Announce it first, and
the prior art is you.
Patent + Defensibility Counsel™ captures inventions while they're still patentable — and files before the disclosure that ends the option.
The Problem
Most companies don't lose patents.
They give them away.
Demo day. The launch post. The beta customer. The conference poster. The preprint. Each one is a public disclosure, and none of them reserves anything. The United States awards the patent to whoever filed first — not to whoever invented first and not to whoever announced first.
Founders find out when they try to file.
Patent + Defensibility Counsel™ puts the filing date in front of the announcement, every time.
What Arrives
This Rejection.
Eighteen months after you file, an Office Action arrives from an examiner who found your own materials.
| Ground | Claims | Reference | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| § 102(a)(2) | 1–8 | Competitor application, published after your filing date | filed 5 months before yours |
| § 102(a)(1) | 9–14 | Applicant's product launch announcement | 14 months before filing |
| § 102(a)(1) | 15 | Applicant's demo day presentation video | 16 months before filing |
| § 102(b)(1) | 16–20 | Third-party publication | after applicant's disclosure |
Illustrative excerpt. Grace period expired. Foreign rights ended on the date of first disclosure.
There is no cleanup engagement for this one. The prior art is your own launch, and it does not go away.
WHAT PATENT + DEFENSIBILITY COUNSEL™ BUILDS
Three things that decide whether you own it.
Ongoing counsel. Not a filing you buy once and forget.
01 — INVENTION CAPTURE
The invention gets recorded before it gets published.
Standing invention disclosure process your engineers will actually use
Product and engineering review on a set cadence
Inventorship documented at conception, not reconstructed later
Disclosure calendar tied to launches, demos, papers, and pitches
02 — FILING STRATEGY
Patent applications are filed in the right order, at the right cost.
Provisional-first sequencing tied to product milestones
Claim scope matched to the roadmap, not the prototype
Twelve-month conversion and PCT decisions calendared
Foreign filing decided before the rights lapse
Disclosure calendar tied to launches, demos, papers, and pitches
03 — PORTFOLIO DEFENSIBILITY
A portfolio that survives diligence and reads to an acquirer.
Freedom-to-operate exposure surfaced early, while design changes are still cheap
Competitor landscape and white space mapped
Assignments recorded at the USPTO — every inventor, every application
Portfolio positioned against the claims an acquirer will actually test
Find out what you've
already put in public.
We'll review what you've shown, shipped, published, or pitched — and who built it. You get your exposure by category and which inventions are still worth filing on.
No sales sequence. Answer honestly, including the ones you're unsure about.
Book a 20 minute assessment callPricing
You get the number before you commit.
Patent fees vary with the technology and with what's already out there. So we find out first, and quote second. No hourly meter, no invoice you didn't see coming.
Step one
$X,XXX
Prior art review
Fixed fee, paid up front. A search and written assessment of what already exists in your space, what is likely patentable, and what is not worth filing on. You own the analysis whether or not you file.
Step two
Quoted, then fixed
Filing
The review sets the scope, and the scope sets the fee. You get a fixed number in the SOW before any drafting starts.
USPTO fees, search costs, and foreign associate fees are passed through at cost.
For context. Most provisional applications come in under $7,500, and most non-provisional conversions under $5,000. The provisional costs more on purpose — we draft it as a complete specification and figures, so it holds priority when someone tests it. Conversion focuses on updating the specification, adding examples, and drafting claims that survive prosecution.
The invention is either filed
or it's available.
Twenty minutes. Bring your launch calendar.
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