A patent is only as strong as the application behind it. We draft provisional and non-provisional applications with claims built to survive examination, licensing negotiations and validity challenges, not just to get allowed.
Craige Thompson is a licensed electrical engineer (PE) and USPTO-registered patent attorney (Reg. No. 47,990) with more than 20 years of experience. He reads your technical material directly and drafts with the end in mind: how the patent will be read by an examiner, a licensee, an investor or a competitor’s lawyer.
Start with a Complimentary Patent Needs Assessment. We’ll tell you honestly what makes sense for your situation, what it involves and what it would cost.
Get a Complimentary Patent Needs AssessmentA provisional application holds a filing date for 12 months and is never examined. A non-provisional application is the full application the USPTO examines and can issue as a patent. You must file the non-provisional within 12 months to keep the provisional date.
Most applications take a few weeks from the invention interview to filing, depending on complexity and how quickly we can review drafts together. Time-sensitive filings can be prioritized.
Anything that explains how the invention works: sketches, CAD files, schematics, code descriptions, test data or notes. We will interview you to fill in the rest.
You can, but a provisional only protects what it actually describes. Thin, do-it-yourself provisionals often fail to support the claims you need later, which can cost you the filing date.
It depends on the technology and complexity. We give you a specific estimate after a Complimentary Patent Needs Assessment.
