Prototype · Patents
Invented it? File before you show it off.
A patent covers how a thing works or how it looks. Joon, our registered patent attorney, drafts provisional and full applications for founders with a working prototype or a clear drawing.
Most clients start with a provisional application. It’s faster and cheaper, it holds your filing date for twelve months, and it gives you a year to test the market before the larger bill for a full application. We tell you honestly when a patent isn’t worth it.
What the work covers
A search of earlier patents and products
Provisional applications, drafted from your notes and drawings
Full utility and design applications
Answers to the examiner, through to the decision
How patent work is billed
Patent work is quoted per invention after a first call, and the fee follows how complex the invention is.
Prior-art search
A search of earlier patents and products, with our read on your chances. One fee per invention.
Search and written read
Provisional application
Drafted from your notes, drawings and a long call. One fee per invention.
Design application
For the way a product looks, with formal drawings. One fee per design.
Full utility application
Quoted as one fixed fee once we’ve seen the invention.
Government filing fees are extra and passed on at cost; we tell you the amount before we file. A formal opinion on infringement is separate.
Questions
Before you file, founders ask
Is a provisional a patent?
No. It holds your place in line for a year. To get a patent, you file a full application within those twelve months that claims the provisional’s date.
Can I sell it while the application is pending?
Yes, and you can mark it “patent pending”. Selling or showing it before you file is the risky part; see our guide on the one-year clock.
Do you sign an NDA before I tell you about it?
You don’t need one. Lawyers keep client confidences as a duty. Still, save the details for the call, not the contact form.
Demo day coming up?
Book a call before the slides go out. Joon will tell you what to file first and what can wait.