates a suggested route in your browser only. The result is educational—not a legal-readiness, service-fit, eligibility, acceptance, or deadline decision. It does not save or transmit your answers.
Keep it non-confidential.
Do not describe how the invention works, disclose enabling details, or paste unpublished material.
Suggested route
Nothing was submitted. This route is educational and does not establish legal readiness, service fit, eligibility, acceptance, or a deadline. Any legal work requires conflict review and approved engagement terms.
Frequently asked questions
Clear boundaries from the start.
Is the strategy session a patentability search?
No. A search, legal opinion, application, filing, or prosecution task requires a separately defined engagement.
Can a patent or commercial result be guaranteed?
No. Outcomes depend on facts, prior art, drafting, examination, markets, execution, and other factors outside any professional’s control.
What should I prepare?
A non-confidential statement of the problem and improvement, key dates, likely inventors and owners, business objective, and approximate budget range.
Does the proposed fee include government fees or filing?
No. The $495 fee covers the IP Strategy Session described above. Government fees and later legal work are separate unless expressly included in a written engagement agreement.